This Instructable shows the steps I took to build my own open source theremin (Open Theremin) when there was none available to buy online. The lovely thing about open source is that the plans are freely available to make and modify. A theremin is an electronic musical instrument that you play waving your hands in
Open Theremin From Scratch: Building a PCB From Open Source Plans Continue Reading
To the ire of many, manufacturing in small quantities have often led to sky high prices, hindering many makers from translating their ideas to reality. Now, to eliminate cost barriers and enable even more makers to experience the flexibility and convenience of turnkey PCB fabrication and assembly, Seeed Fusion is waiving off the assembly costs
SEEED STUDIO FUSION PCBA SERVICE – FREE ASSEMBLY FOR 5 PCBS Continue Reading
What is the PCB? As far as Printed circuit board is concerned, it is a board which is used in electronics. It has many pathways or signal traces to support and electrically connect many electronic components with one another. Moreover, this board is designed with fiberglass or any other laminate material. What are the different
What is a PCB? Pros & Cons of Major PCBD Types Continue Reading
This is meant as a guide to anyone soldering their own Arduino from a kit, which can be purchased from A2D Electronics. It contains many tips and tricks in order to build it successfully. You will also learn about what all the different components do. Read on and learn what it takes to build your very
Building a DIY Arduino on a PCB and Some Tips for Beginners Continue Reading
WhatThis button pad is made using a PCB and other components manufactured by Sparkfun. It is driven by an Arduino Mega. Each button is nice and squishy and satisfying to press, and it has an RGB LED inside! I’ve been using it to control animations I’ve coded in Processing. The button pad sends a message
Arduino LED Button Pad That Drives Processing Animations Continue Reading
Three years ago I saw “My New Flame” by MORITZ WALDEMEYER, INGO MAURER UND TEAM 2012 at the museum gift shop, and feel in love with the idea. I hoped to recreate something mesmerizing, enjoyable, functional and interesting to watch, but with a slight twist. I certainly couldn’t make anything comparable to the their beautiful work of art.
Clapper LED Candle Continue Reading
Starting out in the world of electronics and robotics can be quite daunting at first. There are many things to learn at the beginning (circuit design, soldering, programming, choosing the right electronic components, etc) and when things go wrong there are many variables to keep track of (wrong wiring connections, damaged electronic components, or error
Circuit Learn NANO: One PCB. Easy to Learn. Infinite Posibilities. Continue Reading
Way back in the year 2015 we designed a Simple Dual Axis Tracker for use as a fun student or hobby project. It was small, noisy, a little complicated, and provoked a lot of really weird community comments. That being said, three and a half years later we’re still getting emails and phone calls from people all
Dual Axis Tracker V2.0 Continue Reading
With Valentines Day approaching I thought it would be nice to make a project for the people who are special in my life; I thought the people of instructables would probably like it too! I’ve designed a ~100mm x 100mm or ~4in x 4in PCB heart. It uses the Attiny85 SMD microprocessor as the brain.
Valentines PCB Heart Continue Reading
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
