Like most of us, [Peter] had a bit of extra time on his hands during quarantine and decided to take a look back at speech recognition technology in the 1970s. Quickly, he started thinking to himself, “Hmm…I wonder if I could do this with an Arduino Nano?” We’ve all probably had similar thoughts, but [Peter] really […]
SPEECH RECOGNITION ON AN ARDUINO NANO? Continue Reading
It’s fair to say that the Nintendo 64 and GameCube both had the most unique controllers of their respective console generations. The latter’s gamepads are still in high demand today as the Smash Bros. community continues to favor its traditional control scheme. However, both controllers can easily be repurposed for musical means, thanks to work by [po8aster].
TURNING GAMECUBE & N64 PADS INTO MIDI CONTROLLERS Continue Reading
Building radio receivers from scratch is still a popular project since it can be done largely with off-the-shelf discrete components and a wire long enough for the bands that the radio will receive. That’s good enough for AM radio, anyway, but you’ll need to try this DIY FM receiver if you want to listen to something more
FM RADIO FROM SCRATCH USING AN ARDUINO Continue Reading
We were meant to make a functional prototype using some different arduino sensors so our choice has been to develop a turret with a cannon that fires a bullet to an object that the scanner has detected. The functioning of the turret starts with the constant movement of the scanner doing a 180 degree sweep,
Scanner Turret and Cannon Continue Reading
Older industrial equipment is often a great option if you’re on a budget, and you might even be able to add some premium features yourself. [Brett] from [Theoretically Practical] has done with his old MIG welder, adding premium control features with the help of an Arduino. The main features [Brett] were after is pre-flow, post-flow, and
UPGRADING AN OLD MIG WELDER WIRE FEEDER WITH ARDUINO Continue Reading
[Attoparsec] has been building intriguing musical projects on his YouTube channel for a while and his latest is no exception. Dubbed simply as “Node Module”, it is a rack-mounted hardware-based Markov chain beat sequencer. Traditionally Markov chains are software state machines that transition between states with given probabilities, often learned from a training corpus. That same principle has
STOCHASTIC MARKOV BEATS Continue Reading
The idea of camless automotive engines has been around for a while but so far has been limited to prototypes and hypercars. [Wesley Kagan] has been working on a DIY version for a while, and successfully converted a Mazda Miata to a camless valve system. See the videos after the break. There have been many R&D
DELETING THE CAMSHAFTS FROM A MIATA ENGINE 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
A beach is always a relaxing summer vacation destination, a great place to hang out with a drink and a book or take a swim in the ocean. For those who need a more active beach-going activity with an electronics twist, though, metal detecting is always a popular choice too. And, of course, with an
ARDUINO FINDS TREASURE Continue Reading
Today is Friday, January 29, 2021, control of the COVID-19 in Beijing is also promoting the “New Year in place”, family said the Spring Festival can not visit each other, or each person is fined 1500. It seems to go out as little as possible, if there is nothing to do you’d better to stay
STONE HMI and Arduino + Physical Therapy Instrument Continue Reading
