MAKE Mintronics Survival Pack

Use Staples as Breadboard Jumpers

Use Staples as Breadboard Jumpers

Recently, we’ve been brainstorming ideas for a breadboarding workshop to put on at Maker Faire and other events. Hoping to save participants the tedium of cutting and stripping their own jumper wires (and the cost of providing readymade jumpers) we hit on the idea of using staples. I first read about this hack on Instructables, […]

Repeat After Me: A Mintronics Memory Game

Repeat After Me: A Mintronics Memory Game

In this project, we’ll turn a MAKE MintDuino microcontroller and a Mintronics Survival Pack into a replica of retro electronic memory games like Simon and the Tandy Pocket Repeat game sold by RadioShack in the 1980s. It’s amazing how fun and addictive this simple game is, and it’s a great way to learn about integrated […]