Looks like the Holux GM-210 GPS unit is a good choice to interface to a microcontroller, the downside is that it doesn’t use a standard RS-232 port. A converter is available to change the existing port to what we need but since it is costly any serious hacker would build their own converter. “The cheapest GPS reciever I could find was the Holux GM-210 unit. It’s a great unit since
Here are a few more elaborate Halloween Light Shows. I wish I had the time to put one of these together… One of these years I will have to make some time. I think I would make a light controller instead of buying one though since the good lighting controllers seem to be quite expensive. I think the popular Christmas Light Show also used the same controller.
Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is for the person who wants the convenience of having a TV remote available at all times or the prankster who wants to take control of every TV they see. This contest will run for this weekend only (October 20 – 21, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and
Check out this cool Parallel Port Relay Controller Based Halloween Light Show it shows what some creative thinking and a bit of code and hardware can produce. “The most important thing you are gonna need is the controller. There are many out there, but for this tutorial (its easiest and cheapest) we are gonna use the kit74 parallel relay board. 30$, 35$ assembled. This circuit is going to interface
You might not have enough time to build this LED Hat in time for Halloween this year but if you start now you should be finished by next year! It is hard to understand the complexity of this project without thinking about how it works for a few moments… “Okay, so I bought an AVR STK500 programmer board for about £80 from http://uk.farnell.com, which comes with an ATmega16 and an
Seems like you can put a computer in anything. Have a look at this Guitar Computer.
If you want to do an extra special project this Halloween why not look into the Halloween Monster in a Box. The results are very spooky indeed. “I’ve built a prototype Monster-in-a-Box that I’m pretty happy with – based on Mark Butler’s Super Easy Monster in a Box, (http://markbutler.8m.com/creepzone/semitb.htm) I just added a few enhancements – a real trunk (thrift shop $10), the drill opens the lid instead of lifting
