Timo Wielink

Life Lately // Startup Diaries V0.1

@Payllogic I have been waiting on a customer support ticket for over a month, is anyone actually responding to these?

@i2cjak Maybe I need to actually start finishing this Open Source Project

what are we even doing here guys? YOU MAKE YOUR OWN

@controlpaths We put a RP2040 Based cubesat in space!

I usually see many projects based on the RP2040, but are they used in final products? Or are they just microcontrollers for hobbyists?

@SamuelBeek So Sick! Gefeliciteerd! Cant wait to build our companies tech with just Schematik!

Still need to pinch myself sometimes: We’ve raised $4.600.000 pre-seed with Schematik. It's time to make hardware less hard :)

Today, hardware we built is launching to orbit with Cal Poly on a SpaceX mission. A Duck is going to space. 🦆🚀 spacex.com/launches/trans…

Getting data out of remote environments is the real problem. Sensors work, but once you leave reliable connectivity the data never makes it out. That’s what OWL is built for. We don’t replace your hardware, we integrate with the sensors and systems you already use and handle the network in between. No rebuilding your stack, just a reliable path for your data to move.

My Custom Duck Charger is coming alive! The board shape is not ideal but it fits nicely in its custom charger.

This hobby is way too fun with Claude and KiCad MCP

@ManikantaChavv7 That’s the way to go!

This resonates. We applied to YC seriously 4 times. Passed every time. In the meantime, we built a pre-product on the idea, tested and deployed it on real infrastructure: – live monitoring ~560M litres/day – serving ~1.5M+ people – helped a state cut water-treatment chemicals by ~48% – now seeing regular 6-figure orders(USD) This also lets you earn truth from the field instead of validation from a committee in @ycombinator

We’ve been iterating on a new type of developer electronics module designed for real-world edge deployments with embedded mesh networking that can function in heat, cold, intermittent power, imperfect RF, etc. We call this new device a QuackerBoard. To my devs/nerds/hackers we're looking for people to test out OWL IoT, and Owl's Early Access is open: owlintegrations.com/early-access If you sign up, we'll send you some toys to play with.

The world keeps getting more connected. More devices. More networks. More layers of infrastructure on top of each other. And still, the places that matter most are often the hardest to reach. That’s why we exist. At OWL, we focus on connectivity where it’s not optional. Where there’s no stable power. No reliable internet. No room for failure. Places where networks need to work before anything else can. This video is a small glimpse into that mission. Not just building more IoT, but building infrastructure that’s designed for reality. For the field, not the lab. For the moments when things break, not when everything is perfect. Connectivity doesn’t need to be everywhere equally. It needs to be where it matters most.

@Ekaeoq This looks so clean, these cant be shot with a phone right? Right? haha

No better feeling than having a fully cleaned, spotless, dust free working space, the little factory has been thoroughly cleaned and will be dirty once more by the end of day ! Onwards and upwards

@CarlLindesvard Love it!

Giving the overview some love 🤝

@veedstudio Love this! Totally acceptable to wear this to Christmas

We created an Exclusive AI merch. To celebrate adding the world’s best AI models into VEED this year. 500 likes & someone in the comments wins it.

Most IoT demos work. Most IoT deployments fail. Not because of the device. But because of everything in between. I wrote this after years of building OWL and shipping real networks. medium.com/project-owl/th…

These are our Ducks 🦆 Small, rugged devices that auto-form a long-range mesh as you deploy them. They collect sensor data, relay tiny packets, and stream everything to the DMS in real time. Check out OWL IoT owlintegrations.com/early-access

@SamuelBeek Yeah X1C but also really like the mini for the price! I used to have the original Ultimaker, I just miss the look of it haha

@timowielink Its old but still great. Have been thinking about getting a Bambulab but havent pulled the trigger ;) what do you use?

Hard agree - having a dedicated space to create is pure bliss :)

@CarlLindesvard Looks Absolutely Amazing! Great design and Dev work!

New improved website is live openpanel.dev

@zackslab This is our Open Source Protocol: github.com/ClusterDuck-Pr…

@timowielink wow. this is cool, i love the name and logo for it! clearly lots of people have this problem. you're building it ontop of lilygo? and still utilizing mesh? and i see TAK for the gov stuff. I'm going to have to look into this more when i get home

my weekend project: a fully custom encrypted protocol on top of LoRa for a sensor/gateway network i plan to turn into a product.