My name is Roman, Welcome to my Lab.

I love building things: be it Circuits, 3D printing my own designs or coding until the sun rises.

Music is my escape and I built my own headphones (Mr. Speakers Open Alphas) and Headphone Amps too (nwavguy’s Objective 2).

Record Scratch

It all started when my Grandfather introduced young me to these little Soldering Kits. Those were mostly adjustable Timers that would toggle a relay with screw terminal connections. Still fun to solder! Also, all were Through Hole Components!

For Christmas, Child-Me got some awesome Electronics 200-in-1 Kits. The instruction booklet featured a robot and engineer traveling across space!

Often my mother would get angry at me for taking apart perfectly good and working appliances. Re-assembly was never guaranteed.

This turned into me learning Eagle EDA, designing little circuits and etching them in Copper Chloride via the toner transfer method (as a kid mind you). Exposing UV Mask that came pre-applied to Copper Clad Board, never produced great results.

That’s when I realized that EDA Software is just a fancy drawing program. It’s just a couple Layers and very strong rules on how you are allowed to paint the traces. The rules are more so enforced when you make or get your design made.

I eventually migrated from Eagle to EasyEDA (by LCSC, has great BOM integration!) and a couple of years ago tried KiCad and never looked back. I occasionally think about looking back though.

At some point I also got into programming and later got a 3D Printer too.

I have many Interests, but for me, it’s all about finding knowledge to absorb. I like getting down into the nitty-gritty details, down to the truth. This website was built mostly for me, and friends, as a kind of knowledge-base about everything.

Honorable Mentions

Here is a somewhat unordered list of great Educators, that lead me to be the person I am today. These are great sources of Knowledge, mostly in Video form, with the occasional entertainer in between.

Electronics

Electronics is my true calling. I practically grew up with some of those channels!

• David L. Jones from the EEVBlog for his technical deep dives!
• CNLohr insanely funny hard- and software projects, very informative
• Andreas Speiss for informative Maker Content
• Denki Otaku insanely deep technical measurement videos, often works with industry
• Electronics for the Inquisitive Experimenter Explanations on Electronics and Project series'
• Kerry Wong projects, teardowns and test equipment
• Marco Reps Low ppm Projects, Lab Gear Repair, CNC
• Phils Lab KiCad, FPGA, MCU, Sensors, technical Tutorials
• Sam Zeloof Making IC’s at Home
• Scullcom Hobby Electronics Projects Series’ and Tutorials
• Tech Ingredients Cool Projects, Research

Education

The sheer tinyness of Integrated Electronics, the Elegance of Mathematics, and Engineering the World we live in.

• 3Blue1Brown Great Mathematics Animations, multiple approaches for the same topic
• Branch Education for their technical Animations on Silicon Manufacturing, Storage Technologies…
• engineerguy good explanations on Engineering
• Iain Explains Signals and Systems, Analog and Digital Signal Processing…
• Numberphile Obsession of Explaining Mathematics
• Simply Put Explains Electronics
• Tom Lum Wholesome Educational Content

Programming

Programming itself is an abstraction.

• Jonathan Blow Programming Legend making Video Games
• Molly Rocket Programming Legend too, making Video Games
• No Boilerplate Fast technical videos, Coding Concepts
• Threat Interactive Deep Dives into the Video Game Rendering Pipeline
• ThePrimeagen Thanks for teaching me VI Motions

Linux & Homelabbing

Linux is unescapable. It’s everywhere. (In my Home)

• Level1Linux and Level1Techs too! Wendell!
• Peter Brockie NAS and Home Lab gear
• Wolfgang’s Channel NAS gear and Homelab Services
• Veronica Explains Anything on Linux and Computers

3D Printing

Being able to print anything out of cheap, available plastic, reliably is insanity.

• Major Hardware mostly printing fans?
• MandicReally Printer Builds, Projects
• Made with Layers by Thomas Sanladerer, Lots on Filament, Basics, Printer Builds…
• YGK3D no Bullsh*t 3D Printer Reviews, Projects
• Zack Freedman Cool 3D Printing and Electronics Projects, talks like a madman

Cooking

I enjoy cooking, but not as much as then sharing the cooked with others.

• Adam Ragusea simple no Bullsh*t recipes
• Ethan Chlebowski learning the how and why behind cooking
• Cook Well with Ethan Chlebowski, focusing on simple recipes
• You suck at Cooking no, you suck! /s

Body Building

Getting compliments for my body was unthinkable before 2022.

• Renaissance Periodization Scientific Body Building
• Jeff Nippard Great Exercise Comparisons and Tutorials + Science!

Last updated on 28. July 2025