How-To: Shrinkify Your Arduino Projects
Shrink your Arduino down to a single 8-pin ATtiny chip. Matt shows you how, based on a tutorial from MIT Media Lab’s High-Low Tech Group.
Year: 2011
How-To: Shrinkify Your Arduino Projects
If you have a simple Arduino project that uses only a few pins, you might be able to shrink it down to a single 8-pin ATtiny chip. In this video, Matt Richardson shows you how, based on a tutorial from MIT Media Lab’s High-Low Tech Group. The best part is you can use the same Arduino code and development environment that you’re already used to.
More information about this how-to is available at: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/10/how-to-shrinkify-your-arduino-projects.html
DIY Tyvek Mailer Stuff Sack
Check out this cheap and easy way to create a durable stuff sack for hiking or camping out of a Tyvek mailer, a length of paracord, and some dental floss.
Glorious 121,000′ Amateur Rocket Flight
On September 30, Derek Deville’s Qu8k (pronounced “Quake”) rocket blasted off from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, screaming to an altitude of 121,000′ It was returned safely to earth and fully recovered (three miles from the launch site).
How-To: Glow in The Dark Corset T-Shirt
Crafty Chica’s daughter, Maya of Maya in the Moment, created this cool glow in the dark corset t-shirt that would be a fun piece to wear to a Halloween party. I love how painting the shape of a corset creates such a different look for the shirt in the dark.
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
It was as if there were some October-inspired conspiracy, this week, to turn the MAKE Flickr pool pumpkin orange! Fortunately I found some nice greens to round it out. Our first image this week is the mostly-completed “Most Spectacular Failure Award” trophy from last weekend’s handcar regatta. Other highlights include a beautifully printed and photographed mechanical differential, some 2-liter bottlecaps modified for a home carbonation system, and a brain in a jar. Mmmmmm. Brains in jars.
Simple Bots: Randy Sarafan (video)
Randy Sarafan started Simple Bots on a bet. A coworker wanted a simple introduction to robotics, so Randy set out to prove that he could build a functioning robot in ten minutes. This was the impetus for a family of bots shown at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 that can be easily made from a variety of parts that are on hand for the average DIY enthusiast.