Brass Goggles points us to the work of Andy Aaron, who crafts very steampunky, work-worn “antique calculators.” Too bad there isn’t more info on his site about how he makes them. They obviously contain modern electronics. As someone points out in Brass Goggles comments, he needs to do one with a nixie tube display. Aaron […]
Ronald writes – The term “mixed-signal” is usually reserved for circuits and ICs that process both analog and digital signals. In that sense the title “A mixed-signal LED clock” is perhaps misleading since this is a digital clock from beginning to end. However, the readout is analog and since the beast had to be given […]
An image I saw in Phil Dangler’s photostream clued me into this awesome application: This Atari 2600 Label Maker produces authentic looking Atari 2600 “Picture Labels” using your own image and title. The “Picture Label” is the most common Atari 2600 label and features a large image on a black background. The game title is […]
Dirkus writes – Edmund Scientific is running a sale on the PicoBotz robot kit. They’re knocking it down from $99 to $77, which isn’t bad. The kit, once assembled, operates in three modes: obstacle avoidance, sound control, and line following. With the addition of a Windows PC, you can use the included serial cable and […]
Great (funny) gallery of early electronic handheld games, which ones did you have? Or for the youngins’ here, which ones are you going to circuit bend? – [via] Link.
Our friends over at Sparkfun have put up an excellent PDF tutorial on interfacing with the Nokia 128×128 LCD display (or knock-offs thereof). SparkFun sells such a knock-off for a mere $20. Nokia 6100 LCD Display Driver Tutorial [PDF] – Link Color LCD 128×128 Nokia Knock-Off – Link
