The beauty of a modular ecosystem lies in how it allows individuals to repurpose components in unconventional ways. This is precisely what [Ben Makes Everything] has achieved by using a Framework laptop’s motherboard and battery to create a slab-style cyberdeck. (Video, embedded below.) The Framework motherboard presents an excellent choice for custom portable computer projects due to its […]
FRAMEWORK MOTHERBOARD TURNED CYBERDECK Continue Reading
What’s the difference between a 64k ROM in a 28-pin DIP and a 128k ROM in a 32-pin DIP? Aside from the obvious answers of “64k” and “four pins,” it turns out that these two chips have a lot in common, enough so that it only takes a little bodging to make them interchangeable — more or
STUFFING A 32-PIN CHIP INTO A 28-PIN SOCKET Continue Reading
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Learn Arduino with this comprehensive kit Continue Reading
Axiomtek – a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted in the research, development and manufacture of series of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency – is pleased to announce the MANO521, a thin mini-ITX motherboard powered by the LGA1151 socket 8th generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 (code name: Coffee Lake) with Intel® H310 chipset or optional
AXIOMTEK’S MANO521 – INTEL® COFFEE LAKE-BASED THIN MINI-ITX MOTHERBOARD Continue Reading
Ever miss the simple days of using a PC’s LPT1 parallel port to bit-bang GPIO over 8 output pins and 4 input pins of the DB-25 connector? I sure do. My first design project as a BSEE graduate in 1993 was to design a LPT1 controlled test fixture for the Motorola MDT-9100-T data terminal (shown
BML GPIO-14 USB Board for PCs Continue Reading
My university had a bunch of old server motherboards that were headed to the dumpster. I decided to see the feasibility of turning them into something useful! Go ahead and grab the attached pdf plans, print them out full size, and build your own! Step 1: Prepare the Motherboard Pop in your earbuds, turn up
Recycled Motherboard RC Quadcopter Continue Reading
