Chris from PyroElectro presents this post explaining the process for building an 8x8x8 LED cube (that’s 512 LEDs) from a kit. This is essentially Chris’ review of the Jameco 8×8 LED Cube Kit. He explains both how to build the LED cube and how to make the electronics that control it. Visit PyroElectro for more […]
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Week in (p)review November 09, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Bangalore SP Road, hackerspace and open hardware manufacturers GEEK TOUR INDIA: Mumbai’s Manish and Lamington Road markets 7400 competition: Entries and reader’s choice Infrared Toy Shield free PCB build October swag bag: Web Platform Workshop Update […]
Week in (p)review October 26, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. 3D Model: Soldering Iron Driver v1.5 Eagle Parts: 4 way + 1 button surface mount joystick Soldering iron driver v1.5 PCBs are available at Seeed A box of PCBs just arrived from Seeed Studio’s Fusion PCB service Bus […]
Week in (p)review October 19, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon! Workshop Video #44: Bus Blaster v3 design overview JOIN US: Global Geek Tour of India coming soon Global Geek Tour India 2012 update HOW-TO: Access Bus Pirate v4 on-board I2C EEPROM 3D Model: Logic Shrimp v2b Eagle Parts: […]
Week in (p)review October 12, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon! WORKSHOP VIDEO #43: How we edit video INTRO GUIDE: Basic light emitting diodes (LED) 3D Model: VFD tube board Eagle Parts: TD62783 8Ch high voltage source driver and the 2.1mm barrel jack Bus Pirate and plasma TV parts […]
Week in (p)review October 05, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon! Maker Faire New York sync gag full version Global Geek Tour New York 2012 Video Open Hardware Summit 2012: USB and Open Hardware presentation 3D Model: Smoke Tester v1 Eagle Parts: MIC2027 Quad USB power distribution switch Hacking […]
Week in (p)review September 28, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon! USB and Open Source presentation at the Open Hardware Summit 2012 2012 East Village New York food crawl Global Geek Tour New York 2012 trailer Criff dog preview PROTOTYPE PREVIEW: Smoke Tester Smoke Tester: Calculating the INA138 load […]
Week in (p)review September 21, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO #40: Nixie tube and logic analyzer demo for Maker Faire 3D Model: Bus Blaster v3 in a Sick of Beige v1 case Eagle Parts: Our Eagle library converted to KiCad NEXT WEEK: New York Global Geek […]
Week in (p)review September 14, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO #39: Magnificent Nixie tube thing 3D Model: Sick of Beige v1 template design Eagle Parts: IN-12 Nixie and IV-22 VFD tube sockets Playing with ATX Breakout Board in KiCAD Popular Science likes the Bus Pirate Cross […]
Week in (p)review September 07, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. NEW PROTOTYPE: 1.8″ TFT display with USB interface WORKSHOP VIDEO #38: TFT display with USB control in Sjaak’s workshop Nixies power supply up and running Two tubes of K155N Russian Nixie tube drivers arrive ATX breakout board case […]
Week in (p)review August 31, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Workshop Video #37: USB and Open Source presentation 2012 first run through XC9572XL CPLD development board and USB and serial enabled LCD backpack are back in stock Bus Pirate RFM12B radio data module demo Bus Pirate v3.5 free […]
Week in (p)review August 24, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Workshop Video #36: Beers in Bunnie’s Workshop Workshop Video #35: Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2012 report 3D Model: FT311D Breakout Board Check out Matseng’s IR remote control intervalometer in the project log forum Workshop Update for August 23rd, […]
Week in (p)review August 17, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Next week there will be a new test firmware for the USB Infrared Toy with a number of bug fixes. FT311D Android Open Accessory IC breakout board update PROTOTYPE PREVIEW: FT311D Android Open Accessory IC breakout board Eagle […]
Another review of Koba Electronics
Lategahn wrote a short review of the Koba Electronics store we visited on our Global Geek Tour of Singapore. Watch our video review of the Koba Electronics store. This shop definitely dwarfs the big European component retailers, such as Conrad with its variety of goods in stock plus delivers the same at fair prices. Amongst […]
Week in (p)review August 10, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Singapore Koba Electronics preview Singapore Maker Faire 2012: ‘Get your stuff made’ presentation Singapore Maker Faire 2012: Robots Singapore Maker Faire 2012: Dangerous Prototypes Booth Global Geek Tour Singapore: Koba Electronics shop Global Geek Tour Singapore: […]
Week in (p)review August 03, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Zoom H1 v2 sound test and Singapore Maker Faire Customizing Sick of Beige cases for laser cutting Bus Pirate and Open Bench Logic Sniffer: Reverse engineering an RF light switch Nokia LCD Backpack v1.0 free PCB […]
Guest review: Atten PPS3203T 3 channel 3A programmable power supply
JuKu wrote about his latest purchase, the Atten PPS3203T 3 channel 3A programmable power supply. It features 2 0-32v channels and a single 0-6V channel, as well asRS-232 and GPIB (IEEE 488.2) interfaces. I wanted an economical three output power supply (+- 15V or so for analog, 5V or 3.3V for digital) with voltage and […]
Poison via effect in manufacturing
From the comments on our earlier DIY BGA soldering teardown post, JesseJ points out the poison via effect that will also break the connection to the BGA. Image above is from the previous post, depicting the capillarity effect where a via sucks the ball of solder in, and prevents contact to the BGA. Just as a […]
Week in (p)review July 27, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Sick of Beige standard PCB templates and cases NEW PROTOTYPE: Sick of Beige basic case v1 NEW PROJECT: Sick of Beige standard PCB sizes v1.0 3D Model: Bus Blaster v3c HOW TO: Eagle shortcut keys and […]
Week in (p)review July 20, 2012
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v3 overview and demo NEW PROTOTYPE: Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3 3D Model: Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3a HOW-TO: Polygons and ground fills for PCBs in Eagle Eagle parts: Assorted 74xxx logic […]
