HOW TO – Convert a cheap USB to serial cable for TTL
Here’s a how-to describing a modification to a cheap Prolific USB-Serial cable for programming an Arduino board – Link.
Month: August 2007
Baking SMT – toaster oven surface mount component soldering
Wagner writes – Baking SMT on a cheap kitchen toaster oven is not difficult. You just need some patience and exploration good will. In this page you will read the manual procedure to bake SMD boards into a regular kitchen toaster oven appliance. Follows information about how I produced an automated solution. Each toaster oven […]
Austin Summerfest 2007
David writes – We attended the Austin Summerfest ham meet up. I took along my limited digital camera to capture some shots. The quality is so-so but I hope you get the general idea. Ham fest events are great for the electronic hobbyist. The Ham’s bring large collections of components and test equipment to sell […]
Sputnixie – nixie clock
Greg writes – This site provides a complete design for a nixie tube clock. In this site you will find the schematic, layout, source code, specifications, bill of materials and an enclosure example for my clock design. I have worked on my nixie tube clock design for more than 2 years. The material provided is […]
Go-llerblades – Motorized skates
Fun – Link and version 2.
Big Blue Saw – Designer demo
editors note: it looks like Big Blue Saw eventually went out of business, their site now links to Xometry. Here’s a demonstration video from Big Blue Saw that takes you through the process creating a part with the Big Blue Saw Designer, from creating simple shapes and ordering, to a look at the final part […]
MegaDrum MIDI trigger
Atmega8/Atmega32 based MIDI trigger, schematics and source included – MegaDrum is a simple to construct yet very powerful MIDI drum trigger. This is a DIY project and uses widely available and very inexpensive components. MegaDrum gives you flexibility in what modules you want to build and what components to use. MegaDrum MIDI Trigger – [via] […]
