Need to add a clock function to your next Arduino project? This Real Time Clock (RTC) breakout board kit is your answer. Based on a DS1307 RTC and equipped with an onboard battery and crystal, this kit is simple to solder together, works well, and is easy to use thanks to Adafruitโs online documentation. Itโs […]
Old-fashioned Nixie tubes are beautiful, but driving them in a circuit can be complicated sinceย they often require voltages as high as 250V DC. The ArduiNIX board for Arduino makes it easy to add standard clock functions to your next project. Just be sure to design an enclosure that will keep those high voltages safe. I […]
Bill Brommer from the Horseless Carriage Club brought his restored Ford Model T delivery car to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. All of the automobile enthusiasts in his club are dedicated to the restoration of old cars built prior to 1916. Watch more videos from Maker Faire Bay Area, Detroit and New York. Subscribe to […]
Bill Brommer from the Horseless Carriage Club brought his restored Ford Model T delivery car to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. All of the automobile enthusiasts in his club are dedicated to the restoration of old cars built prior to 1916. Watch more videos from Maker Faire Bay Area, Detroit and New York. Subscribe to […]
Alternative time-telling devices are compelling, but only if theyโre easy to read. Building a kit can be satisfying, but only if it leaves room for creativity. The Chronulator clock kit fits the bill on both counts. Solder it together, and youโve got a microcontroller-based clock that converts time to current, displaying hours and minutes on […]
I may live in NYC now, but I’m from the Midwest, so it’s “pop” not “soda” from here on out, okay? Penny from Sew Take a Hike created this adorable pop bottle pattern, which she is piecing together to make a curtain for the window in her new kitchen. She used the paper piecing method […]
Liquid Robotics’ Waveglider is an autonomous submersible that explores the ocean using the power of the sun and waves. As Roger Hine explains at Bay Area Maker Faire 2011, the Waveglider can either traverse the waters on its own, converting the up-and-down motion of the waves into forward propulsion, or can be controlled remotely by a user with a GPS satellite link.
