Mark Rehorst blogged about his LM3886 based stereo amplifier build: Several years ago, National Semiconductor came out with some very high performance, easy to use audio power amplifier ICs. I was in need of an extra amplifier so I could biamp some of my home-built electrostatic loudspeakers so I tried the LM3886 chip. This part […]
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Pocket high voltage generator upgrade
Aki posted an update on his pocket high voltage generator project we covered previously: The Pocket High Voltage Generator that I made a few weeks ago proved to be a very handy tool. I have been testing Zener diodes very often since I use many Zeners in 12V to 91V range. However I wanted to […]
Simple homebrew 6502 computer
Sven Krasser blogged about his 6502-based homebrew 8-bit computer build: After completing my VGA Generator project a while back, I’ve embarked on a new electronics project: building a simple 6502-based homebrew 8-bit computer on a breadboard. There are a bunch of similar projects online from which to draw ideas. Some projects set constraints such as only […]
N6QW Heathkit SSB transceiver
Pete Juliano, N6QW, has a nice build log on his newest version Heathkit 40M SSB Transceiver: What are you thinking — I am not trying to break any world record? My XYL asked me that question today — why are you building another rig? Followed up by a snide comment that I had so many […]
Battery monitor on a automotive relay form factor
Jesus Echavarria made this battery monitor and wrote a post on his blog detailing its assembly: Here’s one of the design I do last year for a client. He wants to measure the voltage of a car battery and set a couple of alarms when voltage falls below a defined values. Also, he wants to […]
ICSP switch box
Stynus has published a new build: For a project I need to program a few microcontrollers in the same circuit. This meant I needed to plug the programmer around on the board a lot. This got annoying very fast. Therefore I decided to make a switch box. In my junk pile I found an old […]
DIY custom power supply
Anthony Lieuallen made this custom power supply and wrote a post on his blog detailing its assembly: You might not truly be an electronics nerd until you build your own power supply. Either way, I’ve finally passed that threshold. As I’ve mentioned previously (and previouslier), I’ve been working on mine — very slowly, off and […]
Povon home energy monitor part 1, 20 channel system
Coyt Barringer documented his home energy monitor project called POVON. This first part of a series will detail the 20 Channel sub-metering hardware: Our initial goal was to monitor power consumption in different parts of the house, and we quickly realized every household circuit would need to be monitored. After some research, small clip on […]
SmileyBox – Statistics, the old fashioned way, upgraded
Vagrearg published a new build: Lies, damn lies and statistics. You have a high school science fair and want to know how your project was perceived by the visitors. Modern online behaviour will direct you to “taking the online survey”. That requires an extra step for the visitors, usually by taking hold of their mobile […]
Yet another Masterplay clone
Dr. Scott M. Baker made a Masterplay clone: The Masterplay was originally a device that allowed Atari 2600 digital joysticks to be used with the Atari 5200. In this post, I describe a masterplay clone that I created. The analog controllers for the Atari 5200 are (in)famous for their poor feel and performance. The analog […]
Pocket high voltage generator quick build
Aki made this DIY pocket HV generator: There are times you find yourself looking for a relatively high voltage (100V to 200V often in my case) but low current DC power supply. I have zener diodes that are higher than 30V, which makes the lab supply useless, and filament LEDs with forward voltage over 60V. […]
Atari 5200 Playstation 2 dual-shock controller adapter
Dr. Scott Baker has developed an adapter that allows you to use Playstation 2 analog controllers on an Atari 5200, that is available on gitHub: This adapter allows you to use a PS2 controller on an Atari 5200 gaming console. The 5200 was notable at the time for its use of analog joysticks, but the […]
IoT LED Dimmer
Sasa Karanovic shared a how-to on making a IoT LED dimmer: Making a IoT LED dimmer that you can control via your PC, phone, tablet or any other device connected to the network is super simple, and I’m going to show you how. I’m sharing my three channel LED dimmer that you can use to […]
Homemade Atari 5200 analog controller
Dr. Scott M. Baker made a custom controller for the Atari 5200 vintage gaming console, that is available on Github: I decided to make my own Atari 5200 analog controller, using a sparkfun thumbstick together with ADC and digital pot to do the potentiometer scaling. The controller is aesthetically a bit rough, consisting of a […]
Pocket Pi
A Raspberry pi zero w pocket terminal project from Facelesstech, that is available on Github: So if you have been following my blog lately you may have noticed me rambling on about trying to get a Xbox 360 chat pad and an ps3 keypad working with a raspberry pi to make a portable terminal. I […]
Ultra MegaMax Dominator (UMMD) 3D printer
Mark Rehorst has a nice write-up about building his Ultra MegaMax Dominator (aka UMMD) 3D printer: Ultra MegaMax Dominator (aka UMMD) is my third 3D printer design/build. I used much of what I learned from its predecessors, and tried a few experiments, resulting in a very high quality machine that produces very high quality prints. […]
Electric steam boiler – first steam
Quinn Dunki has a great write-up on building this homemade-from-scratch electric steam boiler: Yes, you read that title correctly. After many months of effort, this homemade-from-scratch electric steam boiler is finally going to make steam. Before we’re done, we’ll learn some sobering lessons about the dangers of live steam. Now that our boiler is pressure-tested […]
Building an Atari Punk console
Øyvind shows you how to easily make a DIY Atari Punk console: Do you want a fun and easy-to-build circuit? Here’s the simple, but fun Atari Punk Console – with schematics and parts list. It’s a quick build, so you can easily build it during an evening. It takes its name from the old Atari […]
6809 CPU board for the RC2014
Ben Chong posted his RC2014 6809 CPU board, that is available on github. More details on his blog.
4pin hall sensor adapter board
Davide Gironi published a new build: Hall Sensor are pretty common components. Most of the time one will find 3 pin Hall Sensor. But there are time that one can find a 4 pin hall sensor. Those kind of sensor is called dual-channel. See the full post on his blog. Check out the video after […]