EiED online’s Bill Wong reviews the propellor multicore processor from Parallax (best known for their BASIC stamp) – “Parallax took a major turn from its bread and butter Basic Stamps and SX processors with its new Propeller architecture. The Propeller packs eight 32-bit processors, called cogs, into a single package… Packing eight identical processors in […]
Adam writes – “Today with the help of my four year old son Kai, we built a little experimenter’s board because he has been wanting to “learn about ‘lectricty” for a while now. First I found an old piece of MDF from my shed and cut off a bit about 10″ by 6″. Then I […]
The authors of Electronics for Dummies have a really good companion site for the their book (photos, articles, links, projects, resources, etc) check it out – “This site is intended as a resource for anyone interested in building electronics projects, including those covered in my book Electronics Projects For Dummies. The site contains: A Sneak […]
This belt is made out of handy (small) tools – it has a bottle opener, #2 philips & #2 flat screwdriver, loop with 8mm, 10mm & 1mm wrenches – [via] – Link. Related: 686 Belt collection – Link.
Each week Chuck @ Toolmonger rounds up the week in tools, go get your tool on… – “This week we tested Black & Decker’s (very) new HandiSaw – an inexpensive miniature reciprocating saw for use around the house – that’ll hit the shelves this October. We also took a first-hand look at the Dremel Stylus. […]
William writes – “I did a review of Microbric’s Viper Robotics Development kit. It’s a very inexpensive kit for what you get – a Basic Atom motherboard, two high quality gear motors, various sensors and building blocks” – Link. Related: Robotics archives – Link. Robotics projects Link. Kit kit kits – Link.
Here’s an OK list of open source PCB design tools (for making printed circuit boards) – as always, if you have any resources that are better/different post’em on up in the comments – Link.
