Octopart’s hardware blog has a dual channel music player amp (in an Altoids tin, of course)… Have you ever seen a couple sharing a single pair of ipod buds, each listening with only one ear? That was the problem I wanted to solve when I started building dual channel headphone amplifiers while I was back […]
PKM shows you how to a make a minty strobe, a simple trigger-able strobe for taking action photos with – Link. Related: Phonograph turntable strobe zootrope – Link. HOW TO – Make a small portable strobe light – Link. HOW TO – Make a “Slave Strobe” – Link. HOW TO – Make a Strobe Out […]
J_Hodgie writes – This instructable will show you how to create a multifunction platform with a thermometer, chronograph (count up timer), count down timer, and light display. It is also intended to be a platform for other analog sensors or any other functions you can think of. instructables : Multifunction Digital Thermometer – Link. Related […]
Nice project from the PopSci folks on instructables — how to take 1.5V to 5v, and of course jam it in an Altoids tin. Yes, you read that project title right; this simple circuit will enable you to generate 5V DC from a single 1.5V DC AA battery. How can you pump 1.5V up to […]
Merrill photo has a gallery, kits and a how-to on making your own pinhole camera from a mint tin – Pintoids are pinhole cameras made from Altoid containers. A piece of pop culture transformed into something useful. An instrument to view the world with a dry, distorted, sense of humor. They tend to create curiously […]
Wow, a single sided AVR ISP programmer that fits in an Altoids tin, sweet, er, minty – My simple inexpensive Parallel ISP programmer has done the job since I started working with AVR’s, but it definitely has its problems. It doesn’t work with some computers, it is slow, it is unreliable and it requires a […]
Ok, so the sugar content will be a little high today as we cover homemade Valentine’s Day projects… Nicrosin writes – My girlfriend loves My Little Pony stuff. She got a Balloon flyer for Christmas but didn’t care for it, however she loved the music. So an idea clicked and I made a musical keychain […]
