While the Arduino has a very vocal fan club, there are always a few people less than thrilled with the ubiquitous ecosystem. While fans may just dismiss it as sour grapes, there are a few legitimate complaints you can fairly level at the stock setup. To address at least some of those concerns, Arduino is […]
THE ARDUINO IDE FINALLY GROWS UP Continue Reading
A fantastic portable games console has been created in the form of the Arduboy handheld complete with removable flash cartridge. Using an Arduino Pro Micro development board combined with an SSD1306 0.96” SPI Serial 128X64 OLED LCD the portable games console provides a great way to enjoy your favourite games on the go. Check out
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Decades of post-apocalyptic Hollywood movies have taught us that once all the trappings of our civilisation have been stripped away, it’s going to be kinda cool. We’re all going to wear slightly dusty looking 1980s motorcycling gear, and we’re going to drive really cool cars. Except of course Mad Max is fantasy, and the reality is likely to be
COLLAPSE OS, AN OS FOR WHEN THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS Continue Reading
So we decided to make a giant working gamepad… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The basic idea was to use up some scrap wood and add some inexpensive electronics to make it functional while keeping the overall costs low. I already had most of the materials lying around my garage but you should be able source most of this
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For many of us the passing of the floppy disk is unlamented, but there remains a corps of experimenters for whom the classic removable storage format still holds some fascination. The interface for a floppy drive might have required some complexity back in the days of 8-bit microcomputers, but even for today’s less accomplished microcontrollers
AN ARDUINO WITH A FLOPPY DRIVE Continue Reading
Hi, my name is Elaine. This project combines a lot of things that I enjoy so I hope you enjoy it as well! The LED ukulele we’ll be building teaches you how to play the four most played chords: C, G, Am, and F. No previous musical experience required to start strumming along popular songs.
Before the World Wide Web became ubiquitous as the de facto way to access electronic information, there were many other ways of retrieving information online. One of the most successful of these was Minitel, a French videotex service that lasted from 1980 all the way until 2012. But just because the service has been deactivated doesn’t mean
TINY OPERATING SYSTEM FOR TINY COMPUTER Continue Reading
Automotive security specialist by day [P1kachu] hacks his own cars as a hobby in his free time. He recently began to delve into the Engine Control Units (ECUs) of the two old Hondas that he uses to get around in Japan. Both the 1996 Integra and the 1993 Civic have similar engines but different ECU hardware. Making things
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This Instructable is a variant of the original IV Swinger 2: https://www.instructables.com/id/IV-Swinger-2-a-50-IV-Curve-Tracer/ If you came here from there, welcome! Otherwise, please visit that Instructable first. You may or may not end up back here depending on which variant you have chosen. Step 1: Understand the HW Design / Choose Variant Please refer to Step 1 in
IV Swinger 2 – PCB (PV Module, SSR) Continue Reading
When using an Arduino, it may result quite annoying to not be able to use it just because you do not have a computer available. Maybe the Windows or Mac OS isn’t compatible, you don’t have any computer at all or you just want more freedom for interfacing your board. The solution: a simple OTG
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