Synth Frog tours DIY workshops 11/19/2009 Synth DIY’s amphibious mascot, better known as “Mr. Braska”, has been visiting a series of home labs via postal transport....
How-To: Build a Seismic Reflector 11/18/2009 Living in the UK, Jim hadn’t experienced an earthquake firsthand. After watching recent quakes unfold in Indonesia, he decided to...
Machine pin headers make for easy chip sockets 11/18/2009 Fresh out of 8-pin DIP sockets, I broke off a couple rows of female machine pin headers as a substitute...
Homebrew transistor experiments 11/17/2009 Jim did some experimenting with homemade thin-film zinc oxide and zinc-tin oxide, developing his own homemade transistors devices – I...
Build a clone of the MiniMoog filter 11/17/2009 Yusynth has a nice PCB layout for building a classic voltage-controlled Moog filter. This particular iteration appeared in MiniMoog synths,...
Arduino-compatible prototyping board 11/17/2009 From the MAKE Flickr pool Spikenzie Labs shares some glamour shots of the new Hardcopy Arduino prototyping board – Designed...
Random MIDI generator 11/17/2009 Miketron converted his random MIDI note generation software(MAC/PC) into hardware form via an ATMega168 chip – A couple of months...
Lamellophone built from surgical steel 11/16/2009 The Steel Rod Box creates some surprisingly pleasant sound from surplus surgical hardware – For reasons unclear, my father has...
How-To: Arduino-based laser tag 11/16/2009 J44 outlines his steps for converting a basic gaming light gun into a custom Laser Tag-like system, including gun and...
MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup 11/16/2009 From the MAKE Flickr pool MIDI fader controller with Arduino [above, bottom-right] DVD rack built from VHS tapes [above, bottom-left]...