Sparkfun has put together a good guide on how to solder surface mount components. “More and more ICs come in surface mount packages only these days. And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone say ‘Well I can’t solder that because it’s SMD’. They’re wrong! You can solder anything. That’s right, anything from your own dorm-cell-room. This tutorial will show you just how to solder crazy things
Deadly Computer Blog has some plans for a DIY Server Rack, who says you can’t buy computer gear at Lowe’s and Home Depot… “So, this is something mike has been looking to make for the past few days, ever since he got his new computer case for his awesome new computer. He originally wanted to buy a server rack, so he can mount his case in it, and mount the
This project uses a Dallas iButton to operate an electronic lock. Have a look at the full article for lots of detail and project source code to build your own. "This electronic lock can be used with any type of iButtons you may already have, since the only thing needed is the internal serial number, that’s different for every iButton. The command used to read the serial number is the
The Digital Dawg Pound has a created a RFID Front Door Lock that uses inexpensive off the shelf electronics. There is a full listing of all the parts required on their site. “The project works as follows: When a card is placed in front of the RFID reader it outputs a TTL serial signal representing the card’s unique ID. This is sent to the ‘TTL serial to Ethernet server’ module,
Don’t have big coin for a new iPod Dock? Why not make your own using a cardboard box!
Brian Gardiner sure knows how to mod mobile systems. Have a look at his Handheld Super NES system. “Creating this system was very expensive as I somehow ruined an LCD and few Super NESs while desoldering the cartridge slot. Putting it together was a miserable experience, much like my other two systems but the Super NES is still my favorite game console and I really enjoy playing with it in
We have all seen the roach robot, well not fish also have a chance to control a robot! “Seth Weiner’s art project is a vehicle called Terranaut. This interesting vessel is driven by the motions of a parrot cichlid in a fish bowl. A camera mounted above the tank tracks the fish’s movement and relays that information to a computer, which then drives the robot in the direction the
