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September 25, 2007
Electronic, battery-less dice
Dhananjaygadre writes -
A Microcontroller, AVR Tiny13 based electronic dice, that does not use any battery or any normal power source. Instead it derives its power from a voltage generator based on the Faraday principle using a coil wound over a tube and a magnet inside the tube. To use the dice, just shake the circuit a few times and it produces a random number between 1 and 6 and displays it on the LEDs.
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Sep 25, 2007 02:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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DIY Vacuum extraction recycling facillity, also known as the super can crusher
Here's the latest "Gadget Freak" from our friends @ Design News -
Let's say you have a Beer Chucking Refrigerator within range and a Can Crusher out in the shed. Now all you need is a way to get the empties out to the can crusher without having to get up and walk out to the shed. Here it is -- you just pop the empty can into this vacuum transporter and thwap! Before you can say "one to beam up," that can is recycled. A 1hp centrifugal blower supplies the vacuum and high velocity flow to send the can through 50 ft of 3½ inch tubing from Ed's patio to the crusher in his garage in under one second. A PIC microcontroller operates the whole system from the time he opens the hatch to the time the little chunk of compressed aluminum is ejected from the machine.Vacuum extraction recycling facillity - Link.
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Sep 25, 2007 01:00 AM
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September 24, 2007
Pyro-tech hack fixes infamous iBook video defect
Jason Striegel of Hackszine writes:
Mark Hoekstra from GeekTechnique subjected his iBook's motherboard to successive rounds of burnination and managed to correct the infamous iBook video display defect. Had this not succeeded, I think I'd still have to give him 10 points for style.In addition to other quality control problems like frayed wires in the display hinge, a huge amount of early model iBooks suffered from a defect where the display would just completely crap out, both on the internal LCD and the external monitor output. Apple used to take these in and service them for free, but their warranty lifetime is long expired.
The problem is that the array of solder points that connect the graphics processor to the motherboard tend to fail over time. I assume this happens with the repeated expansion and contraction of components during normal use. By heating up the graphics processor with a heat gun--or, more appropriately, with a big ol' flaming can of moonshine--you can get the solder to melt and reflow over the broken connections.
DIY obsolete iBook logic board repair - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 24, 2007 10:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Wiimote-controlled robot
This bot was built by Andrew Hundt, Boris Lipchin, and Ned Fox for an Intro to Robotics class at Carnegie Mellon. It uses modified DarwiinRemote software and the venerable MIT HandyBoard to tank-drive a camera-equipped LEGObot. Andrew writes:
This robot is composed of Legos and uses a handyboard as the control hardware. It has 4 wheel drive each controlled by a lego motor, and a pan tilt mount for directing light and the video camera. The Wii Remote talks to a MacBook Pro over bluetooth to modified DarwiinRemote software, and the computer in turn communicates with the robot over a serial port.
Wii Remote Controlled Robot - [via] Link
Related:
- Wii Remote hacks on MAKE: Blog - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 24, 2007 08:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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Self-balancing one-wheeled skateboard
A friend saw this cruising around the Arizona State campus: Chris Coleman, a sculptor, has made a self-balancing one-wheeled skateboard based on Ben Smither's design. He fabbed the metal frame himself, used an Arduino microcontroller, and published his code. Incredible; great job!
Self-balancing one-wheeled skateboard - Link.
Related:
Homemade balancing one-wheeled scooter - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Sep 24, 2007 06:00 PM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Transportation |
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MIDI Arduinophone
Dingolishious writes -
Inspired by MAKE and the Stylophone my first non blinkey light Arduino project. It is a 1 octave midi keyboard. The keyboard is etched circuit board wired up to the Ardunio using the pull up resistors on the board. The stylus is ground. Touch the note with the stylus and it send midi opt code out of the Arduino serial pin. The midi port is wired right into the serial, ground and +5. Not to spec but it works.MIDI Arduinophone - Link.If you didn't want to buy a synth for the project you can use the USB to control Pure Data software synths or put a little speaker on a PWM pin and make some square wave sounds (very much like the original stylophone). Code, more details and other MIDI projects to come!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 24, 2007 05:00 PM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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Crazed steampunk cooling solution
While checking inbound links to his Steampunk Workshop, MAKE pal Jake von Slatt stumbled on this amazing steampunk casemod on a Polish modding forum. Really amazing, with needle guages, lots of lighting F/X, a porthole with clockworks inside, and lots of old school plumbing hardware. Not sure how much of it is functional and how much of it is decoration only, but it sure as hell looks impressive. Anybody speak Polish?
Polish steampunk casemod - Link
Related:
- Steampunk coverage on MAKE: Blog - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 24, 2007 04:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Retro |
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HOW TO - Build a daft punk table replica
Mrgalleta writes -
The idea is to build a replica of the Daft Punk Table sold at Habitat, very nice, but, as long as I know not sold anymore.HOW TO - Build a daft punk table replica Link.
The building process is not very complicated, the hardest part is to decide everything when your starting point is zero. I could get some ideas about the construction of the table like the use of "carton pluma" from Mathieu, a french guy that made one before I made mine.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 24, 2007 03:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Instructables |
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BEAM Vibrobot spiders
This short vid shows two really sweet BEAM Vibrobot "spiders" skittering around on a dinner plate. If you're interested in learning how to make solar-powered vibrobots, I did a how-to on Street Tech a while back (see link below).
