I have all this electronic detritus that I would like to re-purpose (i.e. a couple old Compaq iPaqs, a bunch of cell phones, several laptops, several old desktop computers and...
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday November 12th, 2009 11:41 AM
Categories: General | 2 Comments
I was looking at buying a digital camera, and read that there are two kinds of sensors that they can use to take a picture- CMOS and CCD. Can you...
Posted by Matt Mets | Wednesday November 4th, 2009 10:46 PM
Categories: General | 5 Comments
I've been wanting to make a prank project, that I can leave somewhere to play back a recorded sound and flash some lights. I'll use LEDs for the lights, but...
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday October 27th, 2009 12:22 AM
Categories: General | 6 Comments
Switch bounce is one of those rare electronic effects that is actually a caused by a mechanical shortcoming The issue is in the way the switch works.
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday October 22nd, 2009 10:50 AM
Categories: General | 7 Comments
An opto-coupler is a device that can be used to electrically isolate two circuits, so that a voltage spike or other problem on one side will not destroy the circuit...
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday October 6th, 2009 2:30 PM
Categories: General | 2 Comments
I would like to know what is the best way to get started in this area of physical, interactive microcontrollers. Can some one point me in the right direction?
Posted by Matt Mets | Tuesday October 6th, 2009 2:30 PM
Categories: General | 11 Comments
We recently had a question from a reader about this prop. "Connie" wrote in wanting to know how to replicate the mechanism that, in the movie, is used to unlock...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday October 2nd, 2009 7:15 PM
Categories: Craft, General, Home | 8 Comments
Ask MAKE is a weekly column where we answer reader questions, like yours. Write them in to mattm@makezine.comor drop us a line on Twitter. We can’t wait to tackle your...
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday October 1st, 2009 5:04 PM
Categories: General | 10 Comments
We occasionally receive really cool projects that we would like to publish, however they just don't have quite enough information for us to figure them out. So, here are some...
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday September 24th, 2009 9:23 AM
Categories: General | No Comments
A few weeks ago, we looked at why dimmer switches cause incandescent light bulbs to buzz. We subsequently received a number of questions about why flourescent bulbs vibrate.
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday September 17th, 2009 7:46 AM
Categories: General | 13 Comments
Ask MAKE is a weekly column where we answer reader questions, like yours. Write them in to mattm@makezine.com or drop us a line on Twitter. We can’t wait to tackle...
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday September 10th, 2009 9:48 AM
Categories: General | 9 Comments
Do you know of any Arduino efforts in San Diego, CA? Do you know of anyone who might know?
Posted by Matt Mets | Thursday September 3rd, 2009 8:22 AM
Categories: General, Home | 10 Comments
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