Month: September 2007

Complete Bloc-Tronic manual

Complete Bloc-Tronic manual

Jon writes – This is a scan of the complete Bloc-Tronic electronic kit manual. It has 163 electronics projects from a simple continuity tester to a radio transmitter which are arranged roughly in order of complexity. Each project has both the block layout for the kit and a standard schematic so you could build these […]

Self-Balancing Skateboard

A friend saw this cruising around the Arizona State campus: Chris Coleman, a sculptor, has made a self-balancing one-wheeled skateboard based on Ben Smither’s design. He fabbed the metal frame himself, used an Arduino microcontroller, and published his code. Incredible; great job! Self-balancing one-wheeled skateboard – Link. Related: Homemade balancing one-wheeled scooter on MAKE – […]