Sensational Nightingale’s writes – “$5 homemade bracket for mounting xm radio. My wife’s dashboard doesn’t have a single flat surface for mounting with double-sided tape. The radio manual recommends buying an aftermarket bracket: I found one for $40, but could not bear to pay so much for a little piece of metal. I bought a […]
The MAKE Controller kit will ship in August, but here are all the schematics! MAKE Controller Kit Spec Sheet.pdf Make Controller Kit User Guide & Alpha Developer Quick Start userguides.zip MAKE Controller Kit Schematics MAKE Application Board Schematics.pdf MAKE Controller Board Schematics.pdf Rowley CrossWorks Project (super latest) makecontrollerkit_alpha_02.zip makecontrollerkit_alpha.zip Make Controller Kit API Reference alpha_api_ref.zip […]
Our sincerest apologies to all of you who have already pre-ordered the MAKE Controller Kit and are being affected by its delayed release. The issue lies with an announcement from the manufacturer that one of the crucial capabilities of the chip was possibly no longer available. At one point they said it might work, but […]
Heathkit ad from Scientific American 1977: 8-bit computer, 16-bit computer, video terminal and a paper tape reader/punch – Link.
This looks like a lot of fun (and an simple kit to make) – “This very unusual kit emits random pops and random explosions of bright white light when it is in the dark (kit has a CDS cell to sense the absence of light). This kit produces one of the most unusual “out-of-this-world” effects. […]
The MAKE store just added a couple fun items — MiniPOV v2 Kit – Inexpensive Persistence of Vision A second generation of original MiniPOV, Adafruit Industries upgraded this toy to make it easier for people to build: no microcontroller-programming device is needed, and the source code is in C not assembly. And it includes high […]
Here are a couple fun kits to check out… Gakken Cup Phonograph Kit in Edison Style – Link. Vacuum Tube Radio kit – Link.
