June 16, 2008
DIY - How to Make an Etching Tank With Aquarium Pump And Heater!
Check out this cool DIY on how to make your own etching tank with an aquariam pump and heater! I wanted to build an etching tank since i first saw one in an article on Make Blog. It was fun to make it and it will sure speed-up my PCB making process. The main thing that i wanted to achieve with my etching tank was to keep it thin so it holds up sma ... More
June 6, 2008
DIY AVR tri-color LED controller
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s an interesting AVR tri-color LED controller. The new project based in AVR microcontrollers Its an “Habitat Mirror Hack” with RGB Leds (superflux). Its the Peggy Muppets Mirror. I replace the regular bulbs that it has, with superflux RGB ... More
May 17, 2008
Ants that Eat Electronics - a Miracle!
Well, here’s some great news that we’ve FOUND ants that can eat electronics, including your household computer, microwave, and anything with PCBs in it. Why is this a good news? Well, think of the electronics that cannot be recycled! If we can control and colonize these electronic-eating ants and use them to destroy old electronics, w ... More
September 30, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make a GIANT, BRIGHT LED!
You guys are going to love this giant LED. It almost seems like there’s a LOT of circuit on it. (It that necessary?) Anyways, thumbs up for this cool giant LED. I wish they had a video on it… This project is 6″ seven-segment.All segments consist of fourteen 5mm super bright LEDs except dot segment it use only 4 LEDs.I design ... More
May 16, 2007
DIY HACK - Wireless Keyless Entry using Relays
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a very simple wireless keyless entry DIY using some relays and stuff, very similar to the Wiimote Door Unlocker. The mechanism is simple enough, just a momentary button on the panel in my apartment, but the mess of wires in the wall is a little un ... More
May 3, 2007
DIY APPLE HACK - Apple Bus Mouse garage door opener mod!
Check out this cool Apple Bus Mouse that’s been modded into a garage door opener. Brilliant! So I got bored tonight and started going though my box-o-cables and came across an old Apple bus mouse I had gutted years ago. I always wanted to turn it into a garage door opener but never got around to it. Well, coincidently the garage door open ... More
April 7, 2007
DIY HACK - Double the battery life
Check out this howto on doubling your battery life by replacing a linear voltage regulator (the thing that converts DC voltage, e.g. from 12V to 5V) to a switching regulator. Switching regulators are way more efficient than your typical off-the-shelve crappy regulators such as 7805 which get too hot too fast. Get the Dimension Engineering regul ... More
December 16, 2006
DIY HACK - How to etch solder paste stencils at home
Here’s a cool little instructable on how to etch solder paste stencils at home. I have been researching for home-made PCBs lately as Garrett’s always talking about it. Anyway, we can refer to this when we make some custom boards. “Digg user bonlebon’s got some nice diggs!” via bonlebon via digg awesome, Circuits, C ... More
September 19, 2006
DIY - MP3 Player in a Altoids from MIT
Here’s a cool DIY on how to make your MP3 Player that fits in a Altoid can from MIT. It uses a PIC microcontroller, STA MP3 decoder, DAC, Compact Flash as memory card, and a USB interface from FDTI, which is kinda good combination of chips I would say The Minty MP3 player can be built from parts that are sold at Ye Olde Trad ... More
