Electronics

Flashing LED beehive beacon

Flashing LED beehive beacon

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool: This project is to replace the 12 volt lamp in a stock auto clearance lamp with a flashing red led that can be used to provide a caution light around a telescope when viewing under dark conditions with more than one person around. The project is based around a […]

Synchronizing fireflies v2.0

Alex of Tinkerlog has done a new version of his very cool Firefly circuit. He writes: This is a remake of the fireflies which I did a year ago. I was always fascinated by the emergence of patterns. One I like most is the synchronization of hundreds or thousands of fireflies. First they flash randomly […]

Heathkit Virtual Museum

Heathkit Virtual Museum

When I was a teen, I used to salivate over all of the Heathkit ads in the teen media I consumed (popsci and sci-fi mags, comic books, adventure mags, Boy’s Life, etc). A few friends had built their own Heathkit stereos and I envied their electronics prowessm and the depth of their piggy banks. All […]

Software CV sequencer

Software CV sequencer

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr user [fluxa] put an Arduino board to work outputting control voltage to a DIY SoundLab synthesizer. While the PC software has yet to be released, the Arduino code is pretty straightforward – using a pulse width modulated output through a simple resistor/capacitor filter. – CVAirSequencer Project on Flickr […]

RGB “brain machinuino”

RGB “brain machinuino”

At ladyada’s tea party, user mtbf0 has posted details of his RGB brain machine powered by a Boarduino. …it generates a base frequency at 200Hz. Offset frequencies of 201Hz-217Hz in 1Hz increments can be selected giving binaural beats in the range of 1Hz-17Hz. The LEDs are controlled by comparing the phases of the base and […]