Archive for March, 2011
The people over at ThinkGeek.com sell some pretty awexome stuff for the Geek in us all! Obviously, not every product works as expected and some get returned. ThinkGeek can’t resell it under good conscience, so they end up tossing it! OH NO!!! Well after you scale the fence and black out the security cameras, you can literally dive into a …..
Nitinol hounts me.
But after several burns, two minor fires, one exploded LED and a fried Arduino UNO I decided to abandon it for now. (Dont ask. I am clumsy some times…)
Instead I stumbled upon a simple but intreaguing origami folding pattern which enables motor actuated animation. I turned it into what will be our final project for coca201. The …..
Be sure to check out my CNC Mill at the top of the page. It’s just a photostack and system diagram right now, but it will soon be expanded with details of both the mechanical build and EMC2 tidbits, since most people seem to find the Enhanced Machine Controller to be a bit arcane.
Stay Tuned!
This project came to me around 2006, when the presence of portable, high-capacity battery packs was limited in the U.S market. I thought it would be helpful to have the equivalent of a single-ended, low voltage lab supply in portable format. The design restrictions were price, weight and energy density. I wanted a relatively light, …..
I’ve been exposing my son Malachi to electronics and building things since he was born, and figured it was time to teach him how to solder. I purchased an electronic kit from a local electronics retailer, Fry’s Electronics. They sell more electronic components than Radio Shack. The kit that was selected was the Traffic Light kit… because I thought it …..
I just received my Xprotolab from Gabotronics.com and wanted to share my first thoughts with you guys. Check out the video and post any comments or questions you have. Be sure to check out the video to see how Gabriel Customized my Xprotolab just for me! So cool!!!
This oscilloscope is so cool and feature rich, I wish I had purchased …..
Animated Paper
Exploring different techniques of animating paper as well as exploring animated paper as a medium. In particular the use of paper animation as an input device, as well as an output device and as projection surface.
Excursion 1: Hide your Fears (Earth?)Projection on paper animated by Nitinol and activated by proximity. Animation functions as Output
Possible Schematic for …..
Just a quick post to show how I took the Basic ATOM Nano USB2Serial Adapter and made it breadboard-friendly.
I first removed the female 3-pin header. I then replaced it with 4 pins from a right-angled, breakaway header.
The fourth pin does not connect to any pad. Instead, I soldered a bit of resistor lead to the pin, bent it around …..
The Sparkfun FT232RL Breakout board has been a Godsend to me! I can program and power so many micros with it. I started with the Picaxe system, and it is still my favorite. I have used JRHackett’s Picaxe carrier boards for a few years now. They were designed to be used with a serial cable. But now that I have …..
I finally fixed my Nikon Coolpix 5600 battery door. It was similar to Homeschool Dad’s post, but my situation was the tab had broken. I simply used Loctite 416 on a used a thin piece of plastic that I found in my garbage can that I cut away from some project. The nai lfile on a pair of nail clippers …..
