Turn your PC into an ambush multimedia presenter. Thanks go to Ken Delahoussaye for the original article in Make: Volume 16. View the PDF of this project and then pick up Make: Volume 16 here for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
pmgeahan has posted Linux drivers for the USB Motion Detector from Make: 16: Thought others might be interested in this; I built the USB motion detector in MAKE 16. The driver program provided was for Windows and was used to make a presentation work. In my case, I’m a Linux guy, so I hacked together […]
Here is a super small, sneaky storage device for your secret stuff. Thanks go to Andrew Lewis for the original article in Make: Volume 16 To download The USBattery MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete USBattery article MAKE 16 “USBattery”and you can see that in our digital edition.
Turn a spent AA battery into a secret USB data stash.
An easy-to-use 6 digit display kit updated via your computer over serial/USB connection – The USB7 expands most computers with a USB connected 6-digit seven-segment display. Supporting letters, numbers, and a range of punctuation, the USB7 benefits any project requiring highly visible information. Using common a USB cable for both communication and power, the USB7 […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Andrew from Boulder, CO created an orientation aware USB camera and imaging software to go with it – First I built a circuit to make it so I could read a 3-axis magnetometer and a 3-axis accelerometer over USB, just for the heck of it. Then later, while trying […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Synoptic Labs is developing a low cost USB 2.4Ghz spectrum analyzer. For those unfamiliar, these devices are used to identify wireless interference which can cause trouble for wifi networks – Rob and I have recently been talking about doing some wireless projects. A friend loaned us a Cypress CYM6935 […]
