I very much enjoy making my own circuit boards. It’s a satisfying process that ties together my love of electronics with materials I used back in my art school days. It’s also the most accurate way to build a circuit short of sending away to a PCB manufacturer, and it’s much more fun. Subscribe to […]
A single chip drives 20 LEDs to create amazing colors in this fun and easy project. Thanks go to Alden Hart for the original article in MAKE, Volume 18. To download The LED Light Brick video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete LED Light Brick article in MAKE, Volume 18 and […]
A single chip drives 20 LED’s and creates amazing colors. Thanks go to Alden Hart for the original article in MAKE, Volume 18. View the PDF of this project. And then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
In January, many of the remote MAKE/CRAFT team members (myself included) convened at the Maker Media headquarters at O’Reilly Media in Sebastopol, California. Take a look behind the scenes of your favorite DIY publications as Goli Mohammadi gives us a tour! View on YouTube, Vimeo, or Blip.tv, subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, or […]
Using a low power amateur radio transmitter and a simple light bulb receiver circuit, we see how radio waves and electromagnetic induction transmit energy and signals wirelessly through the air. We also see how dipole and Yagi antennas radiate their energy in different patterns. Read on to build your own dipole receiving antenna! Subscribe to […]
Build an amazing 19th century arc light out of simple materials. Thanks go to William Gurstelle for the original article in MAKE, Volume 20. To download The Arc Light video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Arc Light article in MAKE, Volume 20 and you can see that in our Digital […]
Build an amazing 19th century arc light out of simple materials. Thanks go to William Gurstelle for the original article in MAKE, Volume 20. View the PDF of this project. And then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
