The Drawbot was put through the paces at the Make Fest. The management had to shut us down because we were the only folks left there! Here’s what goes in: And what it draws out: I’m gathering quite a collection of awesome drawbot drawings. I think the drawbot needs to have an artshow to showcase […]
Gareth writes – “I just posted this project on Street Tech. I thought it would be good for the Make blog, as it shows how to build the one-motor walker that was pictured on pg. 57 of Make Vol. 6… Now folks can learn how to build the bot!” [via] – Link. Related: More…Absolute Beginner’s […]
Spark Fun Electronics has a pretty neat “Simon” like game (source and schematic included) all for $24.95 – “Looking for an application for the button pads, we ultimately settled on re-creating this classic. It blinks. It makes a lot of noise. And it’s guaranteed to suck you away from doing any real work. This is […]
Remember the homemade Pong watch we posted up a few weeks ago? John, the Maker, has a build log of some of design challenges, parts decisions and other “show your work” type content to check out. If you ever wondered what it would take to build a super cool watch that plays pong, here’s a […]
Here’s how to control a LED matrix using a parallel port (source and schematic included) – Link.
The PC case mod is a giant pack of matches… I want to introduce this person to the Match museum folks… [via] – Link.
Bill writes – “Have you designed your own CPU on an FPGA? That’s for beginners! Or did you build one entirely from TTL chips? Amateurs. D. Mueller first built a 6502-lookalike from 74LS chips and EPROMS. Then he built “MT15″, a 16-bit 0.5MHz processor …using individual surface-mount NPN transistors.” – Link.
