When thinking of new projects it is a good idea to think big, not sure I would have ever thought of building a Flight Simulator though. 🙂 “In 1998 I began the design and constuction of my 747-400 simulator. The approximate size of the simulator is 13ft wide x 11ft long and 9ft high. It will include every switch and panel in the 747-400. The Simulator has been built
You too can build a small very functional PIC scope! Steven from Semifluid.com has gone all out with this creation. Check out his site for the project source code. “Using the PIC18F2550 GLCD Text Test as a basis for further experimentation, I put together a simple and accurate graphical oscilloscope using a PIC18F2550 microcontroller and a AGM1264F graphical LCD. The oscilloscope measures the average voltage, the maximum voltage, the
Lemariogo has built a crazy LEGO Carousel. After watching the carousel have a look at his other creations.
Why buy a mouse for your laptop when you can use your camera phone! “Many laptop owners carry a spare mouse because they dont like the built in control, or because they just like to use a mouse. This adds weight, things to remember etc when you go anywhere. Also, if you use somebody elses laptop you may not be able to use their pad at all! I often
This PIC based project is an example of some serious programming. 3D vectors are usually not even considered to be attempted using a microcontroller. The results are very impressive. “Managed to get the new Nokia 6100 colour LCD working, and ported most of the 3D code over to a new board. Whole project has moved from 5v to a 3.3v board. The new LCD uses an SPI bus instead
Move over Segway this technology might spawn some cooler creations! “Our research goal is to gain a deeper understanding of how such dynamic agility can be achieved in mobile machines interacting with people and operating in normal home and workplace environments. We are developing novel dynamically-stable rolling machine and walking machine research platforms to study this issue. We will evaluate the efficacy of this type of dynamic locomotion in
Two MIT students might have a lucrative safe cracking career to fall back on if they don’t land jobs that interest them. 🙂 “I’m not referring to those telephone spamming machines that call you during dinner time or while you’re sleeping. This is robotic safe cracking. Two curious MIT students with a mysterious safe and a bit of free time built a laptop-controlled robotic fixture that opened a “manipulation proof”,
