The Maker Geek Roundup aggregates information of interest to makers everywhere. Topics include .NET Micro Framework, Arduino, AVR and other MCUs, CNC, 3d Printing, Robotics, Microsoft Robotics Studio, Electronics, General Maker stuff, and more. If you have something interesting you've done or have run across, or you blog regularly on the topics included here, please send me the URL and brief description via the contact link.

3d Printing, Laser Cutting, CAD/CAM/CNC

• Final touches on the CNC (RCExplorer)
• Rostock - A super fast FDM 3D printer (3D Printers Australia)
• 3D printing: rocket science or not? (Ultimaker Blog)
• FoldaRap: portable 3D printer (Ponoko)
• Rhino 5.0 Public Beta - New Build (Rhino News)
• All-in-one CNC Controller (Azteeg G1) (Shapeoko)
• GRBL, EMC2, and Mach3…oh my! (Shapeoko)

.NET Gadgeteer and Netduino GO

• A steaming hot .NET Gadgeteer project, the steampunk weather station (Coding4Fun)
• Going nuts with Nutshell, a visual screen designer for the Netduino Go Touch Display module (Coding4Fun)
• Netduino - Update Relay Control Board Mock-Up (My Projects)
• Alpha Numeric Counter (My Projects)
• Wi-Fi Gadgeteer Robot controlled by Windows Phone with image streaming (Integral Design)
• Controlling a Light Switch using Windows Phone (Integral Design)

Other .NET Micro Framework (Netduino Classic, GHI FEZ, etc.)

• What Is an Arduino Shield and Why Should My Netduino Care? (Coding4Fun)
• Thanks for the tank... Building a Netduino Tank (Coding4Fun)
• A soil low cost humidity sensor (moisture) and .NET Micro Framework (NETMF) (Laurent Ellerbach)

Arduino and AVR

• Massimo Introduces Arduino Leonardo (Make)
• Using an IR remote with your Arduino (Your Warranty is Void)
• Introducing: Arduino Simple Task Scheduler (Meat and Networking)
• How to make an Arduino shield with Eagle CAD - Tutorial (Open Electronics)
• Improving Arduino to PC Interactions with MegunoLink (tronixstuff)

Other Microcontrollers (PIC, ARM, Parallax, more)

• EJATAGproxy: Use your PicKIT2 or PicKIT3 to connect PIC32s to the GNU Debugger (Dangerous Prototypes)

General Electronics and Hardware Hacking

• Tindie: "A Fun Store For People To Sell Their Hardware Creations" (Make)
• My New Power Supply (Software and Sawdust)
• App note: Common IC interface problems (Dangerous Prototypes)

Robots, *Copters, and Robotics Studio

• Robot trash can catches anything you throw near it (Hack a Day)
• Flying Robots Musicians Play James Bond Theme (Maker Masters)

Synthesizers, Music, and MIDI/OSC

• Ambika (Mutable Instruments)
• • also: Ambika's story
• Creating Panel for MeeBlip (morecat lab)
• Reverse Engineering the Stylophone (WaitingForFriday)
• Monotron Delay, a few mods more (My Diy Blog)

Retro Computing and Commodore!

• Gaming Memories - Part 9 (Red Parsley)
• Strange peripherals… the RAMLink (MOS6502)
• Using a watch to control Ms. Pacman (Hack a Day)
• Hooking up an actual CD-ROM drive to the Commodore (MOS6502)
• Crap Games #6 (Red Parsley)
• Commodore for Workgroups (MOS6502)
• Greenrunner/Redrunner/Retroskoi+ Cartridge Available! (C64) (RGCD)