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DIY signal generator probe
Posted: October 3rd, 2011, 11:01am MDT by Brian Benchoff
A signal generator is a handy bit of kit and with the right components, it’s pretty easy to build one. Fabricating a proper signal generator probe is another matter entirely. [Frank]‘s DIY signal generator probe does exactly what it claims to, and is very cheap to boot. After [Frank] made a simple signal generator with [...]
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Animated turn signals add a little bit of Cylon to your automobile
Posted: October 3rd, 2011, 10:01am MDT by Mike Szczys
[StarfireMX] churned out a fantastic turn signal replacement for his Mustang. When he switches on his blinker, a chasing pattern of amber LEDs is shown on the front corner of his car. Pretty cool, and as far as we can tell this is still street legal. But once he gets onto private property [StarfireMX] can [...]
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Resurrecting an XT
Posted: October 3rd, 2011, 9:01am MDT by Brian Benchoff
The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry. At least that’s what we’d tell ourselves if we couldn’t find a 30-year-old computer monitor. [Andrew] picked up an old IBM XT on eBay recently and tried to get the video working. He hasn’t seen any success yet, but the way he goes about [...]
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Freakyphone has a puzzle for you!
Posted: October 3rd, 2011, 8:01am MDT by Mike Nathan
[Mime] likes to make puzzles and games for his friends to play, often using recycled electronics to construct them. He had been contemplating a sound-based game for some time when he came across an old rotary phone at a garage sale that would be perfect for what he had in mind. He calls his creation [...]
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Sustainability Hacks: Bio-diesel motorcycle speed record
Posted: October 3rd, 2011, 7:00am MDT by Brian Benchoff
Sometimes you don’t need a lot of horsepower to win a speed record. In a fluke of no one else competing in the alt fuel class, [John]‘s biodiesel motorcycle set a new land speed record at the LTA event last summer. [John]‘s bike is a junkyard 1978 Kawasaki KZ400. The stock engine was replaced with a [...]