Electronic Hacks

Batcave Home Theater Room

Imagine watching a scary movie in here! The Bat Home Theater Room is one fantastic home theater. “The client in the case of the Batcave was a retired naturalist who had an interesting house that DCAVS vice president Nick Mark thought would lend itself well to a themed home theater. Before she retired, the client did a lot of work and research that involved visiting caves in upstate New York

CD-Changing Lego Robot

If you are looking for a way to automate the laborious chore of ripping a ton of CDs why not make a CD-Changing Lego Robot to do it for you? “I recently bought a Squeezebox from Slim Devices, which is a way cool WiFi device for listening to your music collection. I was then faced with the task of ripping c300 CDs, and of course instead of just doing a

Squeezebox audible caller ID

If you like to automate everything the Squeezebox audible caller ID hack is for you. Never miss a call again because you have the tunes cranked and no more looking at the caller ID box to see who is calling! “As described elsewhere, I’ve now got my music collection ripped onto a server PC. A new problem then became apparent: when the phone rang, I had to find (a) the

DIY Wood Amp

This is quite a unique looking amp. It was built using a kit from Chipamp.com, There aren’t very many wood amps around… Hopefully heat isn’t a problem 🙂 I would hate to see the outcome if it was. Chipamp.com has some simple to build DIY audio amp kits. This one is a their LM4780 Dual Mono Kit. This is what you get in the kit: “LM4780 Dual Mono Kit Contents

DIY Audio Amps

This Amp3 is one of the amp models from 41Hz Audio. I have my eye on the Amp7, this looks like an interesting design. “I have to say, for $25 it puts out some awsome sound! Takes a few hours to put together though. You have to wind your own torroids. I used 15-minute epoxy to ensure the torroids will be solid in the car. 25-watts per channel at 4ohms.

Video Dashboard Prototype

Interesting dashboard project demonstration. “Give your old car a new upgrade with Ryan Brandy’s video dashboard prototype. It replaces your standard instrument panel with two LCD displays.”

DIY Mirror Ball LED Lights

Here is a simple LED mirror ball project that can be completed in less that an hour and should not cost much money. My daughter is getting interested in electronics and she wanted to make something for her room. Parts Used: – Mirror Ball from the dollar store – Various Colored LEDs – Resistors to current limit LEDs – Wire – Wire connectors – Heat shrink – Transformer Steps: –