April 2011

Propeller Microcontroller based Floor Lamp
DIY Hacks

Have a look at the Propeller Microcontroller based Floor Lamp that Jason Dorie has put together. His CNC machine was instrumental in the build since the board that you see was routed on the CNC machine with the trace isolation method, this is where a copper clad board has the material around the traces and pads routed away. It uses about 24 watts at full brightness and Jason says that

Bubble Display Project
Complex Hacks

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This is a cool looking Bubble Display Project. Who doesn’t want to play an instrument that is connected to bubble making system! I think there would be a lot more piano players out there if this was hooked up to pianos in schools. 🙂 “The board was built to support up to 64 outputs. Each output had an LED. It was a simple design of several I/O expanders on an