Video: Playing Tetris On A Oscilloscope
Posted in Blogroll, Experimental, Hacks, Programming, Tools and Equipment, Videos on Nov 6th, 2007
Funny video of some guys playing tetris on what looks like a oscilloscope.
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Archive for the 'Tools and Equipment' Category
Hackers Toolbox: Function Generator
Posted in Blogroll, Hackers Toolbox, Tools and Equipment on Feb 2nd, 2007
One essential tool needed for experimenting with electronics is a Function Generator. A function Generator outputs various waveforms which can be used in your experiments.
Common waveforms are sine, square, triangle and sawtooth which are illustrated in the below picture. The waveforms can be adjusted by frequency’s, amplitude, and shape. The function generator [...]
DIY Function Generator Project
Posted in Blogroll, Diy, Tools and Equipment on Jan 16th, 2007
Nice project guide that walks you though building your own function generator. The guide goes thought the electronic theory, the parts selection, the building, testing, and final mock-up of a function generator. If do any electronic work, you will definitely need a good function generator.
Read the Function Generator guide here…………
Laptop Laser Engraving (digg logo)
Posted in Mods, Tools and Equipment, Videos on Sep 19th, 2006
Phillip Torrone from MAKE magazine helps Kevin Rose of Digg engrave the digg logo on to his laptop. That is one fast laser. If you want to see Kevin’s take on the process download the diggnation podcast.
read more | digg story
Hacking a Toaster Oven into a reflow Oven
Posted in Blogroll, Experimental, Hacks, Tools and Equipment on Jun 14th, 2006
Surface mounted Electronics are becoming the more and more popular. They are small, cheap and are the preferred method used in most electronics. For the average electronic hobbyist, they also are a challenge to work with. Most the time you need a magnifying glass and tweezers just to handle them. They also don’t fit into [...]
Beer can padlock opener
Posted in Hacks, Tools and Equipment on Mar 21st, 2006
This cool simple hack, allows you to pick a Master Lock padlock, using a beer can. The hack involves making the beer into a flat sheet of aluminum, then cutting out a simple pattern. Once the pattern is made it can be bent to work as a padlock shim. This is a very simple [...]
Bench top switching power supply
Posted in Blogroll, Tools and Equipment on Mar 16th, 2006
If you are in need of a bench top power supply for all your electronic projects, this stabilized unit from hobby-elec.org might be worth building. As a undergraduate in college I based my senior project on this example. I needed a good power supply to test many of my other projects. I figured that I [...]
Acrylic Bending Machine
Posted in Blogroll, Tools and Equipment on Mar 10th, 2006
Great article by Seiichi Inoue of www.hobby-elec.org. The article goes thought the process of building a bender to bend acrylics sheets. Perfect if you need to create project boxes or even custom computer cases. This information on this website is well presented and challenging. The bender is basically an aluminum square tube with a electric [...]