Steve writes – “The following books, available for free in HTML! BASIC for PIC MicroControllers Introduction to Industrial PLC Controllers PIC Microcontrollers, 3rd Edition Architecture and Programming of 8501 MCUs Components and Electronic Devices Radio Receivers” [via] – Link. Related: Programming PIC microcontrollers in BASIC – Link. PIC microcontrollers – a beginner’s guide – Link.
Silas shows you how to mod a NES Advantage pad, with optional add on NES controller, he – “I really like my NES, and i really like the features of the NES Advantage pad :-P Unfortunatly the advantage pad is not good to play with. It requires enourmous movement of your hand to use the […]
Jared writes – “This project came from a challenge I was given by a fan of InventGeek. Basically they chose the most common place and mundane item they could think of and challenged me to improve it in a practical way. So how do you improve a bread box? Well for starters I how about […]
Here’s how to set up a Linux based answering machine from the Linux Hosting and Indian Users Group using a mic, phone line, modem and mgetty/vgetty – Link. Related: HOW TO make an Asterisk answering machine – Link. A Guide to VoIP and Asterisk – Link.
Jeez, Max is on a roll, again, this time making a touch screen blackjack machine for a boring start and stop commute – “Okay today I was thinking and figured, why don’t I just put a touch-screen slotmachine in my car? I am stuck in traffic 2 hours a day. So that’s 2 x 5 […]
Arduino Fever – In MAKE 07 we have a tale of a cute, blue microcontroller that fits nicely in the palm of your hand, and the expanding community of developers who love and support it – here’s a PDF to check out – Link & get MAKE videos and PDFs delivered automatically with iTunes/RSS reader […]
This is neat, run the Mac OS (7.0.1) ona 32 MB thumb drive – ” Running Linux, Windows or applications like Firefox, Thunderbird and AbiWord from a USB flash memory device is old hat. How about a Mac 128K or Plus on a USB key? Using a ‘portable’ Mac system you can: play with old […]
