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[Jim] used a logic analyzer to do some in depth analysis of the Syma 107G helicopter's IR protocol. We've seen work to reverse engineer this protocol in the past, but [Jim] has improved upon it. Instead of reading the IR output of the controller, [Jim] connected a Saleae Logic directly to the controller's circuitry. This allowed him to get more accurate timing, which helped him find out some … [Read more...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfxvWV9c4Gs We stumbled onto [Staci's] videos a while ago when we posted this big tesla gun. While it wasn't the first portable coil we had seen, it was certainly an impressive implementation. In the comments we found [Staci] had already been making these for a while. Hers were big and small, had awesome modulation, and looked freaking cool too. It also should … [Read more...]
[Andrew] has enjoyed the company of [Pepper] the parrot for more than a decade, but the screeching of a bird in the next room is something you just don't get used to. [Pepper] gets very lonely some times, and short of having someone carry him around on a shoulder, there's not much that will calm this parrot down. [Andrew] had the idea of allowing [Pepper] to wander around the house with the help … [Read more...]
It's the end of the semester for [Bruce Land]'s microcontroller design class at Cornell, and the projects coming off the workbench this semester look as awesome as any before. For their final project, [Alexander Wang] and [Bill Jo] designed an audio frequency spectrum analyzer using two microcontrollers in a parallel setup. This spectrum analyzer takes an audio signal from an iPod, phone, or … [Read more...]
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