Do-it-yourself projects and technology updates

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

Video signal generation with PIC chip

The idea of creating video signals with a microcontroller is very fascinating to me. Creating live video data through software is not an easy task. The task is even more complicated if implemented on a PIC chip. The video signal has to constantly be generated, and any calculations have to be done [...]

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

DIY pong game

Well, here is yet another cornell project. Why am I still using them? Because they are cool, and complex, and I really want to make one of these. They use an atmel mega 32 microcontroller. They program the entire game, including the video output to control a television. This is [...]

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Robot follows black tape

Here is a website that makes a robot that will follow a line of electrical tape layed down on the floor. This is similar to one I made in undergrad. If I can find my notebook, I might put up how I did it. I do have a video of mine somewhere, [...]

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

Build a Gps

Here is a how-to project for making your own GPS. This guy takes a LCD from a cell phone, and a GPS unit, and makes everything he needs for his own personal GPS. It seems hard, but what a challenge.
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Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Play mario brothers on your ipod.

Here is a hack that will let you play your old gameboy games on your ipod. Very cool!!!
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