A DIY NAS project from Peter Scargill: So I’ve had a fair experience of these systems. Well, this blog entry isn’t about expensive NAS systems. It’s about a cheap one… really cheap that is – and DIY. How cheap? Well, about £12 depending on what you have handy. For this price you need a handy 2.5” […]
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Creating custom 3D printed LED bar graphs
Glen Akins has a nice build log on his 3D printed LED bar graphs: While building my zombie containment unit, I decided I wanted some LED displays or bar graphs to complement the containment status video running on the smaller secondary video monitor. Some other containment units used LED air pressure gauges from eBay. I […]
Build an open source laser reflection barrier
Boris Landoni from Open Electronics writes about an open source project laser reflection barrier: It allows us to detect the presence and passage of an object thanks to the combination of a laser diode which emits a light ray and a phototransistor which detects reflected light. Robotics applications and industrial control systems normally make use of optical […]
Simple 3 phase Arduino energy meter
Simple 3 Phase Arduino energy meter from The DIY Life: Again, with this meter I was going for simplicity. Sure, for perfectly accurate measurements you need to measure both the supply current and voltage but for this application and in the interests of keeping the energy meter simple and safe – only requiring a non-contact […]
Muxtronics open source 12V powerbank
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 of power bank for your […]
Input filter and preamplifier – Jupiter modular receiver
Vasily Ivanenko blogged about his input and RF preamplifier build: Above — Build of the input and RF preamplifier stage. I put in a 0 or 6 dB attenuator right at the input. That’s double-sided Cu+ board with copper vias joining the 2 surfaces intermittently and also at crucial ground points. Project info at QRP HomeBuilder blog.
Ultrasonic Anemometer
Lukas Fassler has designed and built an Ultrasonic Anemometer project with Dirty Board PCBs. Full details at Soldernerd homepage.
DIY USB power bank from laptop battery
A DIY USB power bank made from an old laptop battery from DoItYourselfGadgets: A situation many can relate to: an empty smartphone battery and no outlet around! That’s exactly why I recycled an old laptop battery into an USB power bank. This article will show you the basic powerbank circuit consisting of Lithium cell charging circuit, […]
Light following bristle bot
Facelesstech made a light following bristle bot and wrote a post on his blog detailing its assembly: There is one thing missing from all my projects so far…..Something that moves. Bristle bots are very similar to hex bugs but are built from toothbrush heads and pager motors. I thought the idea of bristle bots was […]
DIY PCB inspection microscope
Saulius made a DIY PCB inspection microscope and wrote a post on his blog detailing its assembly: Despite how good microscope you have, stand is still very important part of final assembly. And while there are many commercial ones made of cast iron, they might cost more than a microscope head itself. I decided to make stand […]
40 meter XCVR size of an business card with 1 watt output, 7.000 to 7.150 MHz coverage
A business card size homebrew 40 meter XCVR project from Ray Ring: I tweaked my previous XCVR design to use push button tuning and made the board layout extremely compact. I improved the side tone injection to be absolutely perfect – not too loud, full break in and no clicks. I went ahead and integrated my switch […]
Programmable relay switch using PIC MCU (revised version)
Raj has documented his DIY programmable relay switch using PIC16F1847 microcontroller: Here are the summary of the features that this programmable relay switch has: On-board +5V voltage regulator (operates at 9-15V DC input) OFF and ON time setup for the relay operation Option for cyclic run (maximum 100 cycles, after which the timer stops automatically) […]
Remote controlled beer crate
Niklas Roy blogged about his DIY remote controlled beer crate: The “remote controlled beer crate” is actually just a flat plywood platform on which standard sized beer crates can be placed. It is driven and steered by two windscreen wiper motors with direct attached casters. Two swivel casters in front stabilize the construction. On its back, […]
La Skala Arduino controlled ladder attenuator
Dimdim has designed and built his own stepped ladder attenuator, controlled by an Arduino: A few years ago I had an encounter with a ladder volume attenuator. I loved hearing the relays clicking away as they dialed-in the desired attenuation. Ever since then I wanted to design and build one for myself. The years passed, with […]
T-baneklokke – coundown clock
Joakim made a coundown clock for his wife and documented the whole process on his blog: The clock is built using an Arduino, and has a battery powered real time clock to remember the time while powered off. To make it truly stand alone I added the possibility to set the time and time-to-leave using buttons. The […]
110v temperature controlled soldering station build no. 2
Mike Doughty from PCB Smoke shared his DIY 110v temperature controlled soldering station in the project log forum: This project is build number 2 of a 110v temperature controlled soldering station. It is a follow-up post to the project that I was working on last October. Blog post with complete details here. This version has […]
A DIY wearable posture sensor
Want to improve your posture? This wearable posture sensor from Coretech Robotics will remind you whenever you slouch and help you maintain a good posture: Posture sensors/monitors have been a recurring theme on this blog. They are supposed to remind you of your posture and prevent you from slouching, which can be a cause for […]
Music Thing Modular Axoloti control board
Tom Whitwell from Music Thing Modular built a DIY control board for Axoloti, that is available on Github: Axoloti is a very nice €65 audio board from Belgium, the closest thing I’ve yet seen to an Audio Arduino; lots of easy analog ins and outs for pots and switches, enough power to do interesting audio, […]
Quantifying cooling
Chris Palmer (a.k.a nophead) has designed and built this coolometer project to quantify the cooling effectiveness of various fan: I was wondering about how I was going to calibrate the airflow reading but then realised that the flow rate is not actually what I am interested in. It is the cooling effect the airflow has, which is […]
DIY synth building, part 2
Here’s a video tutorial on making a sequencer circuits from Casper Electronics: Learn how to make a variety of musical pattern sequencers using a few common electrical components and a breadboard. See the part 1 video on building oscillators here.