 If you have a junk box full of all sorts of motors from printers, scanners and other discarded tech you need to know what you have so you can use it in your next project. Thanks to Steaky for sending in this info that was written to help you determine what type of stepper motor you have and how to use it. “Not only do stepper motors come
There are lots of surface mount parts out there that aren’t available in DIP format. Normal DIP format chips and various other parts have pins that are configured with a 0.1 inch spacing. Breadboards make prototyping a circuit fast and easy since there is no soldering involved, it is literally plug and play. If the connections need to be changed all you do is pull the wiring out and
One of our happy Alan’s Electronic Projects customers sent in a picture of their completed Gear Clock. This isn’t a project that goes together in 5 minutes since you first need to build the controller which will drive the stepper motor. Like most DIY kits the controller comes as a bunch of parts and a board that they all need to be soldered to. There is of course a
 The prize this week is a pair of ESD Tweezers, just what you need to work with those tiny SMD parts. This contest will run for one week (January 23 – 27, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest
 This Spatial Sounds interactive audio installation could hurt if you get a little close! Thanks to Koen Coppens shot some video of it in action and sending it in. “Spatial Sounds (100dB at 100km/h) is an interactive audio installation by Marnix de Nijs and Edwin van der Heide. In this engine-powered installation, a speaker is mounted onto a rotating arm that is several meters long. Like a watchdog,
  If you are looking to pimp your ride you might want to consider adding a Capacitive Touch Sensor controlled Footwell and Glove Box LED Lightning. The code for the ATTiny85 is available so you can have a head start instead of having to figure out everything from the ground up. I think some of the major car manufactures should wake up and move away from the old click
I really like to automate everything around me. Adafruit has featured this cool Automated Curtain system which uses an Arduino to handle the control. You can also carry out this idea to bring an innovative change for your house by hiding this arduino based system somewhere behind your curtains.   Via: Adafruit “I built a controller so that I can open and close my curtains from the command line!
