Converting a lame Tron toy into a cool Halloween costume prop

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Instructable user [cubeberg’s] daughter saw Tron:Legacy earlier this year and decided right then and there that she wanted to dress up as Quorra for Halloween. Being the awesome dad he is, he decided to make her costume himself, and hit the stores in search of an Identity Disc to complete the look. The toy was pretty underwhelming, and lacked the lighting that a proper Tron prop should have. … [Read more...]

Building your own real time clock

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Like many electronics hobbyists, [Pete] found that he had an overwhelming desire to build a clock for himself. He didn’t want to stick a discrete real time clock IC into a box and call it a day, so he opted to construct his own around a microcontroller instead. After researching the specs on a few RTC ICs, he defined some accuracy requirements for his clock, and got to building. He started … [Read more...]