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    Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

    Add GPS data to your Nikon DSLR

    Well apparently some Nikon digital SLR camera have a data transfer cable that will allow data to be input into the camera, and maybe even recorded in the EXIF data of the images. It also appears that this data cable operates on the standard RS-232 serial algorithm. A cable of this nature can be made [...]

    Monday, May 7th, 2007

    DIY LCD Mouse

    Here is a great little project that takes a small Nokia LCD screen with driver from Jelu Webshop and places it in a standard mouse. This screen is then controlled via a parallel port and a special software PC program that uploads the picture to the mouse. You could have your own digital photo album [...]

    Sunday, May 6th, 2007

    DIY Garmin GPS Connector

    Well, I have been really interested in GPS units lately. I was working for a family practice doctor, and he had a Garmin eTrex GPS. He did not need it, and sold it to me for $50. It may not have been the best deal around, but it was my first GPS, and I wanted [...]

    Saturday, May 5th, 2007

    DIY Solar Battery Charger

    Here is a good DIY project on charging a Nicad battery with a solar cell. It seems pretty straight forward, but it is good to have a simple circuit showing how to do it. This instructable will show you how to make your own solar battery charger from very simple components. It is taken from [...]

    Saturday, May 5th, 2007

    Print Electronic Circuits with HP Printer

    Here is a cool DIY that will let you print from your HP printer onto a circuit board. “A desktop printer loaded with a silver salt solution and vitamin C has been used to produce electronic circuits. The UK researchers behind the feat say their experimental device could pave the way for safer and cheaper [...]

    Saturday, May 5th, 2007

    DIY Wireless Link for Microcontroller

    Here is a great little DIY project using a $14 RF receiver and transmitter from Sparkfun to transmit data from a microcontroller to a PC. This is a good little article that goes into the basics of how to program your micro to transmit packets of information. For this article I will be using this [...]

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