Many of you may have seen Becky’s Make: Online post about John Young’s clever p8tch system from a couple years ago. Now we’re excited to announce that John has recently opened a store selling them in the Makers Market. When you buy a p8tch, you get a velcro-backed waterproof patch, in one of several cool […]
MightyOhm points out this tutorial covering some basic setup for using the Eclipse programming software with AVR chips. If you’re not familiar, Eclipse is a cross-platform open-source development environment that uses plugins to expand compatibility with different coding languages. The AVR plugin can be found here and the software can even be configured to make […]
During World War II, British brainiacs helped save their country and defeat the Nazis. Recently, the equipment they used has been rebuilt and the surviving members got together for a reunion. The rebuild project appears to be a maker’s delight: code, electronics, old-school manufacturing, and rapid prototyping all wrapped up in a world-changing quest to […]
Photo from Museum of Retro Technology Years ago, I came upon The Victorian Internet by Tom Stangadge. It’s a fascinating read, telling the tale of how the world was girdled by copper wires carrying text messages to far flung places. The Victorian Age’s instant messaging system allowed geography and time to be compressed through the […]
Little-scale has another helpful mini how-to for those of you digging in with blue microcontroller It is often desirable to synchronise something like a homemade sequencing circuit or a Commodore 64 to MIDI clock signals. I thought I might share some generic Arduino skeleton code that could be used to synchronise many different types of […]
