Notes<blockquote>I wanted to add vi cursor keys and mouse keys to HHKB. Original HHKB controller is not programmable and
firmware source code is not open. So, customizing HHKB needs to replace original controller with programmable one.
I used Teensy++ as alternative controller. Though a Teensy has enough ports to drive HHKB,
Teensy++ has clean pinout and it makes programing and wiring easier.</blockquote>
I should look into this to see if I can fix the PS/2 HHKB that I apparently fried with a USB adapter.FeedUnfurl
NotesWe have seen some amazing projects centered around the Arduino system and now that Arduino is available at RadioShack, we want to challenge you! What can you make with Arduino? You’ll have three weeks (11/11-12/2) to come up with an idea, build it, submit your project to the Great Create and leave a link to your project in the comments below. We’ll go through and pick the project that uses Arduino in the most creative and innovative way – the chosen project will get a $500 RadioShack gift card – just imagine the awesome projects you could build with that!Unfurl
NotesThe kit contains everything — except harddisks — that is needed to build the Evercube: enclosure, motherboard (with onboard CPU and memory), 5-port SATA multiplexer backplane, internal disk scaffold, ultra-silent fan, power supply, wires, clamps, wedges, screws, nuts, washers ... everything. FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes<blockquote>Oftentimes makers will build MAME cabinets that resemble old-time arcade games, but ultimately they’re just PCs with buttons and joysticks wired in. With the Coffee Table MAME Console, we’re going to build a stripped-down version of the arcade machine. It doesn’t need a monitor because you can use your TV, and instead of having the computer inside the enclosure, the console connects to your PC via Bluetooth.</blockquote>Unfurl
NotesWe’re super excited about our new issue, MAKE Volume 28, which just hit newsstands last week. The issue theme is Toys and Games, and naturally, our entire focus was on fun, from the playful 8-bit graphics style of the cover design by eBoy to the 176 pages of projects and profiles that give you ...Unfurl
Notes[Blaise Jarrett] has been grinding away to get the WebSocket protocol to play nicely with PIC microcontrollers. Here he’s using the PIC 18F4620 along with a Roving Networks RN-XV WiFi module to get the device on the network. He had started with a smaller processor but ran into some RAM restricti...Unfurl
NotesAdding quality audio to an electronic project is surprisingly difficult. People tend to end up either using low-quality ISD chips (you might get 8Khz sampling rate for 30seconds out of these, if you're lucky!) or mucking around with trying to control a CD or MP3 player. Although it's possible to generate audio direct from a microcontroller using a PWM output, the quality is often low and its hard to fit a lot of music in an EEPROM chip. You can buy an embedded MP3 player board, but they're either expensive or difficult to use!FeedUnfurl
Notes"These aren't my creation... The following images contain the blueprints for a Dalek. I used them to create my Ray-traced Dalek. These files were originally found at the Doctor Who FTP archive at frontios.niagara.edu (now defunct)."Unfurl
Notes"Your very own Moleskine-like-notebook/journal/sketchbook. The one we'll be making is 3.5 x 5.5 x .5 inches. I use this size because it fits nicely into my back or front pants pocket. Strangely enough it is also the same size as the Moleskine notebook."Unfurl
Notes"Tinkering is what happens when you try something you don't quite know how to do, guided by whim, imagination, and curiosity.<br />
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When you tinker, there are no instructions — but there are also no failures, no right or wrong ways of doing things. It's about figuring out how things work and reworking them.<br />
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Contraptions, machines, wildly mismatched objects working in harmony—this is the stuff of tinkering."Unfurl
Notes"So you want to build USB enabled devices. Bumble-B is here to help!
It is a breakout board for Atmel's at90usb162 microcontroller, along with supporting hardware and USB connector. It is DIP-24/600mil shape, and works very well on a breadboard."Unfurl
Notes"Carbonating tap water to make seltzer is easy, fast, and absurdly inexpensive with my improvised apparatus. All that is required is to place CO2 (carbon dioxide) gas in agitated contact with chilled water for a few seconds. In this essay, I'll show you how it is done with easy-to-find parts and common PET (polyethylene terephthalate, sometimes called PETE) soda bottles. I'll also explain the kinetic chemistry of why it works so well. And in the second half of this essay, I'll explain how I progressed from this improvised apparatus to installing a complete soda fountain in my home.
