Promise this is worth the watch if you are interested in AI. This is one model running on a consumer GPU. It has full duplex audio and can listen and speak at the same time, as well as interrupt you and be interrupted. NVidia PersonaPlex! youtu.be/9GjM_rH0E1I

Resting up due to winter and sickness, some light tinkering with the @greatscottgadgets.bsky.social HackSDR Pro. Loving the lights, and gently part-vibing a new app.

Definitely makes the evening go better.

It is quite incredible with what you can do with a locally running multimodal model now.

Back at work after the holiday. This year sucks, can I get a new one?

Little bit of snow in Fyrby. More coming in time for the weekend!

I do like seeing big functional things getting built!

A follow up from yesterdays model, FAME Smart Servo Node will power other future FAME Smart devices with servos. www.printables.com/model/154719...

The wood burning stove in the bottom floor of my future snow castle.

I'm not an expert on this but I suppose a small part of how Seeed make stuff so cheaply could be the boards being the same size for lots of different components. Two different MCU/accessory boards pictured.

First one of '26 is free, and with CAD file. Made this as the Seeed one didn't have the CAD file and I wanted to modify it. For use with Feetech (and other branded variants e.g. Waveshare) smart serial bus servos. www.printables.com/model/154714...

I was having fun developing with the Claude API. However now it has blocked me until... February. There is no recourse other than to write to their sales team... So if you go this route they might just block you and you are just stuck. I am not really happy about this and might just bin it.

Me this morning: What would be insane and probably not work is to stick an LLM on top of a CAD kernel and make my own CAD. Me this afternoon: FAME-CAD!

It seems the AI discussion is becoming rather polar of late with not a lot of people in the middle. Which of course it has having become more political. I do have problems with how it will probably be used. But as an engineer I must see where this goes.

Anyone worried/excited about AI being able to design things? Today I made an OpenSCAD Claude integration to the point that it works. This is literally my third test (the second test was the brake disc you see, before a cube). Horrified. In awe. AI can CAD. Sorta. (Sorry swearing in video).

"Sloptimizing" - to fix AI code

Hope I can finish the embroidery app over Christmas. For Ghost In The Shell fans, here is another product of its image-to-design workflow in 5 colours. This was the first design off the machine direct from the macOS app to the PP1 after a BIG rework!

Spam accounts with the same pattern of username are getting tedious. I am sort of surprised they are not blocked by bsky, they all have the same pattern of username and behaviour. This problem has grown and it needs dealing with or @bsky.app will end up like Twitter (but without the fash)

When not near 3D printers and main job I have been working on Brother Skitch PP1 support for my app (works, needs finishing touches) and an image to embroidery pipeline. Here is the latter one demonstrated!

An interesting week, a highlight was reverse engineering the Brother Skitch PP1, I now have my own app I can sew existing designs with and do image-to-design workflows. Separately I now seem to be working on better embroidery previews and simulating the threads and overall design in 3D, as pictured.

Sometimes I try and up my game, so I'm announcing a series of new models. The first of these is in preview in my Printables club right now while finishing touches are added... FAME Smart Blinds! Cheap, wireless, comes with with apps and home assistant support. 🎉 www.printables.com/model/150468...

I don't want a Paypal account as they are a terrible company but I need to use one to access a service. So I register a Paypal account. 2 mins afterwards I am kicked out of the interface and can no longer login as my account is blocked because... who knows why. I still don't want a Paypal account.

Made a Claude Desktop integration for Apple Mail in macOS Tahoe. Would love feedback! github.com/FyrbyAdditiv...

My manufacturing partner (same reliable person) has a new business. For now, official V-Spooler sales are available at his new Etsy page until he has a new website up. visiontocreate3d.etsy.com/listing/1706...

Yes this bench is messy that's why I need to finish this thing and get it off it! Bit cabley due to repluggable duponts to test things.

Components of the next two projects, coming with firmware and apps and things.

Pretty small. Seems to report most of the data the larger STS servos do except current usage (might be more I missed). Sausage finger and 1cm grid for scale.

The Philips AC3420/AC3421 Air Purifier and Humidifier was the only western-ish option for a nice humidifier/air purifier (made in China). Philips dropped the ball on this, out the box it tells me all consumables need changing but the wick error is un-clearable. I don't think its humidifying. Junk!

INDX won the event. I think this is a preferable option to others I have seen at the show, and I have managed to bag one of the Core One Founders Edition pre-orders. Congratulations to @josefprusa.bsky.social and Bondtech AB.

First snow in Fyrby this year!

The next step towards completing the Feetech servo programmer for macOS is ready and getting tested tomorrow evening. Big improvement visually and lots of new functionality. Those graphs popover!

Happy to be verified on @printables.bsky.social and to celebrate this somewhat I have donated as many prusameters as I could to Prusament To Education.

Tomorrow tomorrow, I hear there might be big maker news tomorrow...

Fiddling with an idea for the next project

Initially for programming servo IDs, Programmer for Feetech Servos by Fyrby Additive is now published for free to the App Store for macOS and rolling out to now (check back if its not immediately available). More functionality coming soon. apps.apple.com/us/app/progr...

Software news coming soon hopefully, also some delayed parts are arriving for a new model tomorrow. Exciting...

Moved my domains and hosting to Infomaniak a week and a half ago. Went amazingly and I'm out of my old provider already. Seems to work out cheaper, better interface and so on, so here to recommend them - aff. link, but worth a look or I wouldn't be posting this! www.infomaniak.com/goto/en/home...

Bsky handle looks a bit different but same old stuff!

Fingers crossed...

There has never been a cheaper way to support me, my models in the Printables store are now massively reduced in their latest sale! www.printables.com/@FyrbyAdditi...

It's fun to fix random things for people. Clay pigeon machine... check....

I know it's new but I was not expecting this to be 1000 euros for a tool head really www.prusa3d.com/product/orig...

That metal sound when you drop PPS...

Happy to announce the beginnings of my new website fyrbyadditive.com - I have to say I feel so lucky to be able to do all this when the rest of the world seems to be falling apart, it is definitely a privilege. I just want everyone to find peace and do things they love, like this.

Finally got this out. Software is playing catch-up slightly... www.printables.com/model/146310...

My Apple Developer account is now setup so I can publish things (things that are ready) to support future projects.

Have recently discovered @agnesobel.bsky.social work, and it is amazing. I have Citizen of Glass up now, and it is a welcome escape. Thank you for this. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Assumed a Pi5 could be a USB peripheral without any extra hardware like other recent Pi devices. Oh well.

Feetech seem to have upgraded their servo packaging significantly over the last lot I received!

They killed your local small businesses. Now they are killing their own workforce. www.theverge.com/news/803257/...