When you are going for world domination you need a convenient way to monitor your progress. This LED World Control Panel will probably help you out with that issue. “The panel boasts the following features: Main power switch Home base indicator World Cities indicator (blue) Cluster1 (red) Cluster2 (orange) Global Red Alert Situation (backlit 555 flasher circuit) Message record and playback ($10 Radio Shack digital recording module) Larson Scanner ($13
The prize this week is a mini tripod to help you get some great pictures of your next project. This contest will run for one week (May 23 – 27, 2011). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject,
Ashish Derhgawen has built a Computer Controlled Wireless Robot. It uses some linked together off the shelf electronics to get the job done. The vehicle that is being controlled is a Microbric Viper which is normally controlled via IR light. “I’m using a 1/4 wave monopole antenna (6.8 inches) with the RF modules. It’s just a single core wire. The range I get is amazing. I think I get about
How much data has your router passed? No idea right, well check out this LCD Router Traffic Counter project if you are curious how many bits have passed through the mystery box. “Using my python library as a reference for how to use the display, and my XML parsing script for ash, I was able to cobble together a working project quickly.”
This Geiger Counter USB Hack takes an inexpensive Geiger Counter and makes it able to output counts our via USB. This would be very helpful when you want to take readings logged over time. It uses a small microcontroller to interface to the computer. Check out the small circuit implementation above! “The Kvarts DRSB-01 (Кварц ДРСБ-01) is a simple consumer Geiger counter. It does not feature a display of any
Touch sensors are getting more and more popular these days especially since many low cost microcontroller have them built in. If you have a controller that doesn’t have built in touch sensors there are many chips that do just that. The Freescale MPR121 is one of these chips. This MPR121 Touch Sensor Controller Project will give you the pointers you need to get your feet wet with touch sensors. “This
If you know someone who is starting out with electronics and wants to learn how to solder this Soldering for Beginners guide (PDF) by Mitch Altman, Andie Nordgren and Jeff Keyzer is a great start. Via: Tinkerlog
