One way to monitor the business end of a RC device is to tap into all of the servo outputs on the receiver and decode their respective PWM signals. A much simpler interface, however, both in terms of wiring as well as code, is to find the multiplexed PPM signal and digest the values for […]
Do you have a digital SLR camera, some black construction paper, aluminum foil, a rubber band, and tape? Great, let’s make a digital pinhole camera! The pinhole camera is the simplest type of camera. It has no lens, only a teeny-tiny hole of an iris. This pinhole ensures that the light which reaches any position […]
Most Canon digital cameras have an IR remote feature that allows you to control the shutter with a Canon RC-1 or RC-5 wireless remote. These work exactly like a TV remote, and it turns out that the signaling for some VCRs and Satellite TV receivers are similar enough to the RC-1 that they will trigger […]
I’m probably not alone in saying that I used to code adventure games on my TI-85 when I was younger, but Sam Heald’s Super Mario reproduction is so much cooler: Super Mario features beautiful graphics courtesy of Bill Nagel, 13 unique enemies, 64 unique background tiles (some with animation), fast scrolling, powerups like growth or […]
MAKE Flickr pool member Whymcycles has contributed a great Meatricity powered Christmas tree build. Colin pedals my Dad’s ’75 Schwinn Exceriser stationary bike..30,000+ miles, with a fixed magnet electric motor rubbing on the wheel.’ All sizes’ will show the simple clamp set up to hold the motor and the device itself to the fork leg. […]
You’ve probably seen a number of light-following robotics projects. Making a light detector is one of the first projects a new Arduino maker embarks on. What better way to use a light detector than to aim a solar panel at the sun? Instructables user bwitmer shows us how. For a class project (PV Design, Appalachian […]
Instructables member nickademuss shows us how to make an RC plane with an 8 foot wingspan out of corrugated plastic and a 25cc Weed Wacker engine. I love Radio controlled airplanes and have built several kinds from balsa to this large scale plastic one. This one is made from $25.00 worth of plastic I bought […]
