I design and build electronics
that make it to production.
I'm Tim, a hardware and firmware engineer in Brisbane, Australia. Senior Electronics Engineer at IntelliDesign, co-founder of Micromelon Robotics.
This is where I write about all things product development, and what it takes to get an electronics design into mass production.
// idea → schematic → pcb → firmware → enclosure → assembly → shipped
An open-source Fusion 360 clone in Rust that might become my default CAD.
A one-off anodised aluminium enclosure for about $200, and it came back great.
The cheap ex-mining PS5 board is fine for background AI, not for agentic coding.
A borrowed Yetitool full-sheet CNC and a cabinet for the Photon Mono X.
Two years of student microcontroller projects, smart bins and virtual pets included.
Free open-source inventory management that was good enough, until it wasn't.
Classroom robot in 150+ schools. Electronics, firmware, manufacturing.
Casino dice shaker with computer-vision roll monitoring.
Honey extraction machine; $100k raised on Kickstarter.
Multi-port industrial grease endpoint with pressure monitoring.
NB-IoT diesel flow and temperature monitoring for vehicles.
Smart scrum machine logging per-pad force over Bluetooth.