Potentiometer Projects
Monkeysailor’s Photo Lab
Make your own Arduino-controlled color film processor.
Posted by Andrew Lewis
Categories: Arduino, Art & Design, Photography & Video | 2 Comments
Optical Tremolo Box
Plug your guitar into light-programmable waveforms with this unique effects box.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Art & Design, Music | 18 Comments
Lumia Lunchbox Laser
Back in the 1970s, my friend Wayne Gillis and I used to do light shows at science fiction conventions. We had the usual panoply of overhead, slide, and custom-made projectors,...
Posted by Jake Spurlock
Categories: Music, Home | No Comments
Homemade Home Security
Build a 4-camera surveillance system and watch from any web browser.
Posted by David Bodnar
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | No Comments
Secret-Knock Gumball Machine
One of the best things about exhibiting at Maker Faire is giving attendees a challenge. For the 2010 Maker Faire Bay Area, I decided to combine a past project of...
Posted by Steve Hoefer
Categories: Arduino, Electronics, Kids & Family | 1 Comment
Geiger Counter
This DIY Geiger counter clicks and flashes an LED each time it detects a radioactive particle. It works with most common Geiger–Müller tubes, and easily connects to radiation rate meters,...
Posted by John Iovine
Categories: Science | No Comments
Reaction Timer
Make: Electronics is an electronics primer for the early 21st century. It’s written for the absolute beginner and all those who’ve wanted to learn electronics. Those who’ve wanted to build...
Posted by Charles Platt
Categories: Electronics | No Comments
Lunchbox Laser Shows
Back in the 1970s, my friend Wayne Gillis and I used to do light shows at science fiction conventions. We had the usual panoply of overhead, slide, and custom-made projectors,...
Posted by Mike Gould
Categories: Music, Electronics | No Comments
Add Volume, Jack
Many cheap, fun sonic and musical toys have built-in speakers and no output jack. This limits their volume, unless you constantly hold them up to a microphone. Here’s how to...
Posted by Peter Edwards
Categories: Music, Electronics | No Comments
One-Ton Linear Servo
RC hobby servomotors were just made for hacking. What’s not obvious is how much you can hack them — with a few tricks, you can use a servo to control...
Posted by Windell Oskay
Categories: Electronics | No Comments
The Autophenakistoscope
Motorize a phenakistoscope, a 19th-century parlor novelty that preceded motion pictures, and keep its frames synched to an LED strobe by using a sensor and an Arduino microcontroller. Invented in...
Posted by Dan Rasmussen
Categories: Arduino, Electronics | No Comments
