Love your Boarduino but hate that FTDI cable? Ladyada to the rescue again, with a new kit: a USB Boarduino kit, with the FTDI chip (surface mount) and USB port pre-soldered and tested for kit-assembling ease!
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Boarduino - Breadboard-compatible Arduino clone.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.08 at 21:51
Laser Simon is a twist on the original game that we have all played. Anything that uses old NES controllers is a winner in my book!
"The game involves two players and a SimonBoard, consisting of five target points.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2008.05.08 at 14:47
Hack-a-day posted up one of my favorite projects @ Maker Faire, SWARM!.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.08 at 14:38
Our friends at SparkFun Electronics have a fun Maker Faire wrap up and have some new things in stock. . . At Maker Faire I joked with Nathan the CEO, that SparkFun should do a credit card with a loyalty program, I'd totally trade miles for transistors.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.08 at 12:56
This PIC based countdown timer was used to control lighting for the Ultra-Violet exposure of photosensitive PCB material, although it would come in handy for many other applications, such as cooking, or even exercising.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.08 at 08:00
If there was only a write-up or source code available for this really interesting Arduino project. The only details are that it uses OpenGL and a KXPS5 Accelerometer.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.08 at 04:19
Holy Wow!Basically, it is exactly what it sounds like; a button that instantly launches a party. When pressed, the blinds to my apartment close, the kitchen, hallway, dining room, and living room lights dim, the stereo starts blasting Haddaway - What Is Love, black lights turn on, laser lights start moving to the music, a strobe light goes on, and the fog machine starts up.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.07 at 16:59
Our pals over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have released version 2. 0 of their awesome Peggy LED pegboard display kit. I had the pleasure of seeing this thing in action at last week's Maker Faire.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.07 at 15:18
As John Park puts it: "I took the whole art of double-clicking on an icon and made it really complicated and brought it into the physical world.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.07 at 14:01
Here's a cool PCB drill made of pieces of wood, a Dremel, a drill press, and some motors from old printers and VCRs. All of the code for the design is available through the link below
[via], PCB Drill.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.07 at 08:18