Parallax just released a NES controller socket (7-pin, male) compatible with the classic NES controller, why is this a big deal? Before this there wasn’t any place to get these and now you can use NES controllers for all sorts of projects. Prior to this some folks bought up the 6 way splitters and cannibalized […]
Perry sent us a link to his latest project, the “AcceLED Pong”. The game runs on an Atmel ATMEGA32 AVR Micro-controller. The AVR read an Analog Devices ADXL203 2-Axis Accelerometer, which controls the movement of the paddle. You can download the source code on his website. [Thanks Perry] AcceLED Pong is a simple project I […]
“Interference Laser Games” is an interactive game that is controlled by a laser pointer and can be aimed at any surface that the game is projected on. Check out the video to see this working with games rannging from space invaders to pong. Pretty cool, although it’s pretty much the same as using a mouse […]
This homebrew LaserTag game uses a cheap laser pointer combined with a toy gun and a PIC16F628A microcontroller that connects up to a piezo transducer which is used for producing various beeps. The 5 pin header plug at the bottom of the device is used to connect to a programmer for in-circuit programming. Check out […]
This is an interesting solution to controlling your DSLR without having to use a traditional computer. It occurred to me that if I could somehow tether a DSLR to an instant-on device like an Arduino microcontroller I would have less weight to carry around and could get more work done. After mentally spec’ing out what […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Funnypolynomial used a discarded laptop to create this excellent remake – I rescued an old Thinkpad ages ago and began a project to install it in a picture frame. The original idea was to have it running things like Conway’s Life and the Mandelbrot set. But then I saw […]
You can now change the subject in the Free Rice game – you can identify art, learn languages, be quizzed on the multiplication table, and identify chemical symbols.
