Collin’s Lab: Kit-making 03/03/2010 When recently faced with the dauntingly tedious task of assembling my first-ever batch of electronics kits, I was lucky enough...
Propeller based synth drops head-bobbing beats 03/01/2010 Clock Loop’s BlackBox 2.0 sequencer project uses 4 Parallax Propeller chips driven by a single 5MHz crystal to create some...
Bliptronic + Arduino = Monome compatible 02/27/2010 After some investigative hacking, Wil Lindsay added Monome functionality to a low cost Bliptronic 5000 melody generator using an Arduino...
Custom DIY MIDI controller boards 02/25/2010 Livid’s Builder series consists of a central USB-MIDI “Brain” board plus several input boards, each size-customizable for use with LED...
How-To: Volume pedal as analog control for Arduino 02/24/2010 A simple and useful hack – Sebastian posted his steps for using an old guitar volume pedal as a general...
Robotic percussion grooves via Wiimote 02/22/2010 Musical group Jazari consists of one human, a variety of percussive instruments, and a whole lotta solenoids. Patrick Flanagan directs...
Beatseqr – Arduino based interface for music 02/20/2010 Steve Cooley designed a pretty deluxe hardware interface for controlling music software, better known as the Beatseqr. Since it’s based...
How-To: Steel can hydrophone 02/19/2010 Leafcutter John shares the steps he took to build a phantom-powered underwater mic from a steel can (looks pretty classy!)...
Benjolin synth project – intuitive, unpredictable, fun at parties 02/18/2010 The latest item of interest presented by Casper Electronics could easily take centerstage at the next hardware hacking social. Casper’s...
Circuit Skills: Circuit Board Etching, sponsored by Jameco 02/16/2010 I very much enjoy making my own circuit boards. It’s a satisfying process that ties together my love of electronics...
