Colin Hickey
eplop.bsky.social
Colin Hickey
@eplop.bsky.social
Dad/Husband/Maker and owner of Eplop Electronics selling inhouse made projects and now other peoples :-)
Had to be done!
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I tried to install mine while I had a rogue header still on the pi from testing, did not go well lol
October 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Am I doing this right? #zwave #homeassistant
August 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So i'm sat with 3 schrodinger's pcbs currently. Too afraid to test as then i'll have my answer 😂

I did however assemble this 4th test pcb which was almost guaranteed to be fine!
March 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I think musicmagpie may be a bit confused as to what they are selling...
January 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Can I talk about this now :-)
December 20, 2024 at 8:56 AM
When you need to pull your printer out of the min temp error state…
December 20, 2024 at 8:55 AM
When your friend gets some designs made but can’t solder for toffee to fix their mistakes 🤪 an hour lost this morning bodging these.
December 12, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Hot end rebuild time methinks!
December 7, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Determined to start up YT videos again so this should help!
December 2, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Going to be launching this small new board very soon which is designed to be as thin as possible and small to hide behind displays. Tested with waveshare and good display epaper displays
December 1, 2024 at 9:15 PM
New KeepAlive design and was curious about heat generated. Seems to top out at 55 degrees which I can live with and shouldn't pose any problems. Tis a friends FLIR so great to be able to borrow and get insights like this.
November 30, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I need some kind of system. Decided on a small cleanup today and I’ve pcbs all over the place, this is just a sample of what I’ve found so far. Need to be ruthless and bin things! #pcb #electronics
November 29, 2024 at 1:29 PM
I keep telling myself i don't want to make production pcb's at home and want to just order them pcba, but then i also keep ordering stacks of pcb's with a stencil... #pcb #electronics
November 27, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Going to be releasing this very soon if it may be of interest as a hardware platform, uses a ESP32-C3. I've been testing it with displays from good display and waveshare. I'm using esphome with home assistant but its just an ESP so could work with any code. uses cheap 24pin spi epaper displays.
November 27, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Very satisfying when you design a pcb which has to fit an existing case and it just slots in nicely. Shame it needs a redesign but i know this part works! #pcb #electronics
November 27, 2024 at 7:20 AM
I did tpu holders if I remember rightly but looks like i lost one side. If I remember rightly it was always the pen holder that was the pain
November 26, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Commodore plus 4 we got as a family computer that i basically took control of as a child.
November 17, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Torn on this one. I do feel it’s a nicer design with the esp as a module and also screen / spare IO I just wonder if it’s worth the risk of getting 100 pcba. Tis a solar charge controller board for epever/solice.
November 15, 2024 at 4:57 PM