JTAG programmer
Here’s a really nice Xilinx JTAG CPLD/FPGA Programmer sent in by MAKE reader J. (schematic / image to etch your own included) – Link.
Month: June 2007
Apple – Safari 3 Public Beta
Here ya go – Apple’s Safari browser for PC (XP/Vista) is now on Apple’s site – smart idea from Apple, half a billion iTunes downloads, add in a browser and attract more folks to do more Appley things. The Beta 3 is also available for Mac… Link.
The Thermoacoustic organ
Richard writes in- I’ve always been interested in sterling engines and how just by a temperature gradient work could be done. This is attractive technology since anything that produces heat (solar death ray) can be converted into other forms of energy ie. acoustical or electrical. While doing research on the subject, I was intrigued by […]
Crreate a Wii media server
Wii Media Center X is a Java-based web media server that you can have up and running in about 15 minutes. After downloading and unzipping the application, just run the following command (from the mediacenter folder) to start it up: java -jar MediaCenter.jar Run this on any machine that your Wii can see and you […]
Maker Faire CRAFT Recap on Whip Up
Susan Beal of West Coast Crafty has a great recap (part 1) of the Maker Faire up on Whip Up! Read more about her experience at the fair. Everyone ready yet for Austin this fall? I can’t wait! Link.
Become a criminal investigator, with superglue
Sam writes – This instructable describes the process of building a chamber for superglue fuming. Superglue fuming is a method employed by criminal investigators in order to take and preserve fingerprints, before sending them to the lab. By heating superglue, the fumes react with the oils left by the fingers on the suspect object, revealing […]
HOWTO download and watch YouTube videos on Windows Mobile
The web browser on Windows Mobile devices won’t play YouTube videos, but you can still enjoy them on the go with the instructions on Pocket PC Thoughts: Anyone into watching YouTube videos knows it has always been pretty problematic to play YouTube videos on Windows Mobile. This has also been explained in my related article […]