Wow! Check out the Boarduino a breadboard-compatible Arduino clone – If you’ve ever struggled to use a solderless breadboard with an Arduino, you understand how frustrating it can be! I designed this Arduino clone to solve this problem in an inexpensive DIY fashion. Kits with all parts are available in the Adafruit webshop for $17.50 […]
Here’s a fun kit, it’s a fully functional alarm clock and stopwatch… Link.
Some newer-ish stuff @ the Maker store — The Designing Automata Kit is great value and fantastic quality. No glue or tools are required, and you will learn about simple mechanics using cams and a crank slider mechanism. Many different designs can be made, and the kit used over and over again. Produced in Thailand […]
The shortwave radio projects keep coming in, here’s a great kit- Many pieces of ham radio equipment are available as kits. Ten-Tec offers two kits in the $30 range that are good beginner projects. One is the 1054 4-band Shortwave Regenerative Receiver and the other is the 1056 “any band” CW/SSB Direct Conversion Receiver. The […]
My Dorkbot DC cohort R. Mark Adams sent me this quick n’ dirty portable workbench he built from hardware store parts and plywood. The homemade “third hands” are attached with plywood sheet clips and can be moved to desired positions. He even made his own soldering iron holder. Update: Mark has added a whole slew […]
Lance has lots of old timey radio kits on his site from WW-II foxhole radios to vintage style crystal radio kits and tube radio kits – Link.
SLK Electronics has a piece on their site about breaking down a DeWalt 36V A123 high-power Li-ion batteries to make your own battery configurations. This (and several other related articles on the site) is gear towards electric model planes, but is obviously applicable to any application. Dissecting DeWalt 36V Packs (A123 Systems) – [via] Link […]
