Ladyada’s just churning out the new kits these days; I’m not sure she’s human. The latest: Adding quality audio to an electronic project is surprisingly difficult. Here is a shield for Arduinos that solves this problem. It can play up to 22KHz, 12bit uncompressed audio files of any length. It’s low cost, available as an […]
The Noise Toy kit is fun to use, but if you’re like me – leaving that little “PROGRAM” port unused will drive you crazy. With little knowledge of AVR programming beyond some fun with Arduino, I taught myself how to upload and hack source code for it. Read on to see how the deed was […]
Love your Boarduino but hate that FTDI cable? Ladyada to the rescue again, with a new kit: a USB Boarduino kit, with the FTDI chip (surface mount) and USB port pre-soldered and tested for kit-assembling ease! Related: Boarduino – Breadboard-compatible Arduino clone
Check out all the fun and excitement at this year’s Maker Faire in San Mateo, California. People from all over the world came to experience this amazing event. Take a look at some of the highlights and make plans to attend the next Maker Faire. To download Maker Faire 2008 MP4 click here or subscribe […]
Our pals over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have released version 2.0 of their awesome Peggy LED pegboard display kit. I had the pleasure of seeing this thing in action at last week’s Maker Faire. I want. …Peggy 2.0 still does the same darn thing: it provides efficient power to a 25 x 25 array […]
Jay writes in about his “First person RC flying kit”. PilotView FPV is our entry into the growing field for real time RC video. Everything you need is in one box and ready to do… All input appreciated! Related: Virtual pilot video rig for R/C plane. First-Person View hobby site. Virtual pilot video rig for […]
This Tengu clone (Tengu is a toy created by artist / designer Crispin Jones that responds to sound from your computer and makes appropriate facial expressions based on the output) uses a custom-designed PCB with some pretty detailed instructions on how to build your own at the link below. Tengu Clone on PCB
