December 25, 2015

China Smart Phone Assembly Line

  Saga is a Chinese smart phone manufacturer, their process of phone construction looks quite impressive. There is a ton of testing done all along the way. Saga makes phones for lots of companies. After seeing all of the work that goes into making these phones it is hard to believe the price point they can sell them for.    

Name the Thing Contest – 291

  The prize this week is a relay module, an ESP8266 Serial WIFI Wireless Transceiver Module and a HMC5883L Triple Axis Compass Magnetometer Sensor to get your next project started. This contest will run for one week (December 25, 2015 – January 1, 2016). 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

Arduino Christmas Tree

  idogendel.com used an Arduino and some shift registers to create this nice looking Christmas Tree Ornament. The LEDs shine through the holes in the box and are diffused using the paper front. “I built this little Xmas-tree DIY Arduino project to demonstrate the use of the 595 Shift Register ICs (see link below) as output port expanders: 12 bi-color LEDs are handled using three 595’s and just three Arduino