Here are some straightforward designs for a closed captioning + XDS data decoder – and the circuit is simple enough to assemble on a small piece of perfboard. Kevin explains more – This is a closed caption decoder that sends the captoin text to a computer via USB. Using a comptuer to display the captions […]
Peter Rakos wrote an article for Gamasutra today which demonstrates how to hack yourself a simple 3D engine by subverting an Excel worksheet. It’s not going to win any FPS awards, but the fact that you can even get Excel to draw raw shapes blows my mind. In his demo, the worksheet is used to […]
Amazing! Check out Kenneth A. Kuhn’s huge collection of vintage HP test equipment – This is a view of my collection of vintage HP oscillators, meters and related equipment from the 1940s and 1950s. This is the first phase of the museum to be mostly completed. There is still more HP equipment than what you […]
If you’ve got some extra I-Cybies lying around (and who doesn’t?), then by all means consider this one for a remake – Each robot has its own internal program which reacts with its outside environment thanks to its infrared sensor place on its chest. Thus they can detect the presence of one or more persons, […]
Care for the wide variety and uniquely plastic-sounding voices a general midi synth? This forum thread on electro-music.com details how you can make your own from an old Soundblaster daughter board – This is a very simple project that will allow you to add a GM Midi Module to your sound creation arsenal. It can […]
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories made these ATmegaxx8 breakout boards that double as business cards. Windell writes: Our design goals for this project were (1) to make a printed circuit board version of the minimalist target board for the ATmega168, encompassing a place for the chip and a connection to the 6-pin ISP header, (2) to […]
For electronics projects simple and small, consider using an old 9V battery case It provides a built in snap, easily connecting it to a new battery for power. When using a battery as a case, keep in mind that: – the inside of the battery should be insulated (with blue masking take in my case) […]
