Alan Parekh

DIY EMP Generator

  FPS Weapons has built this DIY EMP Generator. It uses some off the shelf components to generate some large EMP pulses with the push of a button. The device runs off a rechargeable lithium ion battery, a high voltage converter goes through a spark gap and then through a coil. The coil was made using some varnished wire. Hot glue was used liberally to keep everything in place. Use this device with

Tiny C64 Hardware Emulator

For everyone that has a fond memory of the C64 this tiny emulator might be of interest. The kickstarter failed but everything is listed so you can make your own. Via: Make “Hardware components MCU: STM32F756IGK6 (ARM Cortex-M7, 216Mhz, UFBGA176) HDMI transmitter: ADV7511W (165Mhz, LQFP-64) SDRAM: IS42S16400J-5BL (200Mhz, 64 Mbit, FBGA)   Mathias created the MEMWA2 using a custom-designed 6-layer PCB just big enough (65 X 45 X 20mm) to fit

LED Snowflakes by Mike Harrison

  Mike Harrison built this interesting LED mall display. For single install design it is quite involved, the system is very flexible allowing for it to be easily programmed and interfaced to. The use of RGB and a white LED is an interesting way to ensure you get a pure white light with no color mixing needed.    

How to Build IOT Devices - Talk by Joe Menard

  Joe Menard had many needs for IOT devices in his life, he is an electrical engineer but needed fill in lots of programming knowledge to get his ideas to come to life. He started at a very low level even building a switch mode power supply, with 170 volts on board trace spacing was something that was very important. For the enclosures he didn’t simply buy something and stuff his

Arduino State Machine

  If you are looking for new ways of getting your Arduino gear to become productive why not try programming it as a state machine. Via: Electronics Labs   “Did you ever program an Arduino? Have you ever been worried about complex control flows written in pure C? Maybe you have already heard of statecharts and state machines? YAKINDU Statechart Tools for Arduino is based on Eclipse, YAKINDU Statechart Tools, and

Cheap DIY CNC Build

  NYC CNC has built a CNC machine that is accurate and made from inexpensive parts.   “Products used in the video: GRBL Alternative for Arduino CNC: http://amzn.to/1C4KZxt Dial Indicator: http://amzn.to/1DuvGQC Indicator with Mag Base: http://amzn.to/1ABvkba 2-4-6 Blocks: http://amzn.to/11EBDwt SMW Aluminum Brackets: http://bit.ly/1U1VhMz Arduino Uno: http://amzn.to/1E0gxVU GRBL Shield: http://bit.ly/1vJbWY9 24V Power Supply: http://amzn.to/1BlwmF4 My Favorite Multi-Meter: http://amzn.to/1qppo2C or http://amzn.to/1siEp1C Linear Bearing Slider: http://ebay.to/1BugvYh 8MM Linear Rail: http://ebay.to/14rPWXB Stepper: http://ebay.to/1xNEJ02 Timing

Waveform Generator Record Player

  When you need a Waveform Generator but just have a Record Player the obvious solution is to create a Waveform Generator Record Player.  This creation uses a 3D printed head for the record player arm and has some simple optics mounted. Similar optics that would be used in a line following car feedback the pattern. Swapping the disk changes the pattern. “The light sensor is a 3 mm Everlight ALS-PT204-6C/L177. It was