We are Make Hack Void, a Hackerspace* in Canberra, Australia.
Our space (Map) is a community workshop in Downer where members can come to work on their projects, get access to tools and expertise, and meet like-minded people. We have membership options including associate & student membership rates, and casual membership rates.
We also hold Maker Meetups on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays of each month where anyone at all can chat, show and tell, get help or advice, and talk about their projects. You don't have to be a member to come to a Meetup.
Our group includes people with extremely diverse interests. Fibreglass moulds to FPGA electronics, Arduinos to DIY pizza ovens. Plus lots more. We're all interested in making things, hacking on projects, and we're not afraid of voiding warranties if we have to.
If you can't make it to the next meeting then subscribe to the Makers mailing list, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or join us in the IRC channel.
Cameras in the space!
wil5on — Fri, 27/01/2012 - 12:17am
I put up some webcams around the space attached to an old laptop. I used them to record a timelapse video today!
As you can (hopefully) tell from the video, one camera is looking at the welding area, and the other is looking down onto the electronics bench (taped to the magnifier). I'll be adding more cameras and rearranging everything when I can.
mhvavrtools 20120122
deece — Sun, 22/01/2012 - 7:58pm
| Download | Size | md5 hash |
|---|---|---|
| MHV_AVR_Tools_20120122.exe | 23.29 MB | 85113cc937a76dd033239d0f3abc7b21 |
All files supplied are self-extracting - under *nix machines, set the permissions to execute and run them to extract.
- Fix missing library problems in previous release
- Add MacOSX support
mhvavrtools 20120109
deece — Tue, 10/01/2012 - 12:18am
| Download | Size | md5 hash |
|---|---|---|
| MHV_AVR_Tools_20120109.exe | 22.58 MB | 0849efa18bdf237d9b11cfde5887ba62 |
- Upgrade GCC to 4.6.2-20120106
- Upgrade AVR LibC to 1.8.0
Errata
- This release did not actually include AVR LibC - avoid it!
MHVLib 20111227
deece — Tue, 27/12/2011 - 9:31pm
| Download | Size | md5 hash |
|---|---|---|
| mhvlib-20111227-2.7z | 532.92 KB | 50e8c04393f11049edfd8de8c830a7e6 |
- Use object references instead of pointers where applicable
- Add WS2801 LED driver & RGB pixel types
- Add Unipolar stepper motor driver
- Ensure all tutorials use NORETURN/UNREACHABLE
mhvavrtools 20111222
deece — Thu, 22/12/2011 - 8:31am
| Download | Size | md5 hash |
|---|---|---|
| MHV_AVR_Tools_20111222.exe | 23.6 MB | 768260aafbe5f1c479eb35f872264684 |
- Update to latest GCC 4. snapshot
- Statically link GCC dependancies
- Include the correct libusb-win32 package so avrdude will launch
- Add preliminary support for Linux
Errata
- The libiconv-2.dll file is missing from the Win32 installation.
- AVR LibC is missing some symbols.
To resolve these issues, extract the attached errata archive into C:\Program Files (x86)\MHV AVR Tools
MHVBoard Useful Information
deece — Sat, 10/12/2011 - 11:16pm
JP4 pinout
The right angle connector has the following pinout (starting from the pin near JP1):
PC to PCB in under 30 minutes - Quick 'n Easy PCB Fabrication
adr1an — Fri, 25/11/2011 - 12:04am
(Now on Hack a Day - I'm chuffed! 
)
With the explosion of the hobbyist microcontroller scene the past few years, PCB fab houses have sprung up left right and centre. At these wonderous places, you can get professional quality PCBs fabricated for your every desires for reasonable costs. They can range from very low cost and looooong lead times, to acceptable prices (~$50-$100) for low volume runs ('protoype' services). At the larger end of the scale, you can panelise your design and get even better value per PCB...
Whilst these services are great - and put pro-quality PCBs in the everymans hands - they have besides the cost and lead times one other annoying problem - how do you know your design even works ? Nothing more infuriating than getting 5 professionally silk screened coffee coasters back after waiting 3 weeks.
Given the above, and because I'm notoriously impatient and hate waste - I often fab my own boards still. Using this method I can draw up a design in Eagle and from there have an etched PCB waiting for components in just 30 minutes. Fantastic for Friday Night Hacking! Using this method you can, with a bit of practice, get down to 8mil quite easily and some have even managed smaller.
Make Hack Void 2011 Christmas Party
Ruth — Thu, 24/11/2011 - 8:30pm
It's that time of the year where we celebrate the festive season in Make Hack Void style! With meat! And drinks! And stuff! Woo!
Party details
Date: Saturday the 17th of December
Time: 12pm - late afternoon
Location: Make Hack Void, Frencham St, Downer
Food & drinks
Menu:
MHVLib 20111109
deece — Wed, 09/11/2011 - 10:31pm
| Download | Size | md5 hash |
|---|---|---|
| mhvlib-20111109.7z | 1.14 MB | c2036a32f0255e8845daf153c1c3d869 |
- Add VUSB console, allows text output from V-USB devices (such as the MHVBoard) over USB. Requires Paul Stoffregen's HID Listen program to receive the output.
- Extended Device_TX with new methods that utilise dynamic memory: printf(), and write(Xint(8|16|32)_t). The following classes inherit from Device_TX and will be able to use the new methods:
mhvavrtools 20111106
deece — Sun, 06/11/2011 - 8:44pm
| Download | Size | md5 hash |
|---|---|---|
| MHV_AVR_Tools_20111106.exe | 19.85 MB | 4dc9e718debacbe5ce663acf54ca801c |
- Upgrade to GCC 4.6.2 (fixes some long standing AVR bugs)
- Upgrade to AVR LibC 1.7.2rc2252
- Upgrade to AVRDUDE 5.11.1
