Creative MuVo V200 flash memory upgrade
Pablot shows you how to upgrade the flash memory from 512MB to 1024MB on a Creative MuVo V200 mp3 player – Link.
Technology
HOW TO – PICAXE your iDog
Here’s how to control an iDOG directly from a microcontroller, Botmaker writes – I got myself a Sega I-dog, the Japanese version, not the Hasbro one that is sold in the US. You can get one from Ebay for about $20. The Japanese version has a lot more features. It makes a nice desktop companion […]
DIY Hot Air Soldering Iron
Charper writes: “This project stemmed from the desire to remove (and perhaps one day re-solder) surface mount components. In it’s entireity (pictures and all), it took less that two hours and $20. Even if you have to buy everything, I believe the cost could easily be kept under $30. Comparatively, I could not find a […]
Caption contest… Open source MP3 player
Bre made a LASER TAG case for his MP3 player, if you haven’t seen it, check it out (and how to build one yourself). Ok fine, here’s my case mod for the MAKE: Open source MP3 player – laser cut acrylic, a MintyBoost -as- a power supply and uses USB rechargeable batteries, we call it […]
HOW TO – Etch solder paste stencils at home
Tymm writes – “Hot air/hot plate/toaster oven soldering with solder paste are generally much easier than soldering by hand for circuits with more than a few SMD components. And a soldering stencil to accurately place consistent amounts of solder is much easier than laying down trails of solder with a syringe — and there’s much […]
PCB pictures with a scanner
David writes – “An image scanner can make great pictures of circuit boards. Not only are the pictures clear, they are very high resolution and have nearly perfect scaling. Perfect scaling means that you can actual make measurements from the image. Try that with a digital camera!” – Link.
HOW TO – Design a 2D robo-hand & Atari 800 laptop – Ben Heck
Wow, Ben Heck is busy – here are a couple project he kicked out this weekend… Design a 2D robo-hand – I’m going to download the files and pop them in the laser tonight (hopefully!)… For today’s How-To we’re going to go through the process of designing a somewhat complex item that can be cut […]