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Six-digit VFD alarm clock6 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 weeks ago: [Haris Andrianakis] just finished building this very clean-looking vacuum fluorescent display clock. … more →

Tags: clock hacks, VFD, RTC, MAX6921

AVR-GCC. FreeRTOS.

alexkaltsas wrote 3 weeks ago: Πολύ πρόσφατα έριξα μία ματιά στο FreeRTOS για AVR-GCC. Το FreeRTOS είναι είναι ένας ανοικτού κώδικα … more →

Tags: Electronics, AVR, Atmel, avr-gcc, gcc FreeRTOS, RTOS

RF Wireless Data with the Seeedstudio RFbee

John Boxall wrote 2 months ago: Introduction In this article we examine the Seeedstudio RFbee Wireless Data Transceiver nodes. An RF … more →

Tags: Arduino, Education, rf, wireless, xbee, seeedstudio, tronixstuff, Tutorial, ti

Color changing coaster has a built-in drink detector14 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 months ago: [Robert] put together his own illuminated coasters that know when they hold a drink. They look fanta … more →

Tags: home hacks, led hacks, RGB, constant current, coaster, MBI5168

WiFi experiments with ATtiny microcontrollers28 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 3 months ago: [Quinn Dunki] got some free stuff from Element14 to evaluate, including this Mircrochip WiFi module. … more →

Tags: microcontrollers, Arduino, attiny, Wifi

DIY temperature and humidity wireless data logger3 comments

Ivan Zahariev wrote 5 months ago: Monitoring and controlling relative humidity is important for humans health. Too low or too high hum … more →

Tags: Linux, development, Hardware, Atmel AVR, Temperature, humidity, Electronics, DIY, sht11

Microcontroller comm with a computer monitor16 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 5 months ago: Prolific Hack a Day author [Mike S] has been playing in his lab again and he’s come up with a … more →

Tags: microcontrollers, Manchester encoding, MicroController, photoresistor

FIGnition FLINT is a stripboard build of the simple computer1 comment

Mike Szczys wrote 6 months ago: If you want people to really be impressed by your projects it’s often better not to have a ful … more →

Tags: microcontrollers, Computer, 8-bit, strip board, fignition

Vacuum Fluorescent Display Clock based on Soviet IV-18 tube3 comments

trandi wrote 8 months ago: VFD IV-18 Clock Finished and working This week’s post is about my first attempt at (yet anothe … more →

Tags: Electronics, VFD, vacuum, Fluorescent, Display, clock, iv-18, ladyada, ice tube

Pulse Width Modulation with microcontrollers6 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 11 months ago: Those following the ProtoStack tutorials will be happy to hear that there is a new installment which … more →

Tags: microcontrollers, pwm, Tutorial, Pulse Width Modulation, timers

The Infrared Graduation Cap30 comments

Jeremy Cook wrote 11 months ago: It’s graduation time for many high schoolers, and while many students would love to decorate t … more →

Tags: wearable hacks, Infrared, LED

Adding Ethernet control for a 5.1 speaker set12 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: [HuB's] set of 5.1 surround sound speakers was gobbling up a bunch of electricity when in standby as … more →

Tags: digital audio hacks, microcontrollers, enc28j60, Mains, outlet, rf, Speakers

Tiger 1 BB airsoft RC Tank - V26 comments

trandi wrote 1 year ago: It’s all about the same project as here, BUT with a different technology: instead of using the … more →

Tags: Robots, Electronics, rc-2, Lego Mindstorms, Arduino, Embedded MCU, nxt, Arduino, I2C

15-digit Nixie clock contains mostly non-useful information15 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: [Jarek Lupinski] is at it again, this time building a clock using 15 Nixie tubes. Just look at the t … more →

Tags: clock hacks, clock, NIXIE, RTC, metronome, DS1307

Tutorial: Your Arduino's inbuilt EEPROM24 comments

John Boxall wrote 1 year ago: This is chapter thirty-one of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduin … more →

Tags: microcontrollers, Education, Arduino, Project, binary, I2C, tronixstuff, freetronics, duemilanove

Ski pole persistence of vision6 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: [Powder4u] wanted to make a persistence of vision display for his bicycle but with 50 cm of snow on … more →

Tags: led hacks, Arduino, POV, pole, Ski

Clap to remove this brassiere69 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: Like some strange manga come to life, you can remove this brassiere with a clap of your hands. Under … more →

Tags: wearable hacks, Relay, electromagnet, Bra, Brassiere

Fermentation temperature control19 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: [Eric Friedrich] needed to keep the wort warm enough for yeast to ferment it into beer. To solve the … more →

Tags: beer hacks, Arduino, DS1820, fermentation, heating tape

How to build a ping-pong ball display39 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 year ago: If you’ve been lusting after your own glowing display we’re here to help by sharing some … more →

Tags: clock hacks, Featured, HOW TO?, led hacks, clock, ds3232, LED, Ping Pong, RTC


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