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This Functioning Monster 6502 Is a Larger Than Life Version of the Iconic Microchip

This Functioning Monster 6502 Is a Larger Than Life Version of the Iconic Microchip

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

Senior Editor for Make: I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity of the masses! My favorite thing in the world is sharing the hard work of a maker.

I'd always love to hear about what you're making, so send me an email any time at caleb@make.co

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The Monster 6502 is an incredible homage to the chip that revolutionized home computing.

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Masterpiece of Soldering: You Won’t Believe This Handmade Electronic Clock

Masterpiece of Soldering: You Won’t Believe This Handmade Electronic Clock

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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This clock not only displays the time, but all of the components you would see in a wristwatch microchip if viewed under a microscope.

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CUI32Stem

The Create USB Interface and GROVE Sensor Platform

Shawn Wallace

By Shawn Wallace

Shawn Wallace

Shawn Wallace is a MAKE contributor, artist, programmer, and editor living in Providence, R.I. He designs open hardware kits at Modern Device and organized the Fab Academy at the Providence Fab Lab. He makes iPhone synthesizers with the Fluxama collective and is a member of the SMT Computing Society.

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Here’s another interesting physical computing platform; the PIC-based Create USB Interface. The original design was made by Dan Overholt as a bridge between computer and world for musical and artistic applications. Seeed Studio has an updated design called the CUI32Stem, which has been tweaked to work well with the thirty-something sensors and actuators in their […]

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Yuri Zupancic’s Microchip Paintings

Yuri Zupancic’s Microchip Paintings

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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Perfect for the electronic engineer with an appreciation for art, these awesome Microchip paintings are created by Yuri Zupancic. [via CRAFT via Dudecraft]

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Circuit Skills: Perfboard Prototyping, sponsored by Jameco Electronics

Circuit Skills: Perfboard Prototyping, sponsored by Jameco Electronics

Collin Cunningham

By Collin Cunningham

Collin Cunningham

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[Note: Jameco is currently offering all the parts I used in this video as a perfboard prototyping kit — just add wire & solder. ] When you think “DIY electronics,” one of the first images that likely comes to mind is of parts and wire soldered to a standard piece of perforated circuit board — […]

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