Repetitive tasks in video games often find a way of pushing our buttons. [Facelesstech] got tired of mashing “A” while catching shooting stars in Animal Crossing, so he set out to automate his problem away. After briefly considering rigging up a servo to do the work for him, he recalled a previous effort that used an Arduino […]
ARDUINO MICRO PUSHES ANIMAL CROSSING’S BUTTONS Continue Reading
If you like the retro look of old Soviet space hardware, then this replica of the model 774H Soyuz digital clock by [David Whitty] might be the perfect accessory for your desk. Forgoing the original stack of ten jam-packed circuit boards, [David] used an Arduino, a GPS receiver, and a handful of other common parts to create
A SOYUZ SPACE CLOCK REPLICA Continue Reading
It used to be that building your own watch was either a big project or it meant that you didn’t really care about how something looked on your wrist. But now with modern parts and construction techniques, a good-looking smart watch isn’t out of reach of the home shop. But if you don’t want to
THE IEEE BUILDS A SMART WATCH Continue Reading
Don’t know about you, but over the last year or so, we have gone from spending ten or twelve hours a day at this computer to upwards of sixteen or eighteen. Fortunately there’s a window behind the monitor for taking those 20/20/20 breaks that are supposed to prevent eye strain, but it’s so hard to
EYESIGHT GUARDIAN POLICES YOUR POOR PUPILS Continue Reading
Traditionally, a forum full of technical users trying integrate their own hardware into a game system for the purposes of gaining unfettered access to its entire software library was the kind of thing that would keep engineers at Sony and Nintendo up at night. The development and proliferation of so called “mod chips” were an
ARDUBOY FX MOD-CHIP: NOW YOU’RE PLAYING WITH POWER Continue Reading
Audio and video synthesizers have been around for decades, and are pretty much only limited by one’s willingness to spend money on them. That is, unless you can develop your own FPGA-supercharged synthesizer to really get a leg up on the consumer-grade components. Of course, as [Julian] found out in this four-year project, you tend to pay
FREE TO GOOD HOME: FPGA SUPERCHARGED AUDIO/VIDEO SYNTHESIZER Continue Reading
Most computer and console games have a variety of different control schemes depending on the controller peripheral the player has to hand. For Star Wars games the fight scenes may be playable with a gamepad, but perhaps that leaves a little to desired in the realism department. In that case, [Leonardo Moreno] has the solution,
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO PLAY A STAR WARS GAME Continue Reading
It would be great if you could create your own filament. On the face of it, it seems easy to do, but as [Thomas Sanladerer] found out when he was a student, there are a lot of details that can bedevil your design. His extruder sort of works, but he wouldn’t suggest duplicating his effort. In fact,
FAIL OF THE WEEK: HOW NOT TO BUILD A FILAMENT EXTRUDER Continue Reading
A new set of electronic building blocks has been launched via Kickstarter in the form of the Arduino, ESP32, Micro:bit based Crowbits. Offering a STEM learning system for any level thanks to their programmable, modular design. The Crowbits programmable building box system offers with multiple main controller modules, input modules, and output modules enabling you
Crowbits electronic blocks teach coding, creative and more Continue Reading
We’ve seen a lot of coffee roaster builds over the years. [Ben Eagan] started his with a hot-air popcorn maker. If you think it is as simple as putting beans in place of the popcorn, think again. You need to have good control of the heat, and that requires some temperature monitoring and a controller —
TIRED OF POPCORN? ROAST COFFEE INSTEAD Continue Reading
