Our friend Pete Mills developed this great ATTiny based Electronic Candle, we have seen electronic candles before but what makes this one shine is how the flickering was done. Pete actually sampled the actual flicker patterns of a real candle flame so that this reproduced flame would look as close to the real thing [...]
Todd Harrison from ToddFun has experimented fixing a timer control which he was using to turn on and off the Christmas lights after a certain span of time. With a soldering iron and a bit of troubleshooting we learn what the problem is. Turns out that a part is needed to permanently repair the [...]
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Checkout this cell Jammer or we can say Dirty transmitter. A Dirty transmitter transmits junk within the cellular phone bands. This model is good enough to knock out pesky cell phones for about 10 to 15 feet, just perfect for a quite cup of coffee in your favorite coffee shop. Via : EEweb “The 555 [...]
Thanks to Mike for sending in his German Word Clock. He has used some SPI controlled RGB lighting strips to make wiring and controlling the lights simpler. So that the letters look good he has built and installed an MDF baffle with 100 light holes in it. ”To control the clock, an ATmega8535 [...]
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You have probably heard about the capacitor problems that have plagued the motherboard and computer power supply manufactures. Well other mass produced electronics are not immune to this issue. Viktor was given an LCD monitor once it was determined to be non-reparable by a local repair shop. These days local electronic repair shops are [...]
Check out the spingarage blog for some details on the FroBoard, this board packs a ton of features onto the single compact board. If you are interested in making one for yourself all of the board details are available here. “The FroBoard includes all of the hardware necessary to drive the power section of [...]
Who would have thought that in 2012 we would have a need for Nixie tube testers since this was a technology that was only developed and used because things like LEDs didn’t exist. Since the technology is so cool it has remained as a technology that is used in some DIY kits and projects. [...]
There is something special about playing a real stand up video game compared to playing one with a handheld controller. Aaron (x2Jiggy) has made a controller that interfaces buttons to a handheld controller to bring that special feeling to the home. ”The method involves soldering wires to the button contacts on the XBox controllers [...]
Wow, don’t fool around with this Spy Video Trakr hacked to shoot Missiles if you want to keep your eyes! Driving around a Spy Video Trakr is fun but shooting things with it looks to notch up the fun a few levels. Click hre “This hack is not too expensive (the most costly part [...]
Check out this cool DIY Arduino Oscilloscope which uses a cheap Nokia 3310 Screen which can often be found for $5 or $10. Watch the video below to see how surprisingly good this thing actually works! ”The setup is really simple, connect an Arduino Pro Mini to a Nokia 3310 LCD screen, sample [...]
