After scoring some bargain-priced touch screens, James set to work on building the Touchduino – I used two analog pins and one digital pin for this project. I wired the touch screen to the 3v pin, the Gnd pin and the analog pins 0 and 1 set to input. In the code (digital) Pin 3 […]
Behold the cardboardy-retro-nessKamil‘s BeatSequencer v1.0. Though the front panel may have some mechanical stability issues, It reminds me of a miniaturized vintage computing giant. FYI – Those 24 LEDs are handled via Arduino’s shift function and the handy 74HC595 shift register chip.
MusicMiK shares his PCB creation process while working on a couple of phaser effects pedal boards. If you’re interested in making your own boards this will of course be of interest. Keep in mind, some of the techniques he demonstrates could be accomplished by relatively simpler means – such as using iron-on transfer or presensitized […]
Simple 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 […]
Photo from Boston Skill Share So you have a great idea, and you want to share it, but where will you find people to share with? If you can get to the Boston area for the April 18 and 19th 2009 weekend (perhaps you haven’t yet scheduled your April Vacation?) then you should definitely check […]
Jörg shares another unusual approach to sound circuits with this mini optical organ, inspired by the legendary Optigan keyboard instrument – my instrument generates the tone with a light depended resistor which kann be controlled by an LED. the speed and patterns on the disc determine the frequency and shape of the resulting wave form. […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Feurig etched a well-planned fish-shaped circuit to hosts a slew of pink LEDs as scales. Great work – though it would be nice to see all those lovely copper traces exposed in the final product. A lot of work goes into designing circuitry and etching your own provides an excellent […]
