2013

Micro Granny - Pocket Sized Arduino based Granular Sampler
DIY Hacks

  If you are looking to make some noise with your next project, have a look at the Micro Granny, it’s a Pocket Sized Arduino based Granular Sampler. Via: Make “Features: basic parameters of sound: pitch, crush, volume, start, cut, repeat micro sampling parameters of sound: shift speed, loop length, shift direction (forward,backward,random1,random2) lfo parameters of sound: rate, amount, destination (pitch, crush) instant loop feature micro SD card slot  (plays

Tektronix 465 Oscilloscope Repair and Refurbishment
Educational

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  This forum post over at the EEVBlog Forum gives us a great look at the inside of an old Tektronix 465 Oscilloscope and walks through the repair and refurbishment of the scope. The refurbishment isn’t just taking a cotton swab and rubbing out some dirt, it is rather invasive including a complete system dismantle and cleaning. Nice thing about this method is we get to see all of the

Laser Cut Stool
DIY Hacks

  If you have a laser machine and want to make something cool, check out this stool that was cut by hisashi_kun from some 2.5mm MDF. Even if you don’t use it as a stool it looks like a nice conversation piece to have in the corner of the living room. Everything in the middle slots together and the outer pieces snap together and has cuts that allow the wood

HackEDA - Automatic Circuit Design
DIY Hacks

  When developing a new circuit design you will find that you often drop in solutions from previous projects since there’s no reason to re-invent the wheel every time. HackEDA takes this idea and pushes it out to the web, it’s in beta right now so it might not be able to handle all of your project ideas but by clicking a few buttons you can build the basic framework

Digital Reversi Board Project
Complex Hacks

    This Digital Reversi Board Project by Hanting Lu and Kai Wang from Cornell University look like fun. It is just like the real reversi game and ensures that players can’t make invalid moves. An Atmel Mega 1284 is used to read in the press locations from the touch sensor and is also interfaced to the bi-color LEDs using a TI 3 to 8 line decoder chip and a

VIA Train built in Toronto Basement
What Were They Thinking

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  Do you work on your hobbies in your basement? Most of us do, so what’s the big deal about Jason Shron who built a train in his basement. Well his train isn’t a model, it is FULL SIZE!  “It took me four and a half years and over 2500 hours to build VIA coach 5647, and it even involved buying the real VIA coach 5647 and taking it apart.

Name the Thing Contest – 221
Contests

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     The prize this week is a breadboard power supply. This contest will run for one week (Feb 11 – 15, 2013). 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 @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject, and the