Electronic Hacks

Airsoft Turret V2

  Here is the version 2 of the Airsoft Turret. If this is the first time you are seeing this have a look at Version 1 first. “As promised here is version 2.0 of the airsoft turret project. Based on an overwhelming amount of fan feedback from the first project we decided to make the platform a little more flexible by supporting both USB and Radio Controlled interfaces so more

Footmouse

  If you are tired of using your hands to control you mouse why not make yourself a foot mouse! Yes there are commercial models available, but what fun it buying something if you can make it… “A footmouse made by myself. My right foot controls directly the position of the cursor (not the speed), and my left foot controls 4 mousebuttons. The mechanism for both pedals consist of a

Bawls Blue Crystal LED Light

The Bawls Blue Crystal LED Light project that reminds me of my Bawls project. "I have seen a lot of creative projects which utilize the popular Bawls bottles. Other projects had two features which I wanted to improve on; 1: The common use of batteries instead of a more permanent power source 2: The intensely bright spots which LEDs often produce I based some of my design off of other

10MHz DDS Sine/Square Function Generator based on the AD9835

Here is a 10MHz function generator with full details on how to build it. “An extremely simple and low cost Sine/Square wave generator based on the Analog Devices AD9835 Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) Generator chip. The frequency can be set for any frequency from 1Hz to 10MHz in 1Hz resolution steps! All this with three push buttons and a novel “sliding window” LED display. The controller chip is a Microchip

Touch - an urban interactive installation

If you are ever in Brussels, this building is a must see. “Touch is a project by the Belgian digital design and art lab, LAb[au], Laboratory for Architecture and Urbanism. The project takes as a starting point Brussels’ 145 m high Dexia Tower, from which 4200 windows can be individually colour-enlightened, by RGB-led bars, turning the façade into an immense display. Instead of considering this infrastructure as a flat screen

DIY Function Generator

Electronic test equipment can be very expensive. Have a look at this professional function generator for example. Nuxie has put together a nice simple function generator built around the XR2206 chip. Have a look at all of the project details here. “In this guide I will show you how to build your own Function Generator. Including component selection, designing the circuit, breadboarding, PCB layout, homemade PCB manufacture through to the

Improve Cheap RF Mouse Range

Check out this article to improve the range of a bargain bin wireless mouse. “While shopping at Microcenter, I found a “bargain” wireless mouse and keyboard combination on sale for $12.99. I wanted to add something like this to my media center and the price was really low so I decided to give it a try. The first attempt at using this proved that you really do get what you