By way of maker muse Jeri Ellsworth comes this great project log site, 4HV.org, for those pursuing high-voltage projects. We’ve linked to a few projects from here over the years, but it’s worth bringing it to the top again. Seen here is Marko’s DRSSTC (Double Resonant Solid State Tesla Coil). [Thanks, Jeri!] And it goes […]
Fawning fanboys (and fangirls) of analog synths may want to hold onto their wigs and keys before laying eyes on synth pioneer Vince Clarke’s “cabin” in Maine. Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure. In this vid, he gives Motherboard the grand tour of his studio in the woods and his […]
I very much enjoy making my own circuit boards. It’s a satisfying process that ties together my love of electronics with materials I used back in my art school days. It’s also the most accurate way to build a circuit short of sending away to a PCB manufacturer, and it’s much more fun. Subscribe to […]
MAKE subscriber Matt writs in to share this comprehensive electronics tutorial site, Learning Objects for Electronics:
Matt Cottam, founder of Tellart, presented Wooden Logic: In Search of Heirloom Electronics at interaction10 yesterday. Here are my running notes on his discussions of sketching with tangible objects, physical interfaces to the iPhone, and heirloom technology.
We’ve posted about Jim Kelly’s online weblog, chronicling his way through our beginning book, Make: Electronics. But Jim’s not the only person taking this trip online. Ian Fitzpatrick is doing the same thing. And he’s doing video for most of the entries, giving you another way into the experiments. Nice. Many thanks, Ian. Domo Domo, […]
The glowing reviews of Make: Electronics just keep on coming. We’re thrilled by the response. And yes, we love that it’s selling plenty of copies, but the thing we’re most excited about is that people get it — the goals we set forth, to create an attractive, engaging, fun, plain English beginner’s guide, that made […]
