Do-it-yourself projects and technology updates

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Hex Clock

image from lc-led.com There is a good discussion going on over at DIY Live Forums about building a Hex Clock. I am not talking about the funky hex clocks where you change the format of how we keep time. I just mean a clock that is on the normal 12 hr, 60 min schedule, but [...]

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Commercial Wireless I/O Modules

One of our readers Karl Klomp sent us this link for a Wireless I/O module. A commercial grade product to control relays and sensors both wirelessly or wired. The product is modular so it will be easy to upgrade if you want to add additional devices. The transmitter/control module is connected to the USB port [...]

Monday, March 27th, 2006

LED Chaser for Bicycles – 18 Lights version

One of our readers,Gorac,posted an inquiry for a LED chaser longer than the 10 lights I posted days back. You can read about his post on DIY Live Forums. Greg found this site (18 Stage LED Sequencer) by Bill Bowden for a diagram that can accommodate 18 lights using an additional CD4017 chip. The first [...]

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Lego Shuffle dock

A simple but creative dock made by elbarto241. The IPOD Shuffle dock is made from LEGO Bricks and a USB connector. This is a cheap and unique alternative to those commercial docks sold online. Link This is one of my first projects. I was tired of the boring look of pluging in my Ipod Shuffle [...]

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Log in to comment

Sadly the comments have become over run with spam. I am having to moderate 20 spam comments for every good comment. I have now changed the settings so that in order to leave a comment you have to be logged in. If you have never registered, I invite you to register now and continue to [...]

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Wireless Transmitter and Receiver

Refik Hadzialic built his own Wireless Transmitter and Receiver device using RLP & TLP 315 RF modules. The circuit is simple and uses a few other components to make it work. The modules are broadcasting on 315 Mhz UHF. The supplied power required for the transmitter is between 2 to 12 volts and 3 to [...]

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Minty Pocket Amplifier

A small pocket amplifier for your headphones, a nice project i found at Tangentsoft. Although he used a Penguin tin for enclosure, you can use the Altoids tin as replacement. This will be an addition to the growing list of using the famous Altoids tin can. The project is very simple to make. Link I [...]

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

Minty Mouse

This a cool mouse with an Altoids can enclosure. A very simple yet creative mod i found in drewish.com. Basically what he did was disassembled the mouse from the original case and transferred it to the tin. Just be sure to put some sort of non-conductive padding on the bottom the can to avoid short [...]

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

LED Chaser for Bicycles

I posted a Light Flasher days ago, another good project to impress your friends is this LED Chaser by SWL Homebuilder. The schematic is on the ” LEDs Projects ” section of his site. The circuit uses CD4017 IC to drive the LEDS and LM555 timer. This will make your LED’s light up sequencially to [...]

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Kite Photography

Phillip Torrone, the Associate editor over at Makezine, did some interesting kite photography about a year ago over at Engadget.com. He took an Olympus D-360L and attached a LM555 timer to make the camera take a photo every second. He used the camera to power his timer chip, and wired the chip to have a [...]

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