XLR8 Project Blends FPGA Speed with Arduino Coding
The XLR8 is an FPGA based board that looks and feels like an Arduino Uno. But not all is what it seems on the surface.
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Try Not to Have a Heart Attack While Watching This Egg/Pendulum Dance
It’s just an egg, placed in a vulnerable position. “I thought it would be fun to pit a large metal machine against a small fragile object,” says Mendoza.
Slap Yourself Awake with This Ridiculous “Wake-Up Machine” Alarm Clock
Swedish tech artist and comedienne Simone Giertz tries her hand at creating the most annoying alarm clock possible
Hack an Old DC Motor to Provide Rotary Input
Watch a Redditor share how he hacked a DC motor and hooked it up to an Arduino to use as an encoder.
This Backlit Display is Like a Word Clock for Weather
Riffing off of the word clock idea, this Maker created a backlit display for the local weather forecast.
This Cereal-Stealing Robot Will Swipe Your Breakfast
One Maker’s experiment in robotics results in an insatiable cereal transport system using Arduino, 3D printing, and Rice Krispies.
Built from Scrap: This CNC Machine Was Made for $160
German Maker, Norbert Heinz, shows how to create a homemade CNC mill using inexpensive chipboard and repurposed computer CD drives.
