Fresh hacks every day
[Fezoj] likes to play around with microcontrollers and decided that he wanted to try a Bus Pirate as a new tool in his adventures. Since it's open hardware he had his own board made and populated it himself. The trouble is, he works only with AVR chips and doesn't have a PIC programmer. No problem, he figured out how to flash the PIC24FJ using an ATmega8. To get started, he grabbed a copy of … [Read more...]
[Andrew] shows us one way to reuse all those strands of Christmas lights you used for decoration this year. He had a friend that was helping with stage props for a local musical and ended up using his skills to build a lighted sign with some animation capabilities. The original plan was to cut out letters for a sign by hand and ring them with white Christmas lights. It is possible to hand cut … [Read more...]
Ah, Christmas. That wonderful time of year when you can roll out of bed to the screams and wails of children, grab a hot cocoa, and spend several hours arguing with an 8-year-old about which LEGO set to build first. Simply magical. While you're waiting for the Doctor Who Christmas special to come on, settle down with these wonderful Christmas-themed builds that came in over the last few … [Read more...]
Subscribe for weekly videos
Recent comments