In the Maker Shed: Welcome to MAKE bundle
Welcome to MAKE bundle at 46% off the price if you purchased these items individually.
Maker Shed
In the Maker Shed: Danger Shield kit
The Danger Shield is an add-on for the Arduino microcontroller board. It’s has a variety of fun and useful electronic circuits that you can use to do fun and useful things.
In the Maker Shed: Chumby Guts
Yep, that’s right, we have Chumby guts ready for you to hack, modify, or just make a cool enclosure and enjoy. What’s a Chumby? Glad you asked! It’s an amazing little piece of technology that lets you get what’s best on the web and delivers it right to you on it’s 3.5″ touch screen LCD.
Get the upcoming MAKE, Volume 20, for $14.99, shipped!
You know how, on those reality romance shows, every week, they say: “Get ready for the most exciting rose ceremony, ever!” Yeah, we don’t know anything about that either, but that’s what we hear they say. Anyhoo… we probably sound the same, heralding each issue of MAKE as the best, most exciting issue EVER! But […]
Bob Thompson on laboratory scales
Bob Thompson, our resident Make: Science Room lab geek, answered a question in the comments for the “Setting Up a Home Science Laboratory Part II – Gearing Up” topic, about buying digital scales. I thought it was worth posting here for the benefit of others. Cynthia asked: What would you recommend in the way of […]
How-to Tuesday: Arduino 101 Accelerometers
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Today, I am going to show you how easy it is to connect, and use, a Memsic 2125 Accelerometer from the Maker Shed. This sensor is able to detect tilt, acceleration, rotation, and vibration with a range of ±2 g. It can be used for making balancing robots, game controllers, musical instruments and more. I’ll get you started…what you do next is up to you!
How-To Tuesday: Ping))) ultrasonic sensor
How to use a Ping ultrasonic sensor with an Arduino. You can purchase a PING ))) ultrasonic sensor at makershed.com
