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September 27, 2007
Yet another device charging station
There are a number of these neat n' tidy multi-device charging station projects floating through the interwebs. This one uses a cheap Ikea storage tub and features switches for each charger.
IKEA Power Charging Box with individual switches - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 27, 2007 03:00 PM
Cellphones, DIY Projects, Instructables |
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Seven-segment big LED display
Cool Circuit has a how-to on building large (6" high") 7-segment digital displays using 14 super-bright white LEDs. They use the PIC16F876A microcontroller and can be cascade-connected to form up to an 8-digit display.
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Sep 27, 2007 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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September 26, 2007
Interactive LED coffee table kits
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has teamed up with Because We Can to create two awesome interactive LED coffee tables with hundreds of LEDs in the tops that respond to motion. Because We Can is selling completed tables for $1800 to $2500. EMS Labs is selling the LED tabletop kits (you provide the table and endless hours of soldering) for $350 or $450 (depending on the number of LED panels).
Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits! - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 26, 2007 08:00 PM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Make a portable camping stove
This video shows you how to make a simple cook stove out of little more than two soda cans, some fiberglass, and Heet (the gas-line anti-freeze).
Make a DIY Portable Stove - Link
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Sep 26, 2007 04:00 PM
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Hacking away the clutter
I hate clutter. But like every other media and tech junkie, my world is awash in print and recorded media and gadgets with cables, lots and lots of cables. Unclutterer is designed for those of us who want to have it both ways: neat and tidy and totally wired. They have lots of tips and tricks for hiding cords, charging stations, media centers (and the media that feed them), etc. In the above vid, they show how to use a cheap towel rack to get all of those cords off the ground behind your entertainment center.
Unclutterer - Link
Related:
- War on cables - Link
- Cable management - Link
- ClosetMaid Hacking - Link
- Docking pack for your gadgets - Link
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Sep 26, 2007 02:00 PM
DIY Projects, Gadgets |
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The PIC based Super probe
The Superprobe project was designed to see how much could be done with a PIC chip and just a few parts. This device is designed around a PIC16F870, a 4 digit LED display module and very little else... Link.
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Sep 26, 2007 11:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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The MP3 stick (DIY/Homemade MP3 player)
Nice AVR based MP3 player... -
The MP3stick is a simple and small portable MP3 player. A microcontroller Atmel AVR ATmega128 is the heart of the circuit. MP3 decoding is done by an VLSI VS1011b decoder IC. A MMC/SD card works as memory medium for MP3 files, playlist files and skin files. The player is designed to draw his power from a LiIo/LiPo battery with 3.6V. a charger cicuit, based on MAX1811, is included. All information will be shown on a Nokia color LCD with 128x128 pixel and 256 colors. The player will work in text-only mode and if a skin file is available, also with nice graphic skins. A docking port allows outside connectivity for serial control signals, audio signals and charger voltage input.The MP3 stick (DIY/Homemade MP3 player) - Link.
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Sep 26, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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Arduino based air, gps and social electronic device
Source and schematics for the Arduino based AIR project... -
AIR is a public, social experiment in which people are invited to use Preemptive Media's portable air monitoring devices to explore their neighborhoods and urban environments for pollution and fossil fuel burning hotspots.Arduino based air, gps and social electronic device - Link.Participants or "carriers" are able to see pollutant levels in their current locations, as well as simultaneously view measurements from the other AIR devices in the network. An on-board GPS unit and digital compass, combined with a database of known pollution sources such as power plants and heavy industries, allow carriers to see their distance from polluters as well. The AIR devices regularly transmit data to a central database allowing for real time data visualization on this website.
While AIR is designed to be a tool for individuals and groups to self identify pollution sources, it also serves as a platform to discuss energy politics and their impact on environment, health and social groups in specific regions.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 26, 2007 09:00 AM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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The science of boomerangs
Popular Mechanics shows you how a boomerang works and how to throw one properly in just 8 easy steps - Link.
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Sep 26, 2007 08:00 AM
DIY Projects, Science |
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Build a 1000 MHz RF spectrum analyzer (inexpensively)
If you ever wanted to build a 1000 MHz RF spectrum analyzer (we all have) - this site shows you how to make one on the cheap-ish side...Link.
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Sep 26, 2007 07:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Wireless |
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Build your own vintage pro audio recording equipment
Cayocosta writes in -
Welcome to Cayocosta's DIY Pro Audio site. Here you can find schematics, wiring layouts, parts lists, chassis templates, photos and mp3 samples related to building your own classic recording studio equipment including the Pultec EQP-1a program equalizer, Teletronix La-2a compressor, MC76 (UREI 1176) limiter Kit, Fender Tweed Deluxe 5E3 amplifier and more. All DIY gear was built over the last three years and is currently in use in my home studio.Build your own vintage pro audio recording equipment - Link.
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Sep 26, 2007 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Music |
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Astrophotography
Check out the great moon photos from MAKE Flickr photo pool member monopole2006 shot with a 127mm 1000mm FL Maksutov (Orion Starmax 127) w/ a 26 mm eyepiece Afocal imaging w/ a Nikon Coolpix 990 - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 26, 2007 01:00 AM
DIY Projects, Imaging |
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September 25, 2007
Arduino temperature controlled PC Fan
Our buds at uC Hobby have another "winner" in their "Hobby Parts for Articles" program:
Oscar Gonzalez gives us a simple tutorial for speed controlling a PC FAN and reading a LM35 temperature sensor with an Arduino microcontroller. He covers the use of an optocoupler, PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) and reading analog voltages with the Arduino. He even has a video showing the fan speed control in action.
