Mohit Bhoite

We have been busy validating the peripherals and interfaces on the @particleiot.bsky.social Tachyon EVT units. This is me “testing” the SPI interface.

So far, I have a Spotify now-playing info fetcher, an Instagram photo streamer, and voice controlled radar and weather data display!

I ended up sawing off the “non-essential” portion of the PCB and resoldered the LCD at a right angle to suite my needs. Sorry Joey!

The board includes full documentation printed right on the back. I’ve been searching for a low-power LCD for my solar-powered sculptures, and this might be the perfect fit. It consumes just 20uA and has all the right symbols for the job. ⚡🌞

Take a look at this stunning LCD SAO (Silly Add-On) board designed by the brilliant Joey Castillo @joeycastillo.bsky.social, the creator of the Sensor Watch project! Joey was kind enough to give me this board at last year’s @hackaday-feed.bsky.social Supercon. 🌟

I bought them from www.tacklewarehouse.com
An unlikely source for electronics workbench needs 😅

The utility boxes are the Plano 3700 series that I bought about 8 years ago on a sale.

Hand saw sitting on a wood table with plywood on top

Angle brackets being mounted on the plywood with screws

A free standing shelf partially assembled

The shelving unit complete with utility boxes placed inside

Gorgeous day for making saw dust. I repurposed some old plywood for making a freestanding shelving unit for the Plano utility boxes.

Landing Soon: This Beautiful Weather Display All wiring is beautiful, except when it isn’t. But is there anything more lovely to behold than circuit sculpture? Once again, [Mohit Bhoite] has made this process look easy like …read more

Landing Soon: This Beautiful Weather Display

Thanks! It's visible only from the front.

A Seeedstudio Xiao ESP32S3 driving a 240x240 TFT display

Pepper’s Ghost with a beam spliting cube

This was a fun project! A Particle Photon 2 connects over Wi-Fi to retrieve the day’s weather forecast, sunrise and sunset times, and wind conditions, displaying everything on an @adafruit 170x320 TFT screen.

Good eyes!
www.adafruit.com/product/5394

An old USB-C phone dock makes for a perfect programming/charging station for this little lander! 🚀

Oh no! Sorry about that!

You can checkout my previous build to see how that works: www.bhoite.com/sculptures/b...

I designed the layout in illustrator and used it to create the static background. The text and graphics are all dynamic. I’m using a Particle Photon 2 which is connected over WiFi. All of the data is fetched using webhooks!

Running some test animations on the latest lander sculpture. I had to time box myself this weekend to work on the console design, otherwise I can spend countless hours tweaking and redesigning it 😅
#circuitsculpture

OMG that is incredible 🤩! Thank you for sharing and being an awesome uncle!

Made some progress last night. Added a PDM microphone, battery, and legs!

Thank you! Yes, 20 AWG brass. You can also use copper of the same gauge.

Thanks! So far it has been an entire Saturday afternoon. I will resume working on it next weekend.

Creating a little pocket in the back where the battery will go.

Using simple fixtures and paper templates to align the frame.

New sculpture in the making! Using @adafruit.com 170x320 TFT display and pairing it with a Particle Photon 2

Indeed, and I have documented it here: www.bhoite.com/sculptures/b...

A small lander inspired circuit sculpture with a small screen that is displaying time and weather forecast for the next three days.

Lots of rain in the forecast 🌧️

I know, right?! I was pleasantly surprised too!

A close up photo of a solar powered vintage Casio watch on a wrist.

Reunited with my precious Casio watch that I had accidentally left at the SFO airport’s security check point more that a month ago. They finally found it! They had to retrieve it from the “non-valuable” bins 😅

Hand holding a small solar powered circuit sculpture shaped like a satellite. It’s tiny display is showing an ambient temperature reading of 73F. There is green grass in the background.

Crisp winter afternoon. I don’t mind how green it gets here in California during the winter months!