Randy Sarafan made this “Fuzz of 100 Faces” guitar pedal: For a long time I have been a fan of the Multi-Face Pedal and have been having fun exploring the different nuances of fuzz by swapping around parts on a breadboard. However, I wanted to make a more permanent fuzz pedal that I could use […]
Randy Sarafan writes: For the longest time, people have been neglecting to applaud my myriad accomplishments. I could not abide by this and henceforth set out to resolve this issue. The solution wasn’t immediately obvious, but after mulling it over for a while, it suddenly hit me. People have been culturally conditioned to clap for […]
Matt posted the steps he took to build a proper stompbox development platform – Designing and building your own guitar effects is a great way to combine a passion for electronics and guitar. However, when testing new designs, I found the fragile circuit on the solderless breadboard was difficult to connect to patch cords and control […]
Randy Sarafan at Instructables writes: A few weeks ago I saw a laser cut zombie shadow cast in the Makers Market and thought to myself that it was okay, but it was missing a certain something. What could it be? Was it source files perhaps? Well… yes, but… no… that wasn’t quite it. There was […]
In hindsight, I realized the wiring diagram I posted for the recent Circuit Skills perfboard project left something to be desired (something = offboard parts/connections). So, if you’ve been stumped on what wire goes where – hopefully the above image will clear things up a bit. Of course, this is just what worked for me […]
Google’s App Inventor for Android (beta) is a tool that will help you visually design mobile apps and run them on an Android device. This should be exciting news for all the Open Blocks/Scratch fans out there as the project uses the Open Blocks Java library distributed by MIT’s Scheller Teacher Education Program.
Robot maker Michal Zalewski sent word that his latest attempt at cat befuddlement, the tinybot mk III, has been meticulously documented and awaits your perusal. Of interest are the geared steering, relatively low-cost components, and the fact that each gear was custom designed, machined, and manually cast in his home workshop.
