Walking robots were once the purview of major corporations spending huge dollars on research programs. Now, they’re something you can experiment with at home. [Technovation] has been doing just that with his micro quadruped build. The build runs twelve servos – three per leg – to enable for a great range of movement for each limb. […]
LITTLE QUADRUPED USES MANY SERVOS Continue Reading
Normally, when a project calls for addressable LEDs, we just throw a strip of WS2812s and an Arduino together, cobble together some code from the examples in the FastLED library, and call it a day. We don’t put much thought into what’s going on under the hood, unless and until we run into an LED project
COOL WS2811 TRICK MAKES LED ART INSTALLATION SMOOTH Continue Reading
Makers, developers and hobbyists looking for a way to learn more about the Internet of Things may be interested in a new piece of hardware created by the team of engineers at Magicbit. The development board has been created to provide an easy way to create IoT projects in just 10 minutes and is equipped
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If you suffer from nostalgia, you might remember carving a block of wood into a car, adding some wheels, and racing it against other contestants in a pinewood derby. Today’s derby is decidedly high tech though, and we were impressed with this car scale that also figures out the car’s center of gravity. Based on an
PINEWOOD DERBY SCALE MEASURES CG Continue Reading
If we have a television in 2021 the chances are that it will be a large LCD model, flat and widescreen, able to display HD images in stunning clarity. Before that we’d have had a CRT colour TV, them maybe our parents grew up with a monochrome model. Before those though came the first TVs
RETROTECHTACULAR: MECHANICAL TV FROM THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN Continue Reading
All of the technological improvements to vehicles over the past few decades have led to cars and trucks that would seem borderline magical to anyone driving something like a Ford Pinto in the 1970s. Not only are cars much safer due to things like crumple zones, anti-lock brakes, air bags, and compulsory seat belt use,
CUSTOM INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR AGING CAR Continue Reading
Developers, engineers and Arduino enthusiasts may be interested in a new open source piece of hardware designed for CAN bus Arduino projects. Combining several essential features into one complete “ready-to-modify” package say its creators. The hardware includes dual CANFD bus ports, SD card slot, and a multitude of analog/digital IO and will soon be available from
CANFDuino open source CAN bus Arduino board Continue Reading
There are plenty of designs for table-top 3D printers, engravers, and general CNC machines out there. However, if you wanna build big things and build them fast, sometimes you need a machine that can handle bigger jobs. This gigantic 1x1x1 m 5-axis CNC machine from [Brian Brocken] absolutely fits the bill. The build relies on 3D-printed
GIANT CNC MACHINE MEASURES A FULL CUBIC METER Continue Reading
Sure, we see quite a few plotters and other motion machines, but the one from [DAZ Projects] has the virtual of looking dead simple. The Arduino and CNC shield are old hat, of course. But some 3D printed pulleys and a very simple-looking core XY arrangement looks like this could be a pretty quick build. You might
PEN PLOTTER IS ABOUT AS SIMPLE AS IT CAN GET Continue Reading
When [John Floren] obtained a vintage Depraz mouse, he started out being content to just have such a great piece of history in his possession. But if you’re like him, you know it’s not enough to just have something. What would it be like to use it? To find out, [John] embarked on a mission to build a USB adapter
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