Month: June 2006

Air Cannon v3

Air Cannon v3

Trebuchet03 writes “A pneumatic cannon for launching plastic soda bottles…. or ketchup packets. Almost all parts can be obtained from home depot and probably any local hardware store with a plumbing section. Bigger is cool looking… But not always better. I have found smaller more robust designs to be far more fun that the gigantic […]

DIY Shuffle headphones

DIY Shuffle headphones

Oskay writes “Attach an iPod Shuffle (or other tiny MP3 player) directly to your over-the-head headphones. I built these so that I could listen to music while machining, without the loose cables that would like to acquaint my head with the business end of the milling machine. As it turns out, this set seems much […]

New stuff from Spark…

New stuff from Spark…

Spark Fun Electronics just dropped a whole load of newness – this LED display looks like it could be made into a (crazy large) watch – “This is a very basic, 4 digit display with an simple to use SPI interface. Great for displaying elapsed time, numeric variables for debugging, even simple words! These modules […]

LED Status display

LED Status display

Mike sent in this AVR based LED display for your PC – “LEDLoad is a device and software designed to display many shades of colors from green to red on your computer case LED. Colors are controlled completely by software and can be updated in real-time.” – Link.