DIY Hacks

DIY Function Generator

If you need a Function Generator, this DIY Function Generator project is a simple way to get one built. If you would rather build a kit version take a look here. It uses a LM324N quad OpAmp at the heart of the project. “The box I put the generator in is an old radio transcever box that already had the BNC Bulkhead attached, this was good for me as I

Aurora RGB LED Ring Project

If you like LED projects as much as I do you will love the Aurora RGB LED Ring Project from The LED Artist. For so many LEDs the color changing is very smooth, the board layout is very nice with just a small center area left for the few surface mount components needed to run the show. Aki has been kind enough to share the schematic for the project but

Bokeh Photography

I had never heard of the term Bokeh before but I have seen the effect. I had no idea that the Bokeh Photography Effect was so easy to achieve. Thanks for the great video Matt.

LED Table

If you are wanting to jazz up your simple coffee table why not make an LED Table? We have seen other LED tables before but this one is made up from very simple parts and might be a great intro project to electronics. Nice thing about this design is since there are no controllers used there are no parts that need to be programmed, this means that once you solder

DIY SID (Commodore 64 Music) Player

If you were fortunate enough to have a Commodore 64 back in the day you probably remember playing all the cool games with the funky tunes playing in the background. This DIY SID Player project will let you listen to those old tunes on the go using a PIC microcontroller and some cool interface methods. Via: Dangerous Prototypes “The SSD1308 OLED displays the filesystem, and the rotary encoder is used

96 Solenoid Waterfall Display

We have seen a few cool waterfall displays before but this 96 Solenoid Waterfall Display (Google translated) is the first total DIY one I have seen. There isn’t very much technical details available but from the short writeup there is enough information for inspiration. I can just imagine how much this display would have cost if the solenoids weren’t found at a scrap yard. “Each of the 3 solenoid valve

DIY Brushless Motor Controller

Andrew Angellotti has built and documented a DIY Brushless Motor Controller if you ever wanted to understand how a brushless motor controller worked or perhaps build your own this would be a great article to read. Once you have a good understanding of the heavy lifting electronics you should have a look at the second part of the DIY Brushless Motor Controller where Andrew goes over the code that makes