 Check out this great looking Binary Burst Clock that Mike Szczys from Jumptuck has built. At first glance you might be a bit confused on how to read the clock but it is actually quite simple. Mike ordered the boards from Seeed Studios and had a good experience and it was cheap! In this design a MCP7940 RTC chip is keeping track of time with the help of
Just in time for Mothers Day. Dress up your box of boring chocolates with some blinking LEDs. This project by Dmitriy Abaimov uses an ATTiny13 programmed using the Arduino IDE to do the interesting blinking. The microcontroller doesn’t have very many pins but with a bit of Charlieplexing this project can control all 10 LED that were desired.  “By counting the possible spots for LED locations in the box,
Freddie Temperton has posted his design files of his USB Digital Oscilloscope Project. This is a new version and will use USB3 and a 1GSPS ADC. Freddie would like some feedback on the project from people who might be working on something similar. “Cypress FX2 (CY7C68013A-128AXC) The chip is very easy to wire up, only requiring a 24MHz crystal, some EEPROM and reset switch. A few decoupling caps are
 This Auto Dimming Incandescent Bulb that Dick Bipes built works in conjunction with Slow Starting CFL Bulbs. When he flips on the lights in his garage that has now been converted into a workshop he gets instant light from the incandescent light bulb while the compact florescents take their time to warm up (many minutes). As the CFL bulbs slowly increase in brightness the circuit that Dick made
This project by some 4th year engineering students will get them ready to build the next Segway. “This project consists of prototype lab module for Control Systems II. The purpose of this lab is to teach 4th year electrical engineering students how to implement control systems to a real life mechanical system. The controller seeks to balance the ball on the beam. It is also possible to set a
If you are getting a bit tired of driving your car manually this hack might be for you. 🙂 The guys from Waterloo Labs built this car that can be driven around using an iPhone. They are using a CompactRIO controller as the brains of the system which might be considered overkill and does come with a hefty price tag of almost two grand! Thanks to Jody for sending
There is a Kickstarter for this Sip’n Puff Arduino Shield. Check out this project where it is used to control an iPod. The uses are endless but just imagine the usefulness for people who don’t have the use of their fingers for the tasks we take for granted. Thanks for sending this in Bob. “The Sip’n Puff shield is a standard shield for the Arduino platform. It is a
