Kilobyte Couture is a fun new book written by Brittany Forks and published by Watson-Guptill. Brittany offers simple tutorials on how to make jewelry from easy-to-find computer components. In the introduction, Brittany writes: For most of my college career, I worked in the Electrical and Computer Engineering building. This gave me access to more geeks […]
Continue ReadingOur own Maker Shed is having a sale on these excellent little capacitor robot charms handmade by ObviousFront from electronic components salvaged from discarded TVs, VCRs, and computers. Charming, indeed! On a side note, ever wonder what exactly capacitors really do? There is no finer or cooler video online explaining the amazing capacitor than the […]
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From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member svofski made this rather sweet touch-sensitive keypad with backlighting – This a custom implementation of capacitive sensing technlogy as per QMatrix Whitepaper. It uses an ATmega8 to scan the keys and outputs ASCII characters to the serial port. Schematic, PCB, and source code are available, though the project […]
Continue ReadingSimple yet effective, they come in a dizzying array of forms and materials. Vital to so many circuits for storage, timing, and filtration – the mighty capacitor! Download the m4v file or subscribe in iTunes In this installment of the MAKE presents series I explain – how to build a leyden jar, how the capacitor […]
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Warning: High Voltage Ahead. This Instructable shows you how to make an old-school high voltage capacitor, a Leyden jar, out of a jar of salt water. Even though this shows you how to make a small-jar capacitor, so the voltage is probably not lethal, it’ll still pack a wallop, so not something to be undertaken […]
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