The Ethernut project site has source/shcematics for building your own OSS hardware /software embedded ethernet devices – “Ethernut is an Open Source Hardware and Software Project for building tiny Embedded Ethernet Devices… Three Open Source Reference Designs are currently available… The software is an Open Source implementation of a Real Time Operating System called Nut/OS […]
David writes – “Microcontroller hobbyist and electronic project enthusiast can stock up on useful parts by scrounging. Before you throw away an electronic device, take it apart. Examine how it was made and what parts were used. Look for reusable power supplies, microcontrollers, connectors, LCD, LEDs, knobs, meters and even the enclosure. This article describes […]
Adam writes – “Today with the help of my four year old son Kai, we built a little experimenter’s board because he has been wanting to “learn about ‘lectricty” for a while now. First I found an old piece of MDF from my shed and cut off a bit about 10″ by 6″. Then I […]
The authors of Electronics for Dummies have a really good companion site for the their book (photos, articles, links, projects, resources, etc) check it out – “This site is intended as a resource for anyone interested in building electronics projects, including those covered in my book Electronics Projects For Dummies. The site contains: A Sneak […]
Neat, here’s a 3D IR/Ulrasonic mouse project from students @ the University of California – “The goal of FRE3SPACE was to create a wireless mouse that could operate in three dimensions. In other words, while holding the mouse in the air you could move your arm left or right, up and down, towards and away, […]
Profile of ReCellular, a company gets about 75,000 used phones a week and recycles / refurbs them for other parts of the world – “With the number of cell phones in use worldwide hitting 2 billion and rising, recycled phones are playing a crucial role in the spread of wireless communications across the developing world, […]
Here’s a free DJ app for Macs with real time audio mixing and recording – “djay is the groundbreaking new software for Mac OS X. It takes full advantage of Apple’s latest audio and graphics technologies, and runs natively on both Intel and PowerPC processors. It supports all common file formats, such as mp3, aiff, […]
