Story

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Hardware

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2025

Getting to the first prototype

From breadboard tangle to a thing you can hold — the messy middle of hardware.

Getting to the first prototype

There is a moment in every hardware project where the breadboard stops being charming. Wires fall out, contacts drift, and the only way forward is to commit to a first real prototype.

From breadboard to board

Committing to version zero

These notes cover the jump from jumper wires to a printed enclosure and a soldered board — including everything that broke on the way.

Gallery

The bench mid-build
First cable plugged in
Enclosure test prints

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