Midway Through Weekend Projects
A quick look at the 10 beginner-friendly electronics projects we’ve built thus far over at Weekend Projects. Don’t forget to check out all our project videos, and subscribe to the Weekend Projects Newsletter!
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Use OR Logic to Build a Game Show Circuit
Weekend Projects maker Max shows off his version of Game Show Buttons, based on Experiment #21 from Charles Platt’s book Make: Electronics.
Putting Projects in Motion with the 555 Timer IC
Our latest project uses an array of parts to build three separate breadboard projects. Follow along as we put Projects in Motion, showing you how to control three different motor types with little more than a few components, wire, and a power source.
Going from Schematic to Breadboard
A step-by-step explanation of how to read a schematic and build a breadboard prototype from it.
In the Maker Shed: Mintronics – MintDuino
Do you want to learn what makes an Arduino tick? Check out the MintDuino, available exclusively in the Maker Shed! It’s perfect for anyone interested in learning or teaching the fundamentals of how microcontrollers work.
Behinduino great for breadboard Arduino prototyping
Over at MAKE: Japan, Takumi Funada found this nifty project that squeezes an Atmega168 onto the back side of a half breadboard, leaving the entire front available for connections.
Vacuum tube power supply kit from Electric Western
Lorin, of Electric Western, writes: People get excited about tubes, and they do some nifty things with them (even beyond audio). I’m trying to make working with them a little more accessible. So, I published a Power Supply design for tube experiments – with redundant safety and small size in mind, am providing a kit […]
