Getting the electronics set up is the first step to getting a working reprap robot together. Besides 3 stepper boards, 1 dc motor controller board, a PWM board, you’ll want two arduinos and an arduino tx/rx thingy! Download the pdf for more information and then download the test code so that you can hook up […]
Make Vol 12 features our special section on digital arts and crafts called “Upload,” where you’ll learn how to take infrared photographs, shoot movies with custom backgrounds, and make fun-to-watch slideshows of your digital family photos. You’ll also learn how to make an extremely loud air whistle, a solar-powered xylophone, and a TV remote control […]
MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe This weekend, make a flower out of 3 bills. This makes a great tip for a nice dinner out or just a way to spend 20 minutes or so folding paper! This project is from Craft: Magazine Volume 5 and the origami was designed […]
Making insanely cool origami isn’t easy. This week’s video and PDF work to make it easier to make the $3 dollar origami flower found in Craft: 05. If you live in a country with different currency, I’d love to see this in international flavors! If your base currency is worth more than can be left […]
MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | YouTube | PDF | Subscribe Sometimes it can be so frustrating to have people you want to give a T-shirt to who are far away and inaccessible on the upper decks of stadiums. They wave their hands in desperation with such hope and joy at the possibility of receiving […]
I went to a big box hardware store to pick up the parts for this. If I remember right it came out to be about $75 with lots of PVC left over for other projects. It took at least an hour to find all the parts in the store. Seriously, hardware stores don’t organize the […]
We have some new things @ the Maker Store, check ’em out… – Link. Making Things Talk Programming microcontrollers used to require an expensive development environment costing thousands of dollars and requiring professional electrical engineering expertise. Open-source physical computing platforms with simple i/o boards and development environments have led to new options for hobbyists, hackers, […]
