These are some of the nicest DIY telescopes I have ever seen. You have to take a look through the site to see the level of detail and amazing craftsmanship that goes into each piece. Dave’s machining skills are really amazing. He even created a machine to polish his own mirrors. – Link Related: DIY […]
I know, why not use USB? Well, a lot of time you could, but many people still use RS232 connections for for programming micro-controllers. Recently I needed a simple adapter to program and AVR, and this is what I found. – Link You could always buy a USB – TTL cable in the MAKE store […]
Lenore @ Evil Mad Scientist Labs procures an LED traffic light assembly! Which means we get a very detailed peek inside – Of course, after we made sure it worked, we promptly took it apart. It is a fabulous object, designed to be used, abused, taken apart, and maybe even fixed, though there is not […]
This is a very well documented build, and could be a great addition to any workbench. Apparently the builder added the meter to a 0-30 VDC stabilized power supply, pictured above, to charge batteries. All the schematics, PCB layouts and .hex files are available on the site. This multimeter was designed to measure output voltage […]
What do you do about a night-light that has to stay on while your child falls asleep, and you don’t want to have to go in and turn it off every night? Buy a timer? No, that’s not fun. The solution: teach her something! So we repurposed an old broken desk lamp carcass, I taught […]
This is a good starting point for making your own electronic post-it note. Be warned, this is not a beginner project to say the least. The author admits a Basic Stamp is not the ideal micro-controller. Maybe an Arduino would be better? – Link
People love Portal! (FYI: Portal = popular video game from Valve software.) Exhibit A: Recreation of the PC cases found in the game Nick writes – You’ve got a stock PC, but don’t have enough cash to build a new one. Well…Mod it! After seeing me play a little of portal, my wife liked the […]
