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Someone sent in a tip that pointed us to this Magic: The Gathering forum thread where a user named [DistortedDesigns] made a life counter for Magic: The Gathering out of Nixie tubes. While there's not many details for this build, it's just too cool to be forgotten in a single forum. The project began by etching some plexiglas. There's some earlier examples of [DistortedDesigns]' work that look … [Read more...]
[Webby] inherited a cordless drill from his dad and when he finally got around to using it, found that the charger was dead in the water. He disassembled it and narrowed the issue down to the charger’s primary transformer, but didn’t know where to go from there. A friend suggested that the coil’s thermal fuse might have blown, and upon further investigation, [Webby] discovered that his … [Read more...]
We've been hiding away in air-conditioned comfort to wait out the hot weather afflicting most of the US right now. Luckily we're keeping busy with the great links coming into our tips box. [Brett] sent us a note about his work on the new Arduino PID library. He is the author of the original library and recently decided it was time for a ground-up rewrite. But along the way he took the time to … [Read more...]
So your electronic hobby skills are coming along quite nicely but you're not very comfortable doing more than blinking a few LEDs. Now's a good time to try something new by driving a couple of DC motors. You probably know that you can't just hook these up to the pins of your favorite uC and call it good. The motors draw a lot of current (especially if they're strained in lifting a heavy load) … [Read more...]
[Brendan Robert] has been sending us forum thread links outlining the things he's learned while hacking LG televisions. They were a bit hard to follow for the uninitiated, so we asked if he could give us an overview of what he's been working on. Not only did he do that, but he made a little Hackaday shout-out seen above by adding the skull and cross-wrenches as one of the menu overlays. He's … [Read more...]
When [Barret] went to use his camera the other day it kept shutting down on him, and upon inspecting the battery, he found that it was a bit swollen. Knowing that he needed a replacement, he turned to an aftermarket battery he had sitting around, but grew pretty annoyed when his Sony Cybershot camera would not accept it. Apparently a recent firmware update causes his camera to reject non-Sony … [Read more...]
[Daniel] just made a motion controlled game controller to go with his infuriating game. Thankfully, [Daniel] posted the source for this game so first time players already know the level select codes. The controller is based on an Arduino Uno with what looks to be a Sparkfun 2-axis accelerometer providing the tilt sensing. A similarly sourced half-inch force sensitive resistor and temperature … [Read more...]
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