Arduino temperature controlled PC Fan. - [via] Link
Related:
- Cartloads o' Arduino coverage on MAKE: Blog - Link
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Sep 25, 2007 08:00 PM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Hide a hard drive in a UPS
Need some clandestine storage space that's within reach of your PC but hidden from prying eyes? Here's a tutorial on stashing an HD inside of a USB-equipped uninterrupted power supply (UPS).
Hide a Hard Drive in a UPS - Link
Related:
- HOW TO - Server in a UPS - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 25, 2007 04:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Simple, humane mousetrap
Here's yet another scheme for a DIY mousetrap that doesn't starve, decapitate, or Ebola-fy the guts of the vermin in your house. In fact, with all the cereal in the trap here, that's gonna be one mighty mouse by the time you release him in the field across the street. Oh, I get it, he'll be so freakin' fat, he won't be able to scamper back across the street when you catch and release.
Manny's humane mouse trap - Link
Related:
- Building a better mousetrap coverage on MAKE: Blog - Link
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Sep 25, 2007 02:00 PM
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Electronics tutorials using Arduino and beginner kits!
Wow! Adafruit dropped a MASSIVE amount of Arduino tutorials AND kits (beginner kits and shields). If you're interested in getting started with electronics this is one of the best ways and these tutorials are the most comprehensive online -
One of the nice things about the Arduino boards & software is they let people get started hacking electronics fast. However, I was looking for a good step-by-step tutorial that helped people with almost no experience through the first few steps of microcontroller programming and basic electronics design. At the same time, I'd been flipping through Parallax's excellent "What is a Microcontroller" workbook and decided to start writing something similar.So check out my Arduino Tutorial page and give me feedback! Right now I've got 3 lessons up, and will try to get a another 3 out in the next week and a half.
- Lesson 0. Pre-flight check...Is your Arduino and computer ready? - Link.
- Lesson 1. The "Hello World!" of electronics, a simple blinking light - Link.
- Lesson 2. Sketches, variables, procedures and hacking code - Link.
- Lesson 3. Breadboards, resistors and LEDs, schematics, and basic RGB color-mixing. At the end of lesson three, you build a mood lamp! - Link.
Full kits and PCBs are available (the mini breadboards are sweet) - Link.
In the starter pack there's an Arduino, USB cable, proto shield kit, tiny breadboard (goes on top of protoshield), 9V wall adapter, 9V battery holder, and a bag of parts that will get you started with the Arduino Tutorial lessons 0-6 - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 25, 2007 01:00 PM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Chatbot
Chatbot is a set of wireless chatting terminals using 128X64 graphics LCDs & Ericson Mobile keyboards, the site has more details (and the hex files if you cooked one up) ... Link.
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Sep 25, 2007 11:00 AM
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Instant thumb piano - HOW TO - Make a set screw lamellaphone
RP writes -
This is a method to quickly and easily make a musical instrument capable of melodic percussion and noise experimentation. The thumb piano, known as a kalimba or mbira and by many other names, is a lamellaphone that uses plucked prongs called tongues, keys or tines to generate acoustic vibrations. The length of the tine determines the pitch.Instant thumb piano - HOW TO - Make a set screw lamellaphone - Link.Generally, the thumb piano uses some kind of mechanism to create a great deal of pressure to anchor the tines across 2 bridges which allows the free lengths of the tines room to vibrate. The tines are usually of the same material and gauge (thickness) to ensure consistency so the pressure is distributed equally holding everything in place and in tune.
The method shown here is simplified and wonderfully versatile. It allows the use of more fragile, delicate, and unusual materials for the body of the instrument, and it provides a way to use oddly shaped tines of different materials at the same time while permitting the tines to be swapped out and tuned with ease.
There are interesting possibilities here: a simple armature or jig that becomes a tool with which to investigate the sound that different materials make - how they vibrate, how they resonate and how different combinations of factors can change the sound quality.
Experiment and explore and find configurations that work for you.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 25, 2007 10:00 AM
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R/C Tank combat
Here's a site dedicated to building radio controlled tanks that actually fire at each other. The build pages are very detailed and there are dozens of them. Thanks Erick! -
The R/C Tank Combat hobby is dedicated to the battling of radio-controlled large-scale models of tanks, armored cars and artillery. All combat is waged using standard, readily available paintball equipment, allowing realistic and safe tactical battles.R/C Tank combat - Link.
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Sep 25, 2007 09:00 AM
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Arduino - DIY Digital in car gauges (multisensor display)
Justin writes -
I've been working on this project for about 6 months now. It's a digital multigauge based on the arduino. In its current form it shows oil temp, turbo pressure, accelerometer readings, a timer, and two misc temps. The code is freely available (though not 100% complete) as are the schematics. I designed the project to be an in car sensor display but one could modify the code and general idea to have a simple weather display, watch stocks, view environmental readings, check on a robot's health, etc.Arduino - DIY Digital in car gauges (multisensor display) - Link.
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Sep 25, 2007 07:00 AM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Electronics, Transportation |
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