Thursday, June 7th, 2018
DuWayne published a new build: I have been following a series of podcasts from 'Chatting with the Designers' CWTD.ORG that cover building simple Arduino based test equipment. I decided that this would make a nice way to get into development with the ESP32. The CWTD 'Test Gadget' is basically an...Posted in DIY, testing | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Glen Akins shares his latest build the single ESC key USB keyboard: After building the “awesomely impractical” giant three-key keyboard, I decided it was time to build something a bit more practical—presenting the single ESC key USB keyboard! This keyboard has exactly one function which is to provide an optimal...Tags: keyboard, USB
Posted in DIY, USB | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
Here's a minimalistic 1D Pong game from Vagrearg: How little do you need for a game An exercise in futility. That is what many would call this endeavor. How few elements (signifiers and affordances) do you need to not only recognize a game for what it is, but also are...Tags: game
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
Mark Smith over at surfncircuits has a nice write-up about building an ETA Nixie Tube Clock: This DIY project will combine the estimated time of arrival function with a Nixie tube display to create an estimated time of arrival (ETA) Nixie tube clock. It is all easily controlled by a...Tags: how-to, Nixie tube clock
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
Dave Richards (a.k.a. AA7EE) has a nice write-up about building another Si5351 VFO project: To many, this will be just another Si5351 VFO project, with nothing to distinguish it from the others. In fact, that’s exactly what it is. The “how to” of connecting an Arduino board to an Si5351...Tags: ham radio, Si5351, VFO
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Friday, May 18th, 2018
Matt Brailsford (aka Circuitbeard) has a nice write-up about building his mini pinball machine with a lattepanda core running dual monitors: I generally start my projects by thinking about the hardware that I’m going to want to use as I’ll need to know sizes when it comes to the design phase....Tags: DIY, game, lattepanda
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Thursday, May 17th, 2018
bdring posted an update on NickelBot project we covered previously: The NickelBot is complete and it works great. The goal of the project was to create an easily portable machine that creates low cost items that could be given away at events like Maker Faires. I think it has completely achieved...Tags: laser engraver, nickel, PSOC5
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Friday, May 11th, 2018
Electric generator experiment from HomoFaciens: The generators I am using are in fact geared DC motors, left over from a project with my sponsor RS Components. The modern abacuses being powered during my experiments are a Raspberry Pi Model, a SIMATIC IOT2020 and an Arduino Uno. A 2x16 characters LCD...Tags: DC motor, electric generator
Posted in DIY, techniques | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
Luke writes, "A few years back I made a compact bench PSU based on a DPS-3002 module and a 24v PSU. I have since made a improved version that also includes the ability to run on my power tool batteries making it ultra-portable." See the full post on his blog here.Tags: bench power supply, DIY tools
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
DuWayne S blogged about his stand alone simulated analog meter project: Thinking about what values I would like to display, I came up with three basic items. A S-meter when in receive, and a power output display when in transmit. In transmit, I would also like to have the capability...Tags: analog meter
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Monday, April 30th, 2018
Attiny wearable project from Facelesstech: It’s a foundation for a wearable platform. It’s a Nato watch strap threaded through a PCB with a coin cell battery holder between the PCB and the strap. I’m using a Attiny85 this time around but could be used for most chips/dev boards. This is...Tags: Attiny85, wearables
Posted in AVR, DIY | 3 Comments »
Monday, April 30th, 2018
Dilshan Jayakody published a new build: If you are an audio enthusiast and if you have multiple audio systems and speakers, you may definitely need to have a speaker selector switch. These switches allow you to route a audio signal through a switching system and distribute it to various speakers....Tags: audio, PIC16F88, Relay
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Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Felix writes, "I posted a short illustrated guide for making your own Moteino from SMD components. It also includes details how to burn the bootloader and fuses. Check it out here. Thanks and credit goes to forum user LukaQ for his contribution of the images and test sketches in this...Tags: how-to, Moteino, SMD
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Monday, April 23rd, 2018
AA7EE published a new build, a little temperature beacon: This was a fun little project – and it gave me an idea for a future one. Sometimes, I find that the more complex undertakings, which require more planning, can get to the point that they “take me over” somewhat. At...Tags: morse code, temperature
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Monday, April 23rd, 2018
bdring made this laser controller for his wooden nickel engraver project and wrote a post on his blog detailing its assembly: Here are some details on the custom laser controller I made for the NickelBot, wooden nickel engraving machine. I want to use Grbl to control the machine. Grbl has...Tags: ATMega328p, PWM
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Thursday, April 19th, 2018
Davide Gironi posted an update on Xively logger project we covered previously: This embedded platform is a modular and configurable ThingSpeak data logger, built on an ATmega328 micro, usefull to send datapoints to your ThingSpeak feed. This project is an update to the Xively logger presented here See the full...Tags: Atmega328, ThingSpeak
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Monday, April 16th, 2018
Peter6960 published a new build: So couple months ago, GreatScott made a video where he designed a circuit. Nothing too innovative, just the same TP4056 charger the MT3608 Boost combined on one PCB. He did add a Lipo protection circuit though, initially using the same DW01. But then, the Aha...Tags: LiPo
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Thursday, April 12th, 2018
A DIY hand crank Boostbox by lasersaber at LaserHacker: This easy to make box uses no batteries but can still power a lot of stuff. It really is a very versatile little BoostPack based device. It would be the perfect thing to have on hand in times of emergency. Project info...Tags: DIY tools
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Monday, April 9th, 2018
jaeblog published a new build: I like perfboard, especially the ones with plated trough holes. But I also like SMD components, and more and more fun IC’s are not available in DIP. So a while ago I designed some perfboard with 1.27mm pitch, making some SMD parts like SOIC stuff...Tags: 7400, frequency counter, Perfboard
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Thursday, April 5th, 2018
Mare writes, "This is description of coaxial collinear antenna for 868MHz applications. I designed this for Lorawan gateway." Project info at Mare & Gal Electronics homepage.Tags: antenna, LoRaWAN
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