Our friends @ Evil Mad Scientist has two open source holiday kits AND the instructions are in PDF AND made wit ComicLife, nice work! “We have written instructions for building two sweet microcontroller-based electronics projects for the holidays: an alphanumeric LED christmas tree ornament and an LED mini-menorah (hanukkiah). These are open-source projects; You can […]
Max writes – “It’s getting near Christmas time and I needed to prepare some Christmas gifts for my parents. Since my Dad does not get much time on the golf course these days, I figured I could make a training aid he could use at home to keep his swing on path. Since I didn’t […]
Pridkett writes – “The Nintendo Wii ships with a composite video cable that is capable of 480i resolution. Currently first party component cables, which allow for 480p resolution, are available through retailers and directly from Nintendo. However, when attaching the component cables, one loses the ability to output composite video. Why is this an issue? […]
Nachimir has a good mod for the MintyBoost we sell in the MAKE store and the Samsung D*00 phone– “Samsung D series cell phones have some problems with USB charging, which cause them to not work with the excellent MintyBoost USB charger. This cable will enable you to charge a D series samsung from the […]
One of my favorite makers, Tim, has a good how-to on bringing some old ni-cads back to life using a welder – this is one of those that you shouldn’t do unless you know what you’re doing, k? “Nicad batteries often die in such a way that they won’t take a charge and have zero […]
Doug made a simple battery pack for Ham radio’ing while backpacking, it’s housed in a giant Altoids tin, he writes – “I have a 10 cell ‘AA’ NiMH battery pack (12V @ 1.6AH) that I use for backpacking. It needed a home! I also wanted a voltmeter built-in so I could keep track of it’s […]
Owen writes – “The instrument is a cigar box synthesizer. It is made out of a Critter Board, a small audio amp, and some other components we had kicking around. Since it is a synthesizer, we use the version of the Critter Board with on-board flash (no card socket). The project utilizes all the features […]
