Mau sent me a link to his latest project. This time he built a pole camera based on the one from MAKE: Television. Almost all the parts were recycled from previous projects, so his cost was minimal. Great job Mau, and thanks for sharing! Have you made any projects from MAKE: Television? If so, leave […]
Here’s a low-part count light dimmer module using a PIC chip to implement a number of handy control features via infrared remote – Soft start (gradually turning on the light bulb) Soft down (gradually turning off the light bulb) Learning IR codes from RC5 and NEC remotes Dimming in 10 levels by using only IR […]
The digital television age is (almost) upon us, and Makers across the nation have been taking to their workshops in preparation. On Make: television’s Maker Workshop, John Park showed how to make your own Digital TV Antenna. Armed with wire coat hangers, a block of wood, and this PDF file, Make: television viewers have produced […]
MAKE subscriber William F. Dudley Jr. sent us a link to his plans for building a Gray Hoverman UHF Antenna. Why would you want/need a UHF antenna? He explains: Assuming you get your television “over the air”, i.e. from an antenna, then after the transition to digital television, sometime after February 17, 2009, channels 2,3,4 […]
Nothing terribly clever here, but sometimes you’ve got to build your own tools before the real fun begins. I’ve been doing some mobile Arduino development and I got annoyed with carrying around a bulky coil of USB cable. I could buy a pre-made A-to-B gender changer, but not at 10pm on a Sunday, when I […]
This was another fun week in the Maker Shed. We started off with our How-to Tuesday: Arduino 101 the button. These Arduino tutorials are getting a lot of positive feedback. Look for a lot more Arduino tutorials in the next few weeks. Next, I opened up my Designing Automata Kit and checked out what was […]
This is the second installment of a series about programming our favorite little micro-controller, the Arduino. Last week I covered connecting and blinking an LED. This week I will discuss connecting a push button that controls the LED. This is the simplest way to use a button. However, it isn’t always the best way since […]
