Collin’s Lab: Infrared heart sensor 01/21/2011 The beating of the heart is often recorded via sound or simply with touch - but there's also another interesting...
Collin’s Lab: Guitar pedal hacking with Arduino 01/21/2011 Instead of chaining multiple guitar effects in search of a new sound, I decided to mod just one. Using an...
Arduino EMF detector 01/21/2011 Use an Arduino microcontroller to sense invisible electromagnetic fields using wire, a resistor, and an LED.
MAKE Volume 25: Arduino 01/17/2011 Give your gadgets a brain! Previously out of reach for the do-it-yourselfer, the tiny computers called microcontrollers are now so...
Collin’s Lab: USB Hacking with Arduino 11/30/2010 Collin does a little hacking to get his USB-based MIDI keyboard to talk to his Arduino.
Collin’s Lab: High Power LEDs & the Digital Color Organ 11/19/2010 5mm or 10mm LEDs will work just fine for most projects, but if you really want to light up a...
Make: Ultimate Workshop & Tool Guide 11/09/2010 MAKE Magazine’s special Ultimate Workshop and Tool Guide 2011 reveals the top tools and tricks for today’s DIY “maker” workshop...
Circuit Skills: LED Color Organ 10/20/2010 http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/10/circuit_skills_led_color_organ_spon.html Join Collin as he synchronizes light to sound using the power of analog circuitry. It's disco-tech!
Circuit Skills: LED Color Organ, sponsored by Jameco Electronics 10/18/2010 Long before the dawn of digital music, folks employed the power of the electric color organ (aka “light organ”) to...
Collin’s Lab: Wire Rack Attack 09/16/2010 Once the growing sprawl of electronic parts starts showing up in your dreams, you know you've got some tidying up...