QRPMe, Rex Harper’s site for QRP (reduced-power) amateur radio kits, has a nifty little prototyping board that fits inside of a mint tin and could be used for other types of mint tin projects. The board (and a mint tin to house it) cost $12 postpaid. While you’re on his site, check out some of […]
Flickr user arms22 came up with this little “hack” to add at-a-glance color-coding to the resistor chart in his Maker’s Notebook. You could also just do neater colored squares, or outline the boxes for each color name, so you wouldn’t have to color in the entire row. arms22’s photostream More: Maker’s Notebook homepage In the […]
Lenore, of Evil Mad Scientist Labs, has a brief piece on their site about holiday decorating using vintage electronic components. I’ve always been as fascinated by the aesthetics of electronics parts as I am by their functionally. They do make great jewelry, junkbot art, wine charms, charm-charms… and (who’d a thunk it?) Christmas tree ornaments. […]
Sweet little breadboard Menorah project at Sparkle Labs. Festive Hanukkah LED Menorah
I’m thrilled to announce our latest offering from O’Reilly/Make: Books, Make: Electronics, by Charles Platt. This is a book that we’ve wanted to do for awhile. Many of us at Maker Media have had an interaction that goes something like this: You’re at a talk, Maker Faire, or elsewhere, and someone spirits you aside, like […]
Arduino lovers have a whole lotta hardware to choose from nowadays. From Arduino clones optimized for a variety of different users, to an arsenal of shield attachments specially designed for nearly every type of project. We’ve got a lot to cover here, so let’s get started, first with the basics – (Read on for the […]
Here are some great hobby radio gift ideas, ranging from radios themselves, to books, to the perfect radio-related vacation, everything you need to transmit a bit of holiday cheer. di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah. Radios When looking for radios, I really like Universal Radio. They have comprehensive descriptions of all of the radios they […]
