Do-it-yourself projects and technology updates

Friday, October 20th, 2006

DIY Halloween Pitchfork

Zedomax took a cheap Halloween pitchfork/trident. He took a cheap trident pitchfork, and placed 15 LEDs in it. He then connected each LED to an output of his Cubloc CB220. He is basically using this as a 3×5 array that will let him display letters by lighting the various LEDs. It is a pretty good [...]

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

DC/AC motors and generators

I ran across some cool pages while studying about AC vs. DC motors. I was interested in taking a small DC motor, and connecting a propeller to it. I want to stick the motor on the outside of my car, and generate a small DC voltage to power my toy, ie. an iPod, or my [...]

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

DIY Intel 8008 clock

Here is a very impressive DIY project that Len sent to me. Warning, it is not for the faint of heart. About every year I design and build a new clock. This year’s project is a clock based on an Intel 8008 first generation 8 bit microprocessor. Because it is a fairly unique project I’m [...]

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