www.CircuitBoardsToGo.com looks pretty cool, anyone use them? CircuitBoardsToGo produces single layer circuit boards from your design. This service is typically used by students and hobbyists who need 1 or more simple boards for a project or testing. More: Printed Circuit Boards from MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment – Step-by-step instructions for making your own PCBs at […]
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I have 2 really cool projects for this weeks How-to Tuesday. The first one is the Drawdio developed by Adafruit Industries and Jay Silver, the other build is a modification of the Drawdio that I call “Unruly”. These are great projects to make with your kids. Although, when you are done you most likely will […]
Relays are used in a lot of electronics projects, but did you ever actually think about what makes them work? This website has a ton of information on various relays and how they work. Read All about relays In the Maker Shed: DIY Design Electronics Kit
A slow day at the office … the final frontier? For the Star Trek fan in every office, you too can build this NCC-1701 Enterprise from junk in your desk drawer. Easy to assemble. Impress your friends. Makes a great gift or holiday ornament. – Build the Starship Enterprise from useless office supplies More: Make […]
Simon writes in about his SV Chronometer – a GPS based, interactive master clock– This is a little blog post about a device I built to provide me with an accurate time reference I can use to synchronise all the timepieces in my house. It used a GPS module and a PIC 16F628 microcontroller with […]
Fun Instructable on making a LED chandelier.
Mikey writes – I recently ordered a $37 battery desulfator kit. It looks like a pretty simple device that sends pulses to lead acid batteries to help clean the battery plates. There are many success stories on the net about resuscitating essentially “dead” lead acid batteries. Since we have two electric vehicles and live off […]
