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Solution to get rid of annoying Solder Fumes

  Solder Fumes are often annoying. I found this really good solution to get rid of the irritating solder fumes which always tend to rise up into my nose. If you can relate to this, you can also go through this easy solution by Jean-Claude Wippler from Jeelabs. He has described a simple procedure which does not need any high tech equipment for implementation.  “A small 12V brushless PC fan,

3D Printers to print Cubic Objects

    Cubify has launched a really cool 3D objects printer that can print objects. Those of you who are interested in decorating their houses, this is a must have gadget that you should get to enhance your creativity skills. Just check out these  objects printed by The Cube. If you want to cubify your home refer to the description and go through its specifications. “The Cubeâ„¢ – the first

Creative Engineering machine using LEGO

  Interested in Industrial stuff? Just check out this captivating LEGO Machine! I am sure most of you would be familiar with what LEGO is. I never expected that someone could come up with this innovative idea of making an industrial machine with LEGO blocks. Look what Oscar Gonzalez says about this cool machine. “Thanks to @ astromaf I find this absolutely amazing video of a machine or rather a

View Mobile Phone messages using an LED Matrix

  I had never imagined that a SMS can be viewed in such a cool way as shown in this video. This is being done by interfacing the phone to the display using an Arduino. The idea was an adaptation from a girl wanting to create a funky looking costume with a scrolling LED display of live texts sent from people at the party. So if you want to create

RGB LED Ring - Version 2

  This RGB based LED ring is the second version of a project which has three LED driver chips which enhance the brightness of the color lights. I found the second version more appealing than its ancestor when I watched the video. The first version used only one LED driver IC which was less attractive than this one. If you want to give this cool RGB based LED ring a

Understanding Zener Diodes

Windell H. Oskay from EMSL created a detailed discussion on using Zener Diodes. He has designed a circuit flow using Zener diodes to control the reverse breakdown while designing up a circuit which is impossible to do if he would had used a regular diode. “Zener diodes are a special type of semiconductor diode– devices that allow current to flow in one direction only –that also allow current to flow

How to repair a Timer Control

  Todd Harrison from ToddFun has experimented fixing a timer control which he was using to turn on and off the Christmas lights after a certain span of time. With a soldering iron and a bit of troubleshooting we learn what the problem is. Turns out that a part is needed to permanently repair the unit but when Todd has the new part the fix should only take another 5