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Arduino based multiboot cable for Game Boy Advance
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 12:00pm MDT by Mike Szczys
[Steve] wanted to do some ARM development and set his sights on the Game Boy Advance as a development package. In order to get his code onto the device he build an Arduino-based communications cable. It is necessary to have a microcontroller involved because the GBA uses a peculiar 16-bit serial communications protocol. This cable [...]
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Ditch the LPs and build your own 3D scanner
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 11:00am MDT by Mike Szczys
Find yourself an old record player, a laser level, and a digital scanner and you can build a 3D scanner. That’s what [Rob] did. The camera and laser level are mounted on the turntable for steady rotation. The camera captures the vertical laser line traveling around the room by recording 30 fps at a resolution [...]
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Google Summer of Code 2010
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 10:00am MDT by Mike Szczys
Today’s the day the Google announces this year’s participant organizations in the Google Summer of Code. If you’re not tied down to a job this summer we hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to learn by doing and contribute code to a great open source project all at the same time. A lot of our [...]
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LED lighting, a learning experience
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 9:09am MDT by Caleb Kraft
[Joel] has a very specific color temperature of lighting he wants in his home. So specific, he’s decided to build his own LED lighting to get it. Actually, he’s still searching for that perfect shade of white, but doing so has learned a lot. He initially made some very pretty PCBs, but then found that [...]
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PCB drill press on a budget
Posted: March 18th, 2010, 8:09am MDT by Phil Burgess
An accurate drill press is an essential tool for making your own through-hole printed circuit boards at home. Reader [Josh Ashby] offers up a solid design using scrap bin materials. A major issue with PCB drilling is that even the slightest horizontal play will snap the delicate carbide drill bit. Hobbyist-grade tools such as Dremel’s drill [...]