Wrapping up Maker Faire with [Ben Heck], giant Arduinos, and an Apple Lisa

October 4, 2012 By 7 Comments

All good things, and apparently our coverage of Maker Faire, must come to an end. Here’s a few more things we saw in New York this last weekend that piqued our interest:

A 10x scale Arduino

[Robert Fitzsimons] of Part Fusion Electronics made a gigantic Arduino. It wasn’t quite functional, but [Robert] did manage to make a few 10:1 … Read the rest

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Analog Joypad for your Retro PC

January 26, 2012 By 31 Comments

Part of the fun with old computers is playing some old school games, and while you could play them with a keyboard it is much more fun with a joystick. You can get old joysticks all day long on auction sites, but you have to watch out. Some are digital, which wont work for many games on many systems. Some … Read the rest

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