Guitar hero sample sequencer
This is simply awesome, it’s a Guitar Hero sample sequencer – load it up with your own WAVs and jam away – [via] – Link.
DIY Projects
DIY Magnetic card reader
Cheap DIY credit card reader project – “The reader mechanism shown was purchased from All Electronics for $1.50. The unit provides the magnetic head on a spring mechanism along with low level head signal amplifiers and data slicers. Three signal lines comming from the unit provide card presence, clock, and data. “ [via] – Link. […]
Make a light activated instrument
Here’s a simple “light activated instrument with pitch and volume controlled by hand shadows” – [via] – Link.
Orange juice battery
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rob Cruickshank writes – “The students in my electronics workshop wanted to see a battery made out of food. The calculator is powered by the zinc-plated screws and pennies in the orange. If you try this, don’t eat the orange afterwards!…” – Link.
HOW TO – Make a miniMinty MP3
Make your own miniMinty MP3 player – “…we set out to design the successor to Minty MP3. How about if it fits in an Altoids gum tin? What if it charges its internal Lithium Ion Polymer battery over USB and mounts itself as a Mass Storage Device? And if it runs for 12+ hours on […]
HOW TO – CD quality field recording rig
Atman writes – “…how to assemble a field recording system that is: battery powered, capable of six hours continuous record without recharge (and much more from the wall), CD quality (44.1 kHz 16 bit stereo), less than U$1000, and capable of being concealed in a handbag, backpack or jacket.” – Link.
Line Following LEGO Robot code
Greg writes – “Well, I sadly could not find my original code for my line following robot that I talked about a few months ago when I wrote the article on it. I was at my parent’s house last weekend, and was lucky enough to find it. I wanted to make it available for anyone […]