BEAM spider bots face off - Link
How-To: Build BEAM Vibrobots - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 24, 2007 02:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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HOW TO - Make simple but nice sounding/playing folk instruments
John writes -
I came across a link to this website in the comments of another blog. This site includes instructions for building tons of musical instruments including bagpipes, banjos, hurdy gurdys, hang drums, and many others. He also has some great videos on youtube which demonstrate some of his homemade instruments.HOW TO - Make simple but nice sounding/playing folk instruments - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 24, 2007 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Music |
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Camera sequencer for GameBoy VJing
Wow, here's a really cool small camera sequencer, for VJing (video DJing with a GameBoy)... Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 24, 2007 11:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Gaming, Music |
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Complete Bloc-Tronic manual
Jon writes -
This is a scan of the complete Bloc-Tronic electronic kit manual. It has 163 electronics projects from a simple continuity tester to a radio transmitter which are arranged roughly in order of complexity. Each project has both the block layout for the kit and a standard schematic so you could build these on a breadboard as well.Complete Bloc-Tronic manual - Link.
On a related note, does anyone have a set of these they would be willing to let us borrow for a bit? I'm thinking that it might be possible to reproduce them in some way...
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Sep 24, 2007 10:00 AM
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MintyBoosts deployed for action
A deployed US solider (somewhere in the Middle East) was looking for an electronics project to do with his team, he writes in...
We received the four MintyBoost kits a couple of days ago. In preperation for a longish mission we have coming up, several of the guys were interested in building them sooner rather than later (so we could keep our iPod's charged, of course). My wife has been kind enough to send us out some Altoids gum tins, so soon they will have more durable homes... right now they are living in the anti-static bags they came in. There were a bunch of guys wanting to try their hands at it, as many of the guys have never soldered anything. With only four kits and a pretty small room (where our Commo guys hang out, they had the soldering system) they drew straws ;-)MintyBoost USB Charger Kit v1.2 - Link.Attached are some pics, though not as many as I had intended to take, of the work that was done. A hearty thanks from all of the guys here. They were all very pleased with the result of their handiwork (they all worked without problems). I think that some of the guys are inspired to play around more with electronics. I'm trying hard to bring a little geek light to some of the less geek-endowed among us. Hehe!
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Sep 24, 2007 06:00 AM
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Bike fixin'
Park tool has a pretty some good how-tos on fixing your bike: Getting the length of your chain or brake line right, installing a new set of tires, etc... Link.
More:
Bicycle projects & more @ MAKE - Link.
MAKE 11:
Our special "DIY Wheels" section brings you plans for making a mobile drive-in movie theater, a cool chopper out of an old bicycle, and a pedal-powered iPod charger. We'll also show you how to make a remote control bird feeder to take amazing photos of birds, a vintage-style remote control race car out of sheet metal, and a vacuum former that lets you create molded 3D parts out of plastic. These articles are just the tip of the iceberg in this project-packed volume of MAKE - Link & subscribe ($5 off link!).
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Sep 24, 2007 05:00 AM
Bicycles, DIY Projects |
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Not-MIDI taplight computer music making interface
Hacked QWERTY keyboard for triggering simple "tap lights" that then kick off loops in Live on a laptop, thanks Grandpa! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Sep 24, 2007 03:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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September 23, 2007
It's the end of the weekend! Do you know how to use and ARRR-duino yet?
If you didn't get your Pirate fix this weekend, get out your eyepatch and loose a tooth and make sure to watch this weekend's Weekend Project where Joe Grand and Bre Pettis give you a crash course in the arduino.
Watch the Video - Link
Read the PDF - Link
Get your ARRR-duino - Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Sep 23, 2007 02:00 PM
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Make a Picaxe fade light
Here's a Picaxe version of our Arduino Weekend project - Link.
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Sep 23, 2007 12:14 AM
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September 22, 2007
Handmade ballista scale replica
Becky @ CRAFT writes:
Jeremy Cox has created this functional scale replica of a ~250 BC ballista. His attention to detail is incredible, and so are his photos.
Handmade Ballista Scale Replica - [ via ] Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 22, 2007 03:15 PM
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September 21, 2007
Intro to the Arduino - Weekend Project Podcast
Joe Grand and Bre Pettis have joined forces for another Awesome Electronics Workshop to introduce you to the Arrr-duino! In this tutorial, you'll learn the basics of programming and setting up your arduino. Don't have one yet? You can get them in the Make: Store or build you're own! - Subscribe Link
Arduino in the Make: Store - Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Sep 21, 2007 09:00 AM
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Intro to the Arduino - Weekend Project PDFcast
This week, Joe Grand and Bre Pettis bring you another Awesome Electronics Workshop! This time you'll learn about the open-source microcontroller board, the Arduino, ahem, the ARRR-duino. Make sure to download the PDF to see the schematic! - PDF Link
You can get an Arduino board in the Makezine store at or you can find plans to make your own from off the shelf parts. Then get some components and start playing around! You'll want to go wander around the Arduino website and the Arduino playground where users can share ideas and benefit from their collective research. Once you've checked that all out, go get thne software. Whatever projects you make, take pictures of them and upload them to the Make: Flickr pool or you'll have to walk the plank!
Intro to the Arduino PDF - Link
Buy one in the Make: Store - Link
Program Files - Link
Subscribe and get this podcast in itunes - Subscribe Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Sep 21, 2007 08:55 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, MAKE Podcast, Weekend Projects |
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