This cool hack shows you how to retool an old 2.5″ QVGA TFT iPod LCD screen in order to use it for another project. Lots of really good info about the pinout connectors of this screen in order to get it up and running in no time. iPod LCD Hacking, via Electronics Lab
Short version of the story: I may fail at starting a pedicab company because city officials don’t like my DIY version, get nervous, and possibly break the law when you put them on film. Please keep this in mind when trying to get your DIY projects past any bureaucrats! 5-minute video version (visually boring for […]
Sergey wrote up this neat instructable on making a simple puzzle from paperclips – As a kid growing in Soviet Russia before Perestroika began, there were not that many toys, games and crafts available to you. This puzzle is an example of the game that we were making using simple tools from father’s toolbox and […]
Tom Ward, whose work will appear in The Best of Instructables book we’re currently editing, has just posted an awesome new “extreme business card.” It uses a matrix of 5×15 0603 LEDs driven by a PIC16F57 MCU. He says you can get the parts cost down to about $5 each in quantity. Not the kind […]
Matt LaBoone writes us – I was inspired by Kyle Downes (creator of the Giant NES coffee table) to make my own SNES Controller. I grew up more on the SNES, and figured that the Left and Right bumpers as well as the curved sides would give me a good challenge. I linked the pictures […]
Rainwater harvesting’s kind of a no-brainer: when you start looking into it, capturing free water from the sky tends to creep onto your project list. (Image from Austin Water) Here are some Instructables to help you get started on basic systems: Starting with one 55-gallon barrel, and tying in another Getting fancier by going multi-tiered […]
I really like this project, although I immediately thought it should be called “Pac Man Portable” or PMP. This portable took around two weeks to build. I left it with out sound support because the sounds that the namco “arcade pcb on a chip” produces aren’t as good as the original games. The case is […]
