What’s the cheapest way to get an oscilloscope?
Tons of great suggestions on finding (and building) a cheap oscilloscope from the MAKE forums – Link.
DIY Projects
NES Zapper Mouse
Turn a NES gun into a mouse (good for Duck hunt MAME) – Link.
The Automated Bar
Peepsalot writes – “Here’s a homemade, computer controlled, automated, drink mixin’ machine. Very cool.” – Link.
Homebuilt arc welder
Rudy on the Dorkbot list writes “This site has some neat ideas. Dan has plans for a car battery powered bike light (heavy, yes, but bright!) and a home made Arc Welder out of Mircowave oven parts.” Link.
Cassette Stylus Test
Jeff writes – “After all the attention for hacked cassette decks on Make:BLOG and elsewhere, I was eager to hear what it sounded like to take the read-head out of a tape deck and play it across a tape “canvas”. Video included.” Link.
Brother P-Touch as kid’s toy
Brother P-Touch as kid’s toy – Damien Stolarz My daughter learned the alphabet using a variety of learning aids. I particularly credit the Leapfrog DVD series for teaching her both letter recognition and phonics. The learning games on her computer also helped reinforce some of the alphabet concepts, and with our coaching, she’s learned to […]
HOW TO – Make a custom library part in Eagle’s CAD tool
Kd7vnn writes – “The eagle cad tool is a great thing. It does have something that I see as a draw back. That is that you need to pick a package for your part while you are still working on the schematic phase of a project. I assume Cadsoft, the makers of eagle, have their […]