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Notes"These facts were a currency in my social circle. We'd trade them like baseball cards. I'd show you my payphone trick and you'd show me your gag for turning the cellophane on a cigarette pack into a smoke-ring machine. Social capital accrued to everyone who could show or explain something that gave you power and insight into the mysterious workings of the world."Unfurl
Notes"This is a simple stand made from an standard business card. It allows you to watch videos on your device (iPhone, iPod, PMP, other) without having to hold it up at a comfortable angle. It folds flat and can be keep it in your wallet. It is easy to make and replace."Unfurl
Notes"I finished wiring the audio circuitry for BMOW yesterday, which marks the end of wiring for BMOW… for version 1 at least! I took the opportunity to reflect on my wire-wrapping odyssey, and took a bazillion photos of the namesake Big Mess o’ Wires before it disappears forever into an opaque case. It’s really quite a sight. There are 1253 wires with 2506 individually-wrapped connections, and I’ve got every one logged in a spreadsheet."Unfurl
Notes"Growing up in the seventies and eighties, my childhood memories basically consist of videogames, bright plastic toys and TV cartoons. Any time that was left I spent drawing and programming games for my Commodore 64. At a later age a few of my childhood dreams became a reality when I temporarily moved to Melbourne, where I worked as a videogame programmer, did oil-painting in a studio and had my work displayed in one of the local galleries. After a course in Graphic Design I made a career-switch and became a graphic designer/illustrator. Currently back in The Netherlands I work at a small design company and spend my spare time illustrating my childhood memories and designing papertoys. I specialize in one-piece papertoys that consist of a single flat piece of paper, which by intricate folding is transformed into a 3-dimensional model."FeedUnfurl
Notes"The DIY mindset celebrated in this magazine must again become an essential life skill, rooted once again in necessity and practicality. Our future security lies in knowing what we’re capable of creating, and how we can adapt to change by being resourceful."Unfurl
Notes"As you reflect upon each and every atrocity against Man and God that you have committed (perhaps to your parish Priest), you can make a mental note that it all stopped when you started screwing around with the null modem cable."Unfurl
Notes"Printable cold sores allow us to take action! Bring these people back down to our level, and tell advertisers that you don't agree with their message."FeedUnfurl
Notes"just carefully remove the tiny lens from your optical drive and affix it in place on the webcam with some cardboard and tape (they apparently didn't remove the webcam's lens)"Unfurl
Notes"XNA Game Studio Express will be available for free to anyone with a Windows XP-based PC, and will provide them with what's described as "Microsoft's next-generation platform for game development.""Unfurl
Notes"These people are cool, they have the cars to prove it. So can you. And then go to the convention. One man's shadowy journey. Could Heat Vision be next?"Unfurl
Notes"Using a typical answering machine 20-second loop cassette in any 4-tracker, you can record up to four layered parts and control their level of playback, overdubbing in the same method as you would to record in standard fashion."Unfurl
Alternative Controller for HHKB - geekhack forums
Ice Tube Clock kit [v1.1] ID: 194 - $85.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits
Iron on Patches : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits
Mix a Large Batch of Margaritas With an Igloo Cooler and a Garbage Disposal
Evercube
RasterWeb! Arduino Adventures
(gavin) Taking the Training Wheels Off the Arduino | Atomic Spin
Repairing the blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
LCD tutorial - making a 'shield'
Audio Shield for Arduino
Tom Rathborne's Media Creations: Ray-traced Daleks : blueprints
Make Your Own Moleskine-Like-Notebook
Carbonating at Home with Improvised Equipment and Soda Fountains
Marshall Alexander
Obscured Clarity: 500GB MacBook Harddrive Upgrade for Under $100
Eric's Archived Thoughts: JavaScript Will Save Us All
MOTHER 3 / EarthBound 2 Fan Translation
Printable Cold Sores