A little while back, an attacker from Eastern Europe attempted to break into our main website. The attempt was ultimately unsuccessful due to our defenses, and no damage of any kind was caused. This writeup will hopefully help others in case they face their own attacks. It might also be of interest to those who… Continue reading SQL injections on WordPress websites
We’re Resuming US Shipping!
TLDR: We’re resuming shipping to the US as usual, and no tariffs will be assessed. It’s been just over a month since we were forced to suspend shipping to the US, and we’ve been hard at work finding a solution in the time since. We’re happy to announce that we’ll be resuming shipping to the… Continue reading We’re Resuming US Shipping!
Tariffs and US Shipping Suspension
TLDR: Ploopy is suspending US shipping services for the foreseeable future. You are free to put in an order if you like, but we don’t know when it will ship, and you will likely have to pay a 35% tariff when your parcel is delivered. Customers with outstanding orders may request a full refund. We… Continue reading Tariffs and US Shipping Suspension
Are STEP files open-source?
An article came out on Hackaday about our recently-released Knob design. It’s a very generous take on our design (thanks to Matt Varian for his writeup!). The discussion in the comments was a bit less charitable. A question cropped up there that made me think. It boiled down to this: are STEP files actually open-source?… Continue reading Are STEP files open-source?
High-resolution scrolling for the Adept
We just released some firmware that enables high-resolution scrolling for the Adept. Anybody using an Adept with their Windows or Linux machine can now have pixel-by-pixel scrolling precision, and all you need to do is upload the new firmware, which takes about ten seconds! Here’s a bit more info. We recently released the Knob, which… Continue reading High-resolution scrolling for the Adept
The Knob is here!
The Knob is a stand-alone dial that can be programmed to do anything you want, and it’s available starting today for $49CAD! A high-performance sensor The sensor that’s inside the Ploopy Knob is the formidable AS5600, a magnetic sensor with 12-bits of position resolution. It’s capable of detecting rotational changes small than 1/10th of a… Continue reading The Knob is here!
The Classic 2 is here!
The Classic 2 is a brand new revision of the original Classic, and kits are available today starting at $144CAD! The Classic 2 is just like the original in every way that matters. It’s also a major upgrade for the few things that needed tweaking. USB-C connector That’s right, the Classic 2 has a USB-C… Continue reading The Classic 2 is here!
RP2040: The Little Engine that Could
Sitting at the heart of the Ploopy Headphones preamplifier is a chip called “RP2040”. It’s the microcontroller, or MCU, recently made and released by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It’s cheap, it’s available, and it punches way above its weight. This post will explain why we chose it for the Headphones preamp, as well as the… Continue reading RP2040: The Little Engine that Could
Using Spring Contact Principles with Chip-PCB Interfaces
This post answers a fairly simple question: how does a person electrically connect a very large number of chips to a very large number of PCBs in the shortest possible amount of time? Without the help of big fancy industrial equipment, that is. The question is simple, but the answer is far from it. I’ll… Continue reading Using Spring Contact Principles with Chip-PCB Interfaces
Unboxing Ploopies
If you get a kit from us, it is highly likely to arrive looking something like this: The box on the left is, indeed, a purpose-made box specifically chosen to ship our kits, and it’s wrapped in a tape that we’ve specifically chosen to inform the recipient that they’re about to receive a Ploopy. It’s… Continue reading Unboxing Ploopies