Ray over at the diyAudio forum has been working on his flip-flop/BCF project: I’ve just finished a project to roll up the developments into a more ‘finished’ build, feeding the balanced outputs from the flip-flop board into a Broskie BCF buffer stage. I’m using Nicks MJ Statistical Regulator for the B+ and one of Andrew’s indirect filament […]
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DIY USB volume knob
Markus Gritsch made a nice USB volume control knob for his computer: After having been inspired by this Instructable [1] I also wanted to make a nice looking volume knob to attach to my computer. It uses the TrinketHidCombo library [2], but on a Digispark board, to have one more I/O pin which I use […]
INA219 current sensor DIY Breakout board
A INA219 current sensor DIY Breakout board project from Juan Ignacio: Another small board, this time for a INA219. The INA219 is a high-side current shunt and power monitor with an I2C interface. For testing I used Rei VILO library with a MSP430G2553 and Energia, and I measured the power consumption for this simple circuit. Project info […]
Paint Machine, a printer that prints small bitmaps on the street
Alex Weber has posted a new project on building a DIY Paint Machine, he writes: Here is my latest creature, the Paint Machine. It’s a machine the prints simple bitmaps with spray chalk on the street or sidewalk. For a large-scale project like a home exterior painting Edmonton, it is advised that you hire a professional painting […]
Lab LED constant current controller board
Ladvien blogged about his Lab LED constant current controller board project he made using DirtyBoard PCBs: A little lab controller PCB I’m working on. It centers around four high-power constant current circuits meant to be driven by an Atmega328’s PWM. I hate working on anything mechanical in dim light; comes from dropping parts down under […]
Arduino Mini CNC Plotter Machine from DVD drives
An instructables on how to make an Arduino based mini CNC plotter from old DVD drives by Ardumotive_com: For the X and Y axes we will use two stepper motors and rails from dvd/cd drives and for the Z axis we will use a small servo motor that moves the pen up and down. For the mounting […]
Logic Sniffer in a 33.6Kbps modem case
Peter Murray blogged about his Logic Sniffer case made from a 33.6Kbps modem box: I have had my Open Workbench Logic Sniffer for quite a while and I have found it to be a very useful piece of kit. I have recently ordered an expansion to upgrade it to a 32 channel logic analyzer (up […]
Building a SmartWatch part 1
Benjamin Blundell has been working on his DIY smart-watch: I have an issue with smart-watches. Watches in general fall into one of two categories: a tool to tell the time, or a fashion statement. Increasingly, I believe the latter category is larger than the first. With the advent of the iWatch, Pebble and the like, fashion […]
Beaglebone Black music box project
Brian’s Beaglebone Black music box project: I would like to thank Miero for his hard work on the linux I2S driver for Beaglebone Black’s SOC without the driver this project would not exist. You can see the design in its enclosure here below and in the following video The design is essentially complete and tested as […]
DIY model train controller project
Ron Hoffman over at Gadgetronicx has written up an article on his DIY model train controller project: Model trains are fun toys which every one of us used to play with in our childhood. Many sophisticated and attractive model trains are available in the market now a days yet the basic principle in build a controller for […]
DIY 110v temperature controlled soldering station
Mike Doughty over at PCBSmoke shared his DIY 110v temperature controlled soldering station in the project log forum: This post shows how to build a do it yourself 110 volt soldering station. It is a step by step guide that shows how to convert a regular plug-in soldering iron into a temperature controlled unit. It is an […]
DIY USB line power meter stick
A DIY USB line power meter stick from Electro-Labs: This is an USB stick which measures the supply voltage of the USB port and current drawn by the device connected to the port over the stick. Then it calculates the power consumption of the device and displays the whole information with the help of the small […]
Hatching chicks in a hacked mini fridge
Do you need an incubator for hatching eggs? avgfitfreak shows you how to easily make a DIY egg incubator out of an unused Monster drink refrigerator: Since an incubator needs to be hot not cold, I installed a piece of heat tape (aka – heat mat for reptiles). This was taped onto the back wall behind […]
Fiddle Mini – The DIY ‘Portable’ music system
Rohit Gupta made a portable wood speaker that can play from USB, SD , Aux and has FM. Project details at Rohit’s blog. Via the contact form.
Matchbox car
Shane has been working on making small robots and made a prototype of a matchbox car, a robot car that fits inside a matchbox: This build consists of a tiny DC motors ripped from a pair of 9g servos, a h-bridge motor controller, an el-cheapo 8 bit pic and a 100mAh 3.7V LiPo battery. Project […]
Homemade x-ray inspector reveals PCB secrets
John McMaster has written an article detailing his homemade x-ray scanner: In some previous posts I talked about getting an x-ray head working, reverse engineering an x-ray sensor, and working with LinuxCNC. In this post I put them all together so that I can take a bunch of x-ray snapshots across an entire PCB. This […]
Build a drawbot from two CD drives and a Raspberry Pi
A DIY plotter build using old CD drives and a Raspberry Pi by Norbert Heinz: The battery powered WLAN plotter shown here is composed of parts from two old optical drives, four H bridges, a servo and a Raspberry Pi. Project info at HomoFaciens site. Via Make. Check out the video after the break.
DIY pocket laser engraver
Photon printer, a 3D printable laser engraver build using DVD drives by Isolt: This is an entry for the Light It Up contest on the grounds that a laser diode is a specialised form on light emitting diode. The Photon Printer started out as a quick weekend project then quickly escalated when I saw that there […]
DIY compost sensor
Kinasmith wrote this instructable detailing how to build a compost temperature monitoring system, a web connected wireless sensor network: Why Measure the Temperature of Compost? “Composting is the biological decomposition of organic matter under aerobic conditions.” Micro-organisms consume organic material and oxygen and create heat as a waste product. By measuring this heat you can predict […]
SoHa SMART first logo PCB design & manufacture
@josephpcrabtree tweeted, “New learn-to-solder badges for @SoHaSMARTMaker. PCBs from @dangerousproto DirtyPCBs” This is a big day for any maker space when you learn to design and manufacture your own PCB. We are very proud of our circuit design and end result. We will use these in all of our Learn To Solder Classes going […]