Mobile Camera Lens Cap Hack using a Magnet and a Coin
Here is a cheap and easy Mobile Camera Lens Cap Hack using a Magnet and a Coin that you can make for a few dollars and put together in under a minute. Thanks for sending it in Daniel.
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Harford Hackerspace Coffee Maker Hack
Ryan Merl from the Harford Hackerspace needed a coffee maker that did a bit more than your everyday coffee maker. Since don’t we all want one that can accept HTTP requests! With some code and an Arduino this pimped coffee maker is ready to go. “Special Features 15 minute automatic shutoff Controlled via HTTP Requests Status, start, and stop requests Returns JSON for meant for AJAX interfaces Ready and
Cloud Robotics Hackathon
Carlos Asmat just let us know about a Cloud Robotics Hackathon that will be taking place in Montreal from March 2nd to the 4th. If you are around drop in and participate! “I just wanted to let you know that we are organizing a Cloud Robotics Hackathon that will take place from March 2nd to March 4th. The idea is to bring programmers together (whether they have robotics experience
How to Identify Stepper Motors
 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
Fine Pitch Connector converted to 0.1 Inch to allow Breadboard use
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
Gear Clock Project Build
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
Name the Thing Contest – 197
 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