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DIY Audio Cables from Spare Cat 5
Nov 9th
Just recently found myself with some spare Cat 5 Cable so I took a look around the net for the best new uses for the old materials… Found a great site that details how to turn your old Cat 5 into a high fidelity audio cable. Take your unneeded Cat 5 More >
Line-Following Mini Tank with Analog Circuits!
Sep 17th
Today’s project comes from Chris over at pyroelectro.com - They’ve got a ton of awesome projects you can check out, but today’s highlight is a new take on a classic line following robot. a great design and great write-up, you can check out at http://www.pyroelectro.com/projects/mini_tank and make your very own robot, More >
How to choose video cables for your home theater – Video Cables Compared
Aug 25th
So you got a sweet lcd screen, or maybe you got a projector and built the DIY Projector Screen ? So now you wanna know how to hook up all your video sources and what cables to use. You also want to know what the differences are between cables and why More >
DIY Weather Monitor Forecaster and Recorder
Apr 30th
Okay, this one’s intense, but the result is stunning. Do you like weather? Do you like to know the forecast and keep track of barometric pressure changes and temperature. Here is a spectacular DIY creation – a DIY Weather Recorder: http://www.qsl.net/ve2emm/pic-projects/wter_rec/weather.html
How to make a PIC electronic combination lock
Apr 28th
Here’s an awesome DIY electronic project for those of you who know some PIC programming. Based on the 16F84 PIC microcontroller, an 8-bit microcontroller in the PIC family from Microchip, this project makes a simple DIY circuit that checks for combination of button presses to perform an action, such as More >
How to Make a $20 DIY Projector Screen
Apr 19th
Got a good lcd or dlp projector? Do you want to know how to make your own cheap projector screen / diy projector screen? Here’s how (these directions make a 3:4 screen with approx 80 inch diagonal–adjust to your own specifications):
What you need:
- Two (2) yards of 54″ white/white budget blackout More >
Best Place to Buy Cheap Electronic Components
Apr 15th
A question I’m frequently asked: “I’d love to make this circuit or DIY electronic project i saw online– but, i went to radioshack and all the stuff costs so much!? Where can I get the components cheap?
Well, sadly as “The Shack” has transitioned away from radio building and into a More >
What to do with an old computer?
Apr 14th
A recent book from Randy Sarafan has the answer: 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer And Other Discarded Electronics
Broken laptop? Broken Mouse? Broken flat-screen tv? This book addresses it all. why throw all the broken stuff in the trash when you can put it to use. Make something More >
Frozen Juice Crystal Radio
Apr 12th
Frozen Juice Crystal Radio
What you need:
- Empty frozen juice container (I used Welch’s plastic container because it is nice and solid)
- Magnet wire (thin gauge)
- High impedance earphone (see Radioshack)
- Spare board for mounting
- Piece of metal (coat hanger) for “dial”
- Wood Screws
- Tape
- Schottky diode (or germanium-see Radioshack)
- resistor (something in the 10k ohm range should be good)
- sandpaper
1. More >
Solar AA Battery Charger
Apr 12th
Harness the power of the sun to power all of your battery-powered devices. In this simple example, I constructed a solar AA battery charger suitable for use with NiCd batteries.
From various internet sources, I read up on the proper ways to charge NiCd batteries. I decided for this initial example More >
