Maker Shed weekly wrap-up
We added a lot of new products in the Maker Shed this week, and more are on the way.
Tools
In the Maker Shed: Arduino Ethernet shield
The Arduino Ethernet shield allows an Arduino board to connect to the internet using the Ethernet library. Connect the shield to your computer or a network hub or router using a standard ethernet cable (CAT5 or CAT6 with RJ45 connectors). Connecting to a computer may require the use of a cross-over cable (although many computers, including all recent Macs can do the cross-over internally). Fully assembled. SD Slot shown but not included or supported
New in the Maker Shed: ProtoShield for Arduino Kit
An open-source prototyping shield for Arduino, the ProtoShield kit has tons of cool features to make prototyping on your Arduino easy. With room for small or large breadboards for DIP chips, plus a surface-mount prototyping area too, you’ll be testing all kinds of project ideas in no time.
The Drone Lab cometh …
Casper Electronics is currently taking PCB & kit pre-orders for the 4 voice synth/rhythm generator/effects processor beast better known as the Drone Lab. The v2 design sports 25 board-mount pots – good news for those who tire of tedious panel wiring. Knowing the designer (Pete Edwards), I’m guessing this’ll be a fun one to mod/hack/bend […]
Bildr: componentized, crowdsourced DIY how-tos
What Bildr is attempting to do is very admirable. It makes good sense. It will be glorious, if it happens. Something similar has been talked about in tech DIY circles for years. The idea is to create a visual Web-based library of componentized instruction sets, “building blocks,” for doing various hardware and software constructions. Put […]
45 Seconds in the Maker Shed: Gakken Cross Copter EX
The Gakken Cross Copter EX has two contra-rotating rotors, driven by one small electric motor that’s connected via a cord to the hand-powered generator. Build one of three configurations or try one of your own!
New in the Maker Shed: Plug-in Breadboard Power Supply 3.3V/5V
A very simple breadboard power supply kit that takes power from a DC wall wart and outputs a selectable 5V or 3.3V regulated voltage.
