In honor of LEGO’s 75th anniversary, DIY Life has put together a list of 23 of their favorite LEGO projects online (many of which we’ve already covered here). The one seen above is an amazing, working Guitar Hero game controller modeled after the Gibson Explorer. LEGO’s 75th anniversary: 23 DIY LEGO ideas – Link Related: […]
The antique chip collector’s page is awesome, bookmarked! – Perhaps vintage is a better term than antique although, in Internet years, integrated circuits have been around for more than 120 years. It is absolutely amazing the number and variety of computing devices that have been created and obsolesced in just 40 years. Integrated circuits are […]
Biotele writes – This instructable introduces the venerable Spy Ear in details and my way to reverse engineer a circuit. Why does this device deserves its own instructable?: You can buy a Spy Ear for a dollar! It can amplify sounds up to 60 dB or a factor of a 100. It has a self […]
JXP writes – Circuit board pre-heat workstations are very expensive, $350.00 – $2500.00. The goal of this project is to demonstrate how to make a circuit board pre-heat workstation for around $50.00 with no special tools and the majority of materials from Home Depot and Harbor Freight Tools… HOW TO – Make a low cost […]
Huh, USB, touchscreen, WiFi looks like it has everything to tinker with… – Unicon System’s MKitâ„¢ development kit is the first and only unique mobile Linux development kit on the market. It gives professional developers and manufacturers the ability to create new handheld devices for industrial, security, educational and medical applications, as well as various […]
Here’s an AVR based headphone amp from AVR freaks. Simonetta writes – Headphone amp using National LM4832 audio processor that is controlled through I2C from AVR Tiny13. Unique design has one potentiometer and a single pushswitch. On power-up, the pot controls volume. On first switch press, pot controls treble. Next press, pot controls bass level. […]
The new Hydra kit is now in the MAKE store – The Propeller-powered Hydra Game Development Kit includes everything you need to get started writing video games. It’s not just a game console, but a computer system inspired by the home computers of days gone by. Features The HYDRA Game Console with 128K EEPROM and […]
