Month: June 2010

Sid Barnett’s Machine Shop

Sid Barnett’s Machine Shop

Patrick Parrish was vacationing in North Carolina when he spotted this long-abandoned yet fully stocked machine shop: It looked like one day possibly in the 1960s or 70s that they just up and closed without even clearing off their desks. The window were so filty, but it looked AMAZING inside. I would kill to get […]

ARRL Field Day 2010

Next weekend, June 26-27th, is the ARRL Field Day 2010. Ham radio operators will be setting up stations across the US and Canada and inviting the public to come and experience ham radio. You can find your local Field Day using the locator. ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually […]

John Park in the Maker Shed: LoL shield

The LoL Shield is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino. You can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid. Scroll text, play games, display images, or anything else you want to do. Please note, this is a shield and requires an Arduino for control. Comes with library and example code to get you started programming Lots of LEDs right away!