Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
Here's an Arduino based open source MIDI controller by Musico Nerd, the Traktorino: The Traktorino is a powerful low-cost DIY MIDI Controller. It is based in the Arduino platform and it comes in DIY kit, or assembled. In its core, there’s a shield that connects to an Arduino Uno, which...Tags: Arduino, MIDI
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Friday, March 23rd, 2018
Boris Landoni writes about an open source project frequency meter and clock generator: On the hardware of the controller board LED Matrix, by taking advantage of the reconfigurability of the onboard FPGA, we can build a bivalent tool that is extremely useful to have on our work bench. Via Open Electronics.Tags: clock generator, frequency meter
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Thursday, March 8th, 2018
An open source small DC/DC 3W switcher to drop 5V to 3V in a 7805 TO-220 pinout from Black Mesa Labs: This post is an open source hardware design from Black Mesa Labs for a simple DC/DC converter for dropping 5V to 3.3V ( or adjustable to lower voltages via...Tags: DC/DC converter, pcb
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
An open source 22mm diameter PCB project from Concretedog, that is available on github: So I posted a while back about how I had used these 22mm pcb's I'd made in prototyping an ematch ignitor system for use in rocketry. Although I made these stackable boards so they would fit...Tags: pcb
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2017
Angus Ainslie writes about an open source project a CHIP Pro TNC: So I finally have a design of the TNC I’ve been working on that I think is ready for release. Initially this started with me wanting a replacement for my mobilinkd and AP510. With feature creep it has...Tags: open source, TNC
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Friday, December 15th, 2017
Here are two open-source-hardware HDMI video boards for adding digital video to FPGA platforms with standard PMOD connectors from Black Mesa Labs: The BML 3bit HDMI over single-PMOD uses 7 of 8 available LVCMOS 3.3 pins on a single PMOD to provide 3bit color ( R,G,B 100% On or Off )....Tags: FPGA, HDMI, open hardware
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017
Boris Landoni writes about a new open source rain and humidity sensor project: It detects humidity through two sensors which are to be used alternatively to let us know when there is water on the ground because it’s raining, or when the water level in a flowerpot is too low and...Tags: rain sensor
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2017
Matthew Reed writes: ProtoModule is a HydroBot module designed to easily develop and test new monitoring or control functions that may someday go into a HydroBot module. It has 11 GPIO pins and the power rails broken out on a 0.1” pin header for easy breadboarding or interfacing with ribbon...Tags: hydroponics
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Monday, May 22nd, 2017
Dilshan Jayakody writes, "8-bit Assembler compiler is NASM compatible assembler compiler to generate binaries for 8-bit x86 like CPUs. The binaries produced with this compiler can execute on Marco Schweighauser's 8-bit virtual Javascript CPU. This native compiler can build using Lazarus / FPC. During the implementation we build and test...Tags: Assembler, compiler
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Thursday, May 18th, 2017
Boris Landoni writes about a new open source project 2-channel receiver that can save your old Motorola TX: A 433,92 MHz Receiver that can be paired with a maximum of 10 Motorola TX each with relay outputs that can be set both in monostable or bistable mode. Although we have had...Tags: PIC16F688, receiver
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Monday, May 15th, 2017
Boris Landoni writes about a new open source project a DC motor controller with control LEDs: It can be controlled through logic levels to set the speed and the direction of the rotation of CC brushed motors and stepper motors; outputs have LEDs indicating the rotation direction. The circuit board we...Tags: l298n, motor, Stepper motor
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
Boris Landoni writes about an open source sprinkler system powered by Yún: A control unit for the garden sprinkler that can be controlled via web and smartphone thanks to Arduino Yún. With summer approaching, our plants and our gardens need some regular watering in order to stay lush and green...Tags: Arduino Yun, open source
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Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Boris Landoni from Open Electronics writes about a new open source Demoboard MP3 audio player DFR0299: Let’s test out the capabilities of the DFR0299 audio player module, an ideal choice for Arduino but also for many stand-alone applications. In this article, we decided to design and propose a demoboard for...Posted in open source | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
An Arduino Nano-based open source data logger by Liudr. I have been designing data logger for a number of years. This is my answer to lots of data logging needs. An Arduino Nano-based open source data logger More details at Liudr's blog.Tags: data logger
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
Here’s an interesting open source project on Kickstarter the world's first robot arm kit for the Raspberry Pi, the MeArm Pi: We believe in helping people understand how the world works. With so much development going on in robotics at the moment, now is the perfect time to get to know...Tags: Rasberry PI, robot arm
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Friday, February 10th, 2017
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlU2S6_yW0w[/embed] Boris Landoni from Open Electronics writes: In this post you will find the description of a graphic display that uses a modular solution based on dot matrix blocks (in which each dot is a RGB LED), that are driven – via a specific bus – by a very powerful...Tags: FPGA, RGB LED matrix
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Thursday, January 26th, 2017
Boris Landoni from Open Electronics writes about a new open source Rain Sensor and controller: Designed to be coupled to an irrigation controller, a weather station or motorized curtains and rolling shutters, it shuts down a relay when rain is detected. Full details at Open Electronics project page.Tags: rain sensor
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Monday, January 23rd, 2017
A custom 12V powerbank for Cube i7 Stylus from Muxtronics: Why would anyone even try to build a power bank - i.e. an external battery for charging mobile devices - these days? These things are commodity, it's impossible to compete. Right? Well, that is until you find out that the type...Tags: DIY, powerbank
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Friday, December 23rd, 2016
Jan Ostman has a nice build log on his open-source DIY touch synthesizer the Tiny-TS, that is available on Hackster.io: The Tiny TS is a credit card sized (100x65mm) fully open-sourced synthesizer with a 1-octave capacitive touch keyboard. Check out the video after the break. (more…)Tags: touch synthesizer
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