I've been busy with other projects, summer and the day job, but here's an update on the Pinstax. After weeks of perking this project through my brain, I enjoyed some frenzied productivity as ideas came to 3D printed reality. One of the problems...
Design choices:-ATmega 328 μController + DS1307-Supertex HV5812-IN-12 Russian Nixie Tubes-Use of reed switches to allow control while not having buttons showing
The idea behind this project was for my sons birthday party. He wanted a robot themed party, so I figured this would be the easiest to build. Similar to the commercial claw machines, the idea is to grab a toy and successfully get it transferred over...
This HOW-TO explains a quick and easy way to speed up NetBSD pkgsrc compiling on retrocomputers. It was written because there are altogether too many distcc how-tos which are complex, require special build environments or make assumptions without explaining...
4 voice (Bass drum, snare drum, open hat, closed hat) analog drum machine originally controlled from an Android device via IOIO (microcontroller) thanks to MackeMints (http://projects.hackaday.com/hacker/812) pro programming skillz.Version 2 is under...
The local club needed another scoring box, and the things cost a fortune. So naturally I thought, "Hey, I can totally build one of those!". And I did, sort of.First attempt was way too elaborate. it was a whole enclosure with EL panels...
For my GPSDO project I’ve opted for a Piezo 2940210 VCOCXO at 10 Mhz. There is a dearth of information on this particular module available online.(A notation notation: I utilize “E” notation to indicate orders of magnitude; thus 1.5E-6...
Pretty neat and cheap project I put together last night with basic components. They call for an LM348, but I used an LM324 and it works fine. I enclosed it with some thin oak I had leftover from a different project and bent copper wire in the shape of...
MIDI light controller will take MIDI output and translate into a light show display.Initially this will be developed using a Roland drum kit but should translate to any device with MIDI output.To start, each MIDI value will be mapped to a light...
We decided to build a weather station for my son's bedroom. Outside, we will have sensors and a short-range radio, powered by battery. Outside sensors will include temperature and humidity.Inside, the display console will have a radio receiver,...
After gutting a car for the engine in an auto shop class, I found myself with a trove of interesting spare parts. I recycled the car's RPM gauge into a clock that sweeps out the seconds from 1 to 60 and displays a digital time readout. A Basic Stamp...
[Intro] {Updated 2/25/2016}VisualK-OS collectively refers my custom-built system of lighting devices, intended for use with my band's (Saturn's Iris) live shows. To date, the system consists of: The main control center, Thor and the Flood Bank Array...