Steven Robert Cypherd, Author at Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers

Making PC Boards

12/18/2012

Making your own printed circuit boards (PCBs) is so easy now. The biggest change is in the resist coating on...

12/18/2012

Infrared diodes and detectors make things fun and magical. We are used to touching or flipping a switch to turn...

12/18/2012

You can use my Light Up Halloween B circuit board to light up a candy dish or anything you desire....

12/18/2012

You can use infrared diodes to light up your people when you get close to them. When your transmitter activates...

12/18/2012

Kids of all types need an easy way into electronics or they will get confused or bored with it. Putting...

12/18/2012

[raw]I was working on my Picaxe 28×2 robot from http://letsmakerobots.com/ and I wanted lights and I needed more sensors. I...

12/18/2012

I just picked up the latest Helping Hands basically because it had a nice big clear magnifier. My old Helping...

12/18/2012

Anyone that has played with these little workhorses of our world and wondered how they work, read on. The standard...

12/18/2012

Playing with transistors lets you in on what makes just about everything in our world work. Transistors are easy to...

12/18/2012

Servos bring life to our ideas. Servos can be mysterious, but in fact they are very simple. Servos use a...