With the Minty Boost USB Charger from the Maker Shed, you don’t have to worry about dead batteries in your gadget. Just build the kit, put it in a tin, add two AA batteries and your USB powered gadget will be back in action in no time.
As Marc de Vinck’s Arduino 101 video shows, the Memsic 2125 accelerometer makes it easy to add tilt, acceleration, and vibration detection to your next project. It can be used for making balancing robots, game controllers, musical instruments and anything else where force measurement can be used.
Do you like electronic music? Ever want to build your own sound generator? The Atari Punk Console Kit from the Maker Shed is just what you need. By manipulating the two knobs, you can unleash amazing sounds from the 556 timer IC.
The Panavise Jr, now in the Maker Shed, is the perfect workbench companion. The grooved jaws allow it to easily hold circuit boards, jewelry, models, rotary tools, pencil torches, soldering irons, or anything else you can think of. The single turn adjustment knob allows you to easily position the Panavise head anywhere you need it. Check out the Shed for other Panavise models as well.
The 64 Button Shield not only allows you to use up to 64 buttons with your next Arduino project, it also has a hidden “easter egg” that allows it to output MIDI. This video demonstrates MIDI functionality by using a 64 Button Shield, a Midivox, and an Arduino together for use as a physical interface for your favorite MIDI compatible music program.
The USB Infrared Toy, available in the Maker Shed, is an assembled, open source, USB infrared remote control receiver/transmitter designed by DangerousPrototypes. Use it as a remote control with your computer, to view infrared signals on a logic analyzer, to capture and clone infrared signals, and to play IR codes.
Assembly of the Gakken Mini-Theremin kit @ warp-speed – complete with error correction!
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