LED’s for beginners
Great beginner guide on using LEDs – Link.
Technology
Fake Bluetooth Phone
Stephen needed a bluetooth case mod to functionally hide his snazzy phone! When i got my $1000/€900 I-mate JasJar last week I certainly wanted to do anything possible to stop it being stolen, So I came up with the idea of having a phone shell that has a bluetooth headset mounted inside so it doesn’t […]
Presents – Made
Riskable writes – “This Christmas my wife gave me two items from the Make Store… The “Build your own electronic game” kit and the POV kit. I soldered it all on Christmas day in the time it takes to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” – Link & poem! If you made some […]
Shake control your music – Wii remote + Linux
Walter sent is this fun way to control your music, he writes – “Today I hacked my christmas present. A Wii remote controls my xmms mp3 player in linux now. Shake the remote and it switches to a new song. To get this working in ubunto linux you need the following packages: WMD driver 0.1.2 […]
Recumbent generator part #2
FrankG writes – “This installment details winding the coils, laying out the 3-phase stator, some resin casting, and the addition of a Jack-Shaft to bump the rotor speed to 6.5X the pedal RPM. As well as some suspect mathamatics and more questions…” – Link. Related: Bent Genny (Human powered recumbent generator) – Link.
New shield connects Phidgets sensors to Arduino board
Bjoern writes – “I just received my first Arduino Shield PCB design in the mail from Advanced Circuits. We have lots of Phidgets sensors lying around in the lab; they may be a bit pricey, but their plug-and-play model is sure handy when you’re in a hurry. This PCB makes it easy to connect these […]
IR remote stereo volume control
Andy shows you how to build a simple IR remote stereo volume control – pictures, schematic and firmware source included.” – Link.