Spark Fun electronics has a new RGB controller for LEDS – “The RGB Matrix Controller is a small backpack that attaches to an Red/Green/Blue LED matrix and allows control over simple serial SPI communication. This allieviates the end user from having to do the individual LED scanning and refreshing. 7 different colors are possible on […]
Here’s a nice case mod a Maker made for his father – “His dad has worked for United Airlines for 35 years and decided that this would be a great theme to use to make a computer for him to commemorate his years of service with United. “ [via] – Link. The bad (ironic) news […]
Here’s an excellent Mac mini addition to a Prius – [via] – Link. Related: Making a Macswagen. Adding a Mac mini to a VW: a pro tells us how he did it. Matt Turner is a professional fabricator and installer of mobile electronics. He’s been working in the industry for 12 years and has built […]
Simon combined the guts from three wireless power switches into one box – “5 years ago I had three RF controlled light switches each on a different channel. I wanted to combine the three remotes into one and this is the result. I added 3 new colored buttons and powered all three with one battery. […]
Here’s a watercooled Xbox 360 with all the cooling gear -inside- the Xbox 360, nice work! – [via] – Link.
Here’s how to build a low cost RFID skimmer (it reads the contents of a RFID tag) – wow! “In this study we show that the modeling predictions are quite accurate. We show how to build a portable, extended-range RFID skimmer, using only electronics hobbyist supplies and tools. Our skimmer is able to read ISO-14443 […]
Vassilis sent in a PIC based automatic timer for a PCB (printed circuit board) exposure box – Link.
