HOW TO – Make a wireless LCD
Max is on a roll, here he show you how to make graphic LCDs go “wireless” by using ACODE-300 bluetooth modules – Link.
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HOW TO – Make a digital compass
Max show you how to make a digital compass (source included) – Link.
DIY Turntable
Stokes writes “I’ve seen scores of homebrew MP3 players, radio receivers, et cetera, but this is a first for me: a totally homebrewed turntable. Even the tone arm was DIY. The fact the thing is built largely out of plywood, thread and Harley-Davidson parts yet looks quite professional makes it even more exceptional.” – Link.
Turning a Sony stereo into an iPod boombox
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Crabzoid is making an iPod boombox from an old Sony stereo – “Like my last “casemod” I’ve taken an old piece of sony product and turned it into a fancy ipod case. The ipod fits into the cassette slot and a hidden audio jack routs the music to the speakers.” […]
HOW TO – Make a worm gearbox speed sensor
Ame writes “I wanted to accurately control the speed of the motor in a Tamiya 72004 worm gearbox for a robot I am building. To do this you must have some way to measure the current speed. This project shows the evolution of the speed sensor. As you can see in the picture, the motor […]
High speed and photoinstrumentation photos
Professor of Imaging and Photographic Technology Andrew Davidhazy @ The Rochester Institute of Technology has an incredible gallery of high speed photos – [via] – Link. Related: Splashes, splashes and more splashes! – Link. Homemade Strobe Photography. Take pictures of popping balloons, breaking glass, and water droplets. MAKE 04 – Page 102. High speed photo […]
HOW TO – Make a RGB mood lamp
Tobe shows you how to make a really neat RGB lamp – “On this page i will explain how i created my own colour changing lamp with red, green and blue leds that fades between all colours of the rainbow. It really comes out well at night when other light are dimmed. In daylight conditions […]