Here’s a prank-style kit from MadLab Electronics, the IR-ritator. Schematic included – A practical joke for playing on anybody who uses an infrared remote to control electrical equipment such as a television. The IR-ritator can jam a remote control and make it seem unreliable, and it can also record and mimic a remote control and […]
This looks great! Draw your own circuits – Apply instant traces on most surfaces (epoxy, glass, plastic, metal). Draw traces on circuit boards, repair defective traces, make jumpers and shield electronics, design prototype circuits and repair rear-window heater traces. CircuitWriter conductive ink pen – Link.
Eric released a new wireless MidiTron – MidiTronâ„¢ Wireless is a wireless sensor-to-MIDI interface. It consists of a compact sensor interface/transmitter unit and a corresponding receiver/output unit which interfaces via USB or MIDI. It provides 20 inputs in any combination of up to 10 analog inputs and 20 digital inputs. Sensor inputs are converted and […]
Boing Boing Gadgets points us to this story in the NYTimes about a consumer electronics/appliance parts broker that also has a retail website: The Times profiles Partsearch, a company that acts as an inventory broker between manufacturers and repair technicians. “The items most frequently broken or lost, he said, include laptop batteries, projection television lamps, […]
SparkFun has a great SMD Soldering lesson (part of their learn how to make a Simon kit class) – Link. Related: HOW TO – SMD soldering (Surface mount devices) – Link. HOW TO – Salvage surface mount components – Link. Surface mounting with hand-soldering tools – Link. SMT Soldering time lapse – Link. Quick helper […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member chrismetcalf has a mini-review of this $16 bit set, he writes – Seriously, the last screwdriver bit set you will ever need. I’ve been looking for one of these for a long time. Besides all your standard philips, hex, Torx, and square head bits (in every imaginable size from tiny […]
If you build that roach shocker we posted earlier, you’ll also need this – The Dead Bug Funeral Kit comes with a 32-page Illustrated Buggy Book of Eulogies with Ribbon Bookmark, Casket, Grave Marker, White Clay Flower, Burial Scroll, and Pouch of Grass Seed. The Buggy Book of Eulogies contains 15 eulogies and 15 buggy […]
