This is a nice DIY home heating system that is controlled by a PIC microchip. The website describes the entire process, from part selection to programming the PIC. The circuit is based on 220V, but I am sure it can be converted to 110v if needed. PIC based home heating system Related: HOW TO – […]
“GALS,” not as in what creepy old guys call women, but GALs as in “Generic Logic Arrays.” GALs are the simplest member of the programmable logic family that also includes CPLDs and FPGAs. They are the modern replacement for the one-time programmable PAL devices that were first introduced in the late 1970’s. Unlike PALs, GALs […]
We’ve blogged before about Matt Denton’s amazing spiderbot hexapod. Here he’s outfitted it with a pen and turned it into a programmable drawbot. Hexapod Robot CNC Router [via] Related: Stunning Spiderbot
This project by artist Greg Chatonsky generates sound from vibration sensors placed on the exterior of a defective computer hard disk. The amount of vibration is picked up and changed to sound in real-time though a program written in Pure Data on the PC. The sounds (at the link below) are pretty amazing considering their […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Digital clocks may be ubiquitous nowadays, but they make for a very satisfying DIY project and one can learn a lot from the making process. Flickr member trialex writes – MY home made 7 segment LED clock. Digits are 1″ high. Code written using the Arduino IDE. Compile on […]
Ladyada writes – Here is an example of how to make a cool Internet application using the XPort shield I recently released. This is very simple, but its a good example of getting and outputting data. Basically the Arduino serves up a webpage with a bunch of nice javascript code that allows you to select […]
Take a peek at this curve. If you take the rounded y value for every integer x from 0 through 11, you’ll have yourself the ascii values for the string “Hello world!”. Well, I have a computer architecture exam in six hours and can’t be bothered, so I figured I would realize a lifelong dream […]
