For those of us old enough to remember the VCR (and the difficulty of programming one), the ubiquitous vacuum fluorescent display, or VFD, is burned into our memories, mostly because of their brightness and contrast when compared to the superficially-similar LCD. These displays are incredibly common even apart from VCRs, though, and it’s easy to […]
USING ARDUINOS TO DRIVE UNDOCUMENTED DISPLAYS Read More »
The OLKB-Terminal designed by [Jeff Eberl] doesn’t have a battery, can’t fold up (even if it seems like it could), and is only portable in the sense that you can literally pick it up and move it somewhere else. So arguably it’s not really a cyberdeck per se, but it certainly does look the part. If you
HOME AUTOMATION TERMINAL WITH CYBERPUNK STYLE Read More »
Raise you’re hand if you’ve ever soldered directly to a battery even though you know better. We’ve all been there. Sometimes we get away with it when we have a small pack and don’t care about longevity. But when [Robert Dunn] needed to build a battery pack out of about 120 Lithium Ion cells, he
GORGEOUS BATTERY WELDER HITS THE SPOT Read More »
A few days ago NXP has released a new version of their Eclipse IDE flagship: the MCUXpresso IDE v11.0. The previous v10.3.1 was released back in Feb 2019, and the 11.0 now in June this year matches up with the Fall university semester. I appreciate that the releases are about every 6 months, so this gives
NEW NXP MCUXPRESSO ECLIPSE IDE V11.0 Read More »
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 Read More »
We’ve all got projects kicking around that we haven’t had time to document for our own purposes, let alone expose to the blinding light of the Internet. There are only so many hours in a day, and let’s face it, building the thing is a lot more fun than taking pictures of it. It took
KEEP COOL WITH THIS OPEN SOURCE AVR FAN CONTROLLER Read More »
Controlling a model train layout with a wired throttle and turnout controllers might be a good start for beginners but they pose a problem of non-portability. Also, the wireless controllers which come in the market can either control only some locomotives or are a bit too expensive. So, in this instructable, let’s learn how to
Control Your Model Train Layout With Your Mobile Phone! Read More »
This Instructable shows how to make a Smartphone controlled Arduino Robot Car. Update on 25th Oct 2016 Step 1: Youtube Video Link Step 2: Parts and Tools Required 1. 4WD Robot Chassis kit2. Arduino Uno 3. LM298 H bridge Module 4. Bluetooth Module HC-05 5. 12v Li-po Battery 6. Male-Female Jumper Wires 7. Male-Male Jumper
Smartphone Controlled RC Car Using Arduino Read More »
Old TeleTypes and even typewriters had bells. Real bells. So that ASCII BEL character is supposed to make an honest to goodness ringing sound. While some modern terminals make a beep from the computer speakers, it isn’t the same. [Tenderlove] must agree, because the turned a Microchip USB to I2C bridge chip into a HID-controlled bell.
USB BELL RINGS IN CUSTOM TERMINAL Read More »
In one of my previous Instructable, I showed you how to control a model railway layout using a keyboard. It did great but had a drawback of requiring a computer to operate. In this Instructable, let’s see how to control a model train using a keyboard through Arduino. So, without further ado, let’s get started. Step 1:
Keyboard Controlled Model Train V2.0 | PS/2 Interface Read More »
