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    Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

    New 3D Hobby Shop 47″ Extra 300 SHP

    Well, I don’t usually support new products, but I will make an exception for this awesome new RC plane coming out. 3D Hobby Shop has outdone themselves with this new aircraft. It is a scale model of the Extra 300. This plane is fully 3D compatible with the Torque 2818T/900 and the Airboss 45A ESC. [...]

    Friday, February 16th, 2007

    DIY Microcontroller Oscilloscope

    Here is a simple Oscilloscope that can be made using a PIC12F675 and a computer. This is a simple PC voltage oscilloscope using only a PIC12F675, a 20MHz oscillator, and a RS232 level shifter. The PIC takes a sample on GP2, immediately sends it to the PC at 115,200 baud using an software asynchronous serial [...]

    Thursday, February 15th, 2007

    Miniature bit ESC

    Here is a fantastic project that I have found. It is a miniature ESC to use with one of those small RC cars such as a microsizer, or Bit Char, or ZipZap. An ESC is an Electronic Speed Control. It is basically a Motor Controller. I posted previously on using the transmitter and receiver for [...]

    Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

    Transistor LED How-to

    Here is a good tutorial on using transistors and LEDs. Transistors can be used as switches, or they can be used as amplifiers. Of course LEDs have a polarity, and only work in one direction. It is important to match the correct resistor to the LED as well. You don’t want to connect it straight [...]

    Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

    DIY micro car airplane

    Well, I was wasting time yesterday during lunch, and decided to go into Walgreens. I went to the toy section, and they had what I was looking for. I have been on the look out for one of those mini r/c cars. Anyway they had one for only $6. So I grabbed it. I have [...]

    Thursday, February 1st, 2007

    DIY car-The Votus

    So what do you get when you take pure inginuity, some metal tubing, sheet metal and an old volkswagon engine? Well you could build your own car modeled after a lotus, and call it a votus. That is exactly what these guys did. Fred Moss wrote: My artist/DIY friend Brook Halvorson is collaborating on a [...]

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