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seonr.bsky.social
Unexpected Maker
@seonr.bsky.social
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I'm Seon, the Unexpected Maker!
Hardware designer & builder, software engineer, 3d printing & laser cutting, general maker & tinkerer & YouTuber.
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Next #Livestream I have some SQUiXL goodness to work on and share. Hope to see you in chat!
youtube.com/live/GchXvYZ...
#maker #projects
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Hey folks - I'm streaming again tomorrow - w00p! youtube.com/live/dsxYoJ0...
#maker #projects #hardware #coding #chat
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Doing a bit of "file system" cleanup and discovered an old "maker progress" folder of mine and found an image of the very first PCB I designed (well, progress of it)...
Oct 2017 #pcbdesign #eagle #regrets
September 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I've been trying Gemini-Cli 2.5 in VSC and though it started out "ok" - the last few updates from Google have completely wrecked it - It now constantly gets stuck in "replace" loops & forgets context - Also fails to update the gemini_md file. #terrible #unusable
September 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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I have a few plates to make, so I hope to get a full video of one, but here's a snippet of plate #1 - the bores ended up going through - It was just some chips in the hole - phew!
September 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Finally doing some milling again - It's been a while, I hope I can remember how my Milo v1.5 works ;)
#cnc #mill #project
September 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Next #LiveStream I'm going to see if I can fix my broken #RGB #Laser and get it running with chat again!
youtube.com/live/eWBc18Y...
August 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Next #LiveStream I'm going to waste my time on a PCB for the ESP32-C61 - because it's WAAAAAY too early !
youtube.com/live/Te_RIbi...
I hope you can join me :)
#ESP32C61 #PCBdesign #KiCAD
August 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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I've just released the Edge Carrier on my UM store...
unexpectedmaker.com/shop.html#!/...
KiCAD files are also available for this board - link in the product page.
#maker #products
July 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Join me on my next #LiveStream as I explain to you all how silly I can be sometimes, and try to design a solution...
youtube.com/live/iriP0Y6...
#maker #youtube #testjigs #3dprinting
July 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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w00! My new #SeriesD boards are now in stock and available from my Unexpected Maker store and on @lectronz
unexpectedmaker.com
lectronz.com/stores/unexp...
#maker #esp32s3 #maker #magic
July 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Gonna try to work out how this #livestream thing works again... It's been so long, I'm sure I can't remember...
I hope to see some of you in the chat!
youtube.com/live/dJ53Czd...
#maker #projects #chat #stuff
July 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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New Secret Product - First panel being assembled - From the Juki's point of view!
youtu.be/3ADej1w_b4w
#pcb #assembly #manufacturing #jukicam
June 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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I just finished adding a numeric only on-screen keyboard to #SQUiXL that auto switches to this layout based on the datatype of the ui_control - it's pretty snazzy!
#maker #projects #coding #uix
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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A look at how the sausage, er, the #SQUiXL is made... low volume manufacturing at it's finest!
youtu.be/CF7BVJy6LuU
#maker #manufacturing #electronics
June 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I just pushed a new #SQUiXL firmware update that adds a bunch of cool things including user uploadable wallpaper. I'll be adding support for multiple wallpapers down the track, with random selection on bootup, but this is a great start!
unexpectedmaker.com/squixl
#maker #coding #uix
June 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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SQUiXL is *finally* back in stock!
Go at ‘em if you have been waiting for one - or for ANOTHER one🤪
unexpectedmaker.com/squixl
#maker #products #magical
May 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Next #Livestream *may* be #SQUiXL-y, it "may" be battery #rant-y.. it also "may" be something else entirely, but what it wont be is - boring!
I hope you can join...
youtube.com/live/fOp9WO9...
#maker #products #journey
May 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Here are more screenshots I just took from #screenie
May 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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RABBIT HOLE!!! I just wanted to screenshot some images to show firmware WIP, then thought I'd add some basic color adjustments and now #SQUiXL has a FULL ON tool called #screenie with white balance, levels, saturation and contrast controls... on screen & web based controls!
May 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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#SQUiXL batch 2 has sold out and pre-orders for batch 3 has commenced... FUN TIMES!
I don't have an ETA on when batch 3 will ship yet as I'm waiting to hear back from my screen supplier early next week.
#making #maker #things #for #makers
May 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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#SQUiXL is finally out - w00p!
unexpectedmaker.com/squixl
Batch 1 sold out during the stream, so I just opened up batch 2 for sale that will ship out by mid-next week.

I'm only producing small batches right now as I get into a production rhythm.
#Maker #Manufacturing #Mayhem
May 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Hey everyone! Tomorrow is #SQUiXL launch day and I'm doing it realtime during my #livestream :)
I hope you can join me....
youtube.com/live/5vpme34...
#maker #product #release
May 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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OMG - I have a working onscreen KB in #SQUiXL !
Sure, it has no flashing cursor, or, well, any cursor yet, or uppercase or numbers... but all of the keys are mapped and actually work, with tap tap sounds :)
#maker #coding #challenge
May 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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So this just happened....
#Maker #SQUiXL #MicroPython #RabbitHole
May 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM