Acimods contributor [Blizzrad] has just finished one of the cleanest mods we’ve seen in a while. With minimal modification to the outside of the PSP he was able to add an external PS2 controller. This naturally took a lot of internal modification. The controller and PSP use a 25 pin SMT connector salvaged from a laptop. The controller’s connector … Read the rest
PSP external controller wiring
May 30, 2008 By 9 Comments
LED ambient light strips
May 30, 2008 By 6 Comments
[Shadow] sent in his ambient LED strip project. He picked up a ton of RGB (Red/Green/Blue) LEDs off of eBay and built several LED strips. To get up and running, he used an LED-wiz controller. With the off the shelf controller, this is a pretty easy project, and the ambient lighting effect looks great. Check out the video after … Read the rest
Best of the rest
May 30, 2008 By 5 Comments
Here are some more stories from yesterday that we found interesting:
- MediaDefender takes down Revision3. Revision3 posts about it; takes down self.
- Monkey cyborg
- Multiplayer iPod Touch Pong [via Waxy]
- Powered exosuit available for preorder, 200 pound capacity
- Atari Punk Capsule [via BoingBoing]
- That CSS history leak keeps getting pitched as a feature [via Download Squad
Solar powered lawnmower
May 29, 2008 By 7 Comments
Our post about what it takes to convert your home to solar power probably put you in a green mood, but if you want to start with something smaller, check out this guide on how to add a solar panel to your lawnmower.
You will need a battery-powered lawnmower for this, as well as a 12-volt solar charger with … Read the rest
How-To: Super simple serial terminal
May 29, 2008 By 37 Comments
This hack shows how to make a dumb terminal out of a keyboard, LCD screen, and an 8-bit microcontroller. From time to time, a portable dumb terminal can be handy for when you have to rescue a headless server that’s acting up or if you are building a minicomputer out of a WRT, or if you just want to learn … Read the rest
What it takes to go solar
May 29, 2008 By 27 Comments
ExtremeTech has posted an article detailing the process of adding solar power to a house. The author included some interesting detail about his personal power consumption, and details about the process of selecting his contractor too. The total cost of the installation came to about $36,000 after state and federal rebates for going solar.
It’s not a homebrew setup, … Read the rest
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