Alacrity Wiki

Projects

An overview of the projects we are running

Physical lab improvements

  1. Lab Renovations:

    • Classroom Lights - Heroiu Rares Justinian, Alex Lucaci
    • Classroom AC - Heroiu Rares Justinian, Alex Lucaci
    • Classroom floor rejuvenation: not planned (Heroiu Rares Justinian)

  2. Regulament Utilizare Spatiu: not started (Vavilov Iris, Alex Lucaci)

  3. Security Cameras: ongoing (Vavilov Iris, Alex Lucaci)

NGO-wide

  1. AirBox Bootcamp FNT 2025 (one edition): finished
  2. AirBox Bootcamp Wesleyan 2026 (one edition): finished
  3. AirBox Bootcamp Fundatia Comunitara Bucuresti (one edition): ongoing. started development of indoor stations
  4. StartONG Ecocrafting chemistry ceramics making project: ongoing
  5. Christmas Science Fair: finished
  6. Finland Trip for Education & National Lab Research (Florentina Alexa): finished
  7. Branding Rework: ongoing. Albert Maxim is working on the matter.

Tech

  1. Lab Access badge: ongoing, first protype finalized & tested. Will do second prototype. (Tanase Tudor, Alex Lucaci)

  2. W.A.S.P. : redacted (Heroiu Rares Justinian, Alex Lucaci, Sebastian Matei?)

  3. SPINSPINSPIN: High-performance electronic ESC - ongoing (Alex Lucaci, Tanase Tudor)

  4. Lab Automation: ongoing, (Florentina Alexa)

  5. Alacrity IT Infrastructure: ongoing (Alex Lucaci, Sainenco Luchian)

  6. Alacrity Website: launched, finishing touches (Sainenco Luchian)

  7. AirBox Platform (Alex Lucaci, Cezar Tintireanu, Sainenco Luchian)

  8. Alacrity AirBox Courses ( Electronics: Heroiu Rares Justinian, Alex Lucaci; Computer Science: Heroiu Rares Justinian, Sainenco Luchian; Physics: Vavilov Iris, Oros Vlad; Chemistry: Moraru Adrian, Hana, Vavilov Iris; Science Communication: Vavilov Iris, Fattima)

  9. Digital Circuits for Late Night PCB Design optional class at AirBox Bootcamp: finalized (Avram Andrei, Alex Lucaci)

AirBox Megaproject

AirBox is our citizen-science initiative to measure air quality, in both indoor and outdoor environments.
Versions 1 and 2 are built around the idea of using existing WiFi networks to connect and send data to the public platform.
Further developments will enhance connectivity by using mobile networks and radio transmissions.

AirBox v1.9 and v2.0

V1.0-V1.9

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Early indoor prorotype, built to sense Temperature, Humidity and CO2.

V2.0

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First solar-powered unit, with upgraded sensors and suitable for short-term deployments to outdoor environments.

AirBox V3 and derivatives

// TODO - ABE, ABI, ABO

Tech

Mostly overkill stuff, you will rarely find something normal here.

LNPCB Wiki

LNPCB is an additional course taught ar Airbox Bootcamp 2026 that teaches students how to quickly get started with designing their first PCB. The students are tasked with creating a component layout and routing on a slow-speed but high density board. They have to work around real-world restrictions like meachanical clearances.

Course material created by Alex Lucaci and taught by Alex Lucaci and Andrei Avram with great positive feedback.

PrinterWorks Repo Wiki

Our 3D printer mods and PCBs. Sources, schematics and firmware are in the PrinterWorks repository (Alacrity GitHub).

CANDU

CANDU
CAN and 24V distributor for toolheads and CAN devices on Voron 3D printers.

INDXWorx

INDXWorx
Connects the Bondtech INDX Prusa head to a Klipper printer. Plugs into the BTT Octopus. RS485 through an ST STR485 with ESD and common-mode protection, plus switchable 5V power for the head.

KliFan

KliFan
Fan hub for Klipper printers. One PWM signal drives four 4-pin PC fans; an STM8S001J3 reads their tach lines and reports them through a single endstop input.

PIPSU

PIPSU PIPSU PIPSU
Tiny 5V, 3A supply for a Raspberry Pi. Plugs straight into the Pi's USB-C port and powers it from the printer's 24V line (8-30V), using TI's TPSM63603 power module.

RBARF Repo Wiki

Also part of the PrinterWorks project but spun into its own timeline, RBARF is a fork of the original Rainbow Barf Logo LED for Voron Toolheads. It adds a tiny microcontroller onboard the LED board that creates animations on the LED.
It is currently in development on the third iteration.

RBARF V0.1

RBARF V0.1
Rainbow Barf logo LED that animates itself. An STM8S001J3 intercepts the LED data from Klipper and runs blink, fade and wave animations on the board, taking that work off Klipper.

RBARF V0.2

RBARF V0.2
Second revision, on a 1.7 mm STM32C011 wafer-level chip, with all parts on one side for easier assembly. Known issue: the Q1 MOSFET footprint is wrong, fixed in V0.3.

RBARF V0.3

RBARF V0.3
V0.2 with the Q1 footprint fixed. Firmware in Rust with Embassy, which also runs on V0.2.

NetWorks Repo Wiki

PDU20V

PDU20V
Rack power distribution board. Shares one 20V supply between the mini PCs in our rack over nine XT90 outputs, instead of one power brick each.

NETUPS

![NETUPS](/projects/netups.png)
COMING SOON

Social media

  1. Alacrity AirBox Courses explained on Instagram as reels: not planned (Heroiu Rares Justinian)
  2. Microscope footage with the Microscope: done for a few boards, ongoing. (Alex Lucaci)
  3. JBC Promotionals: not planned (Heroiu Rares Justinian)
  4. Commodor64 videos: not planned (Heroiu Rares Justinian)

Possible future ideas

  1. Lab SLAM: not started (Heroiu Rares Justinian, Florentina Alexa)

  2. Equipment Use Documentation: not planned (Heroiu Rares Justinian, Alex Lucaci, Tanase Tudor)

  3. 8-bit Computer from ICs: planned (Heroiu Rares Justinian, Alex Lucaci)

  4. RGB GPU from Vintage Memory: planned (Alex Lucaci, Tanase Tudor)

  5. How To Make Your Own Lab Bluepring: not started (Heroiu Rares Justinian)

  6. VEX Rootic Team: stalled (Ghita Andreea)