jeanmarc78 posted his PID based thermostat built using the Flash Destroyer module in the forum: After trying a few commercial thermostats for my central heating (hot water), i was not really satisfied. They don’t provide a smooth regulation. Then i decided to build my own one reusing my flash destroyer hardware board.
Tag Archives: DIY
Home built bench power supply
Ian Johnston wrote a post on his blog detailing his bench power supply build: My workshop has a couple of bench power supply’s, one is an old Farnell TOPS 3D 3-rail tracking job, and the other is a 3-rail CSI CSI3005XIII with Constant Current functions. The farnell is all analogue but has no constant current control, it has […]
DIY custom LCD
This video by Ben Krasnow discusses how to make your own custom LCD.
DIY Pick and Place v2 project complete
Brian Dorey has written an article detailing the build of his DIY Pick and Place v2 project: The DIY pick and place machine project is now finally running and is able to place the components for our Raspberry Pi expansion boards. This project started in July 2013 when we began to order the various components, bearings, motors, […]
Arduino Astronomical clock for automatic light control
Here’s a project log covering the build of an Arduino Astronomical clock for automatic light control by Paulo Oliveira: My objective with this project was to build a system that, given my latitude and longitude coordinates and the current time/day of the year, automatically calculates the sunrise and sunset times, controlling the lights accordingly. There are of […]
Super light weight RC FPV quadcopter DIY solution
Oscar writes: The compact FPV system I have built is only about 20g, now even my mini quadcopter and micro hexacopter can carry this FPV camera and video transmitter. In this post I will share with you what are the parts you will need and how I made it.
Arduino solar charge controller
In this video Julian Ilett demonstrates his Arduino solar charge controller: High efficiency values (96% – 97%) are achievable when the buck converter is stepping down from 18v to 12v. With a 72-cell panel and the converter stepping 35v down to 12v, the efficiency drops to around 88%. Via Hacked Gadgets.
Making your own test leads
Viktor wrote a post on his blog detailing his DIY test leads: The result is that now I have proper test leads with resistance of less than 0.1 ohm per meter. This is a measurement of one of my new test leads Also, with this method now I can have as many test leads of any length as […]
DIY Atmel AVR Dragon case
Systemstech designed this case for his Atmel AVR Dragon. Via the forum.
ATX Bench power supply
Nick Carter blogged about his DIY bench power supply with the ATX breakout board: There are tons of such projects out there on the internet but most involve hacking open the power supply and I didn’t think that was the way to go. I considered getting a cheap ATX adapter from Monoprice and breaking out […]
Arduino quadcopter iPhone control
Arduino quadcopter iPhone control: This Arduino Quadcopter by Kyle Fieldus has iPhone Control, similar to the AR Drone you can tilt the phone to control the quadcopter. Touch OSC is being used to design the phone interface, there is also an Android version available. The system chain is a bit complex since the phone is […]
Bus Pirate in a mint candy container
hms made a simple recycled Bus Pirate case from a mint candy container: Bus pirate v3.6 “sweet case”. Just have to drill some holes for the connectors. Via Twitter.
Homemade LED wristwatch
Montspy was inspired by Mats’ DaTajm wristwatch so he made his own, the LED wristwatch: It has 12 red LEDs to display hours and slices of 5 minutes. And 4 orange LEDs to obtain a minute-precision display. Check out the video after the break. Via the forum.
Laser-cut records made from wood
Here’s the world’s first Laser-cut records made from wood by Amanda Ghassaei: You can now turn your favourite music downloads into playable records made from materials you have lying around the house. Amanda Ghassaei, 24, from San Francisco has created the world’s first laser-cut wooden records using songs from Radiohead and Joy Division. And the […]
Nikon DSLR IR remote using an MSP430
IPushKarov posted his DIY Nikon DSLR IR remote with MSP430: Three years back in time, I bought Nikon D3000 DSLR. I started shooting, but the moment I needed remote, came one day (more over night), during on night photography session. I checked all local suppliers, but the prices were high. I ordered one from China. The […]
Build a robot arm
Want to build a robot arm yourself? This video by Jacobk42 shows you how to easily make a DIY robot arm: Using some assorted pieces of wood, springs, string and some odds and ends will allow you to make a cool looking Robot Hand! Looks like William Jakespear has lots more cool demonstration of what he makes […]
Homemade wristwatch – DaTajm
Mats posted his homemade wristwatch – DaTajm in the project log forum: DaTajm is a wristwatch based on a PIC16F1824 powered by a single CR1216 lithium coin cell. I’m using a sandwich of three PCBs. The topmost pcb (0.8mm thick) have 12 leds and a resistive touchpad on the top side and all the other […]
DIY USB Infrared Toy
Mike writes informing us of his DIY IR Toy: Finally got around to taking some pics of a DIY IRToy I finished last week. All the parts are 0805, since I don’t have an 0603 kit (yet). I have it working nicely on Linux with a patched lirc, with both transmit and receive. I’m currently […]
DIY hamster wheel using an old hard disk drive
Can’t sleep because of a noisy hamster wheel? Felipe shows you how to easily make a very silent homemade hamster wheel using an old hard disk drive: Felipe La Rotta from Cocodrilabs had a noisy hamster wheel. Hamster wheels like most other mass produced pet items are made as cheap as possible, that means that you […]
Sunrise alarm clock
Herpderp posted this picture of his sunrise alarm clock in the project log forum.