Soundgin – sound chip in a PIC
This looks neat – The Soundgin is a serially controlled Sound Synthesizer in a PIC. It can produce complex sound effects, synthesizer style music and English speech. Thanks Kevin – Link.
Technology
Sound-Making Felt + Circuits
Peter writes in – “Squeezy squeak-ish” sound-making felt creations are here! Brian Crabtree and Kelli Cain, co-creators of the open source Monome multimedia controller, have long had an interest in alternative, sustainable materials for music and multimedia. They recently shared some of those ideas at a felt + circuits workshop in Los Angeles. From turning […]
Nixie Tube kits
TubeClock has a really nice selection of Nixie tube clock kits, any makers buy and build one of these from them? Post up in the comments… Link.
HOW TO – Make a temperature-based fan controller without a thermistor
Nick made a temperature-based computer fan controller that use a reverse-biased diode for temperature sensing – From a design standpoint, the only complaint I have about my Shuttle small form factor desktop is the extremely fragile on-board fan controllers. All three have died over the past two years after being used to regulate the single […]
Clive had an engagingly surreal stage presence…
Karen sent in the latest (and new) GadgetFreakUK – Special effects designer Clive Mitchell’s electric match controller is intended for producing small-scale special effects like a confetti rainstorm. An electric match is a common device for firing pyrotechnics on stage – it works by passing a current through a thin nichrome wire, which in turn […]
Physical computing with the Arduino
The Arduino platform is an affordable way to start monkeying around with microcontrollers, embedded programming, and physical computing. Hackszine reader scjohannes sent us this link to a Arduino “getting started” guide on Instructables: Do you wish to earn your geek card – pronto? Lets get started! This guide will start you on the path to […]
Parallel Port clock
This is great! An analog quarts clock movement driven from a parallel port, Thanks Toby! Link.
