Ryan from Pololu informs us about their biggest Black Friday sale: Pololu Robotics and Electronics is having its biggest Black Friday sale yet, starting this Thursday. You can get up to $30 off your entire order in addition to saving up to 60% on dozens of selected products, including the Pololu 3pi Robot, our new Zumo […]
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LogicBoost 6 Channel Logic Analyzer free PCB build
Markus built a free LogicBoost 6 Channel Logic Analyzer PCB: I too got my free PCB on Friday (thanks a lot!) and built it over the weekend. I made a quick proto board containing the MSP430G2553 to free up my LaunchPad for other things. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Seeed Studio
Happy Thanksgiving from Seeed Studio! Thanksgiving is just around the corner. We would LOVE to thank our families and friends for always standing by our sides. And we would LOVE to take this opportunity to give our special thanks to our dear customers, distributors, cooperated designers, to show our gratitude to the Open Hardware Community. […]
Logic Sniffer back in stock at Seeed
The Logic Sniffer is back in stock at Seeed Studio. The Open Bench Logic Sniffer is an open source logic analyzer. It’s designed to support the SUMP logic analyzer software at the lowest possible cost. Get a Logic Sniffer for $50, with free worldwide shipping.
Programming PIC microcontrollers using ds30 bootloader
WebWarrior shows us how to program a PIC Microcontroller without a programmer: Here we specifically target the freely available ds30 bootloader for PIC microcontroller and show you how to program your device without the need of an external programmer. The video below demonstrates programming (burning) of HEX file into a PIC microcontroller using the ds30 Loader Utility. […]
Stackable 24 Channel Servo Controller
Carl from SolderSplash Labs writes: We are creating a range of useful development boards to plug in to our SplashBase board We are just finalising the design of our 24 Channel Servo Control SplashBridge. Were using an LPC11U24, it has a built in USB Stack in ROM with a Mass storage device bootloader so updating code […]
LogicBoost 6 Channel Logic Analyzer free PCB build
Hlipka blogged about his free LogicBoost 6 Channel Logic Analyzer PCB build: Thanks to the FreePCB drawer, I got my hands on a LogicBoost board. I got it build up last weekend, and after discovering that I need to swap RX and TX on my launchpad it worked without problems (it’s a 1.3 version which […]
ICDBNavigator Electronic parts organizer
Here’s an open source graphical electronic parts organizer written by WallaceIT, that is available at github. I’d like to share with you a graphical electronic parts organizer written by me in PHP/HTML/Javascript: it’s completely open source (MIT license) and hosted on github. Via the contact form.
Geo Data Logger: Arduino+GPS+SD+Accelerometer to log, time-stamp, and geo-tag sensor data
This Instructable describes a prototype of a road condition scanner using Arduino + GPS + SD + Accelerometer designed by TechBitar: I thought it would be educational to build a prototype that I can take on the road to log, geo-tag, and time-stamp sensors data to be analyzed later with mapping and data analyses applications. […]
#FreePCB via Twitter to 2 random RTs
Every Tuesday we give away two coupons for the free PCB drawer via Twitter. This post was announced on Twitter, and in 24 hours we’ll send coupon codes to two random retweeters. Don’t forget there’s free PCBs three times a every week: Hate Twitter and Facebook? Free PCB Sunday is the classic PCB giveaway. Catch […]
smARtDUINO: Open System by former ARDUINO’s manufacturer
Winston writes: I have no involvement in this project, but I think it deserves to be The standard for Arduino interconnectivity smARtDUINO support ELECTRIC IMP!!! The cheapest and easiest solution to create the Internet of the things. smARtDUINO is the most advanced platform for the creation of electronic projects and even products. It is the […]
Shenzhen day 1: Hua Qiang Bei market
Today we also made our inaugural trip to the big electronics parts markets in Shenzhen. We met up with Mitch from Hackvana who showed us his favorite stands. We’ll shoot an interview with Mitch in a few days. We only had a few hours today, but we’ll be back here all week to source parts for our projects. […]
Simple USB DIY Li-ion battery charger circuit update
Arup posted an update on his USB DIY Li-ion battery charger circuit in the project log forum. Check out the video after the break.
6502 remote CPU on a BeagleBone
Chuckt writes: Matt Porter presented “What’s Old Is New: A 6502-based Remote Processor” (PDF!) at the Embedded Linux Conference – Europe. As seen here. Via the forum.
ESR meter rebuilt
MickM shares how he rebuilt his ESR meter: I just rebuilt my ESR meter. I found the schematic on the web, see ORIGINAL-schematic.png for author. This works well and is easy and almost free to build. It is analog (which I prefer), and uses a 50uA meter. Via the forum.
Organic Bus Blaster case
Bkubicek made a 3D-printed Bus Blaster case: Its a case for the v2.5 Bus Blaster. My first attempt to nurbs surfaces using rhino. Bus Blaster v2 is an experimental, high-speed JTAG debugger for ARM processors, FPGAs, CPLDs, flash, and more. Via the forum. More cool DIY cases here. You can get a Bus Blaster v2 […]
Part Ninja v1 free PCB build
Mikelelere built a free Part Ninja v1 PCB. The Part Ninja is a electronic component testing tool. It identifies electronic components like transistors and FETs, determines the pinout, and measures basic specifications. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send […]
Free PCB Sunday: Pick your PCB
We go through a lot of prototype PCBs, and end up with lots of extras that we’ll never use. Every Sunday we give away a few PCBs from one of our past or future projects, or a related prototype. Our PCBs are made through Seeed Studio’s Fusion board service. This week two random commenters […]
Turret430 office missile launcher
Adam writes: turret430 is a submission to the TI 2012 Co-op Design Challenge The goal was to design and build an office missile launcher that could be controlled by an analog joystick. As an added bonus, auto-mode was developed to target and track an object based on color. By the push of a button, the […]
Use any pocket recorder as an EMG
Eric posted an update to his Simple DIY EMG we covered previously: Using a cheap opamp to make a buffer, you can use any WAV-capable pocket recorder to make an electromyogram. You don’t need the expensive one I originally specified. Via the contact form.