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This 3d printed case houses the already small [TP-Link TL-WR703N] but also makes room for a custom expansion board. The expansion board is designed to make the device more hacker friendly, and who doesn't need a nice case to hold it? Since the router board already has a USB port (intended for use with USB 3G modems) the add-on acts as a USB hub. The stock USB connector is replaced by a pin … [Read more...]
Like many hackers of late, [Rick] has been experimenting with connecting Arduinos to the Internet with a disused WiFi router and an installation of OpenWRT. Unlike his fellow makers, [Rick] thought it would be wasteful to dedicate a single router to one Arduino project, so he used a small, low power wireless module to connect up to 30 Arduinos to the Internet. Just as in a few recent builds (1, … [Read more...]
This setup is used to control a model railroad. Well, not entirely this setup. [Gerhard Bertelsmann] already has a proper railroad controller, and it just happens to offer CAN bus communications. He's using OpenWRT and a cheap router to connect the bus to the network. Originally he wanted to use a Raspberry Pi board for the project, but the incredible backorder situation with … [Read more...]
Last Christmas, [bonafide] received a WiFi enabled remote control helicopter from his employer. The heli is an interesting bit of kit, able to be controlled with an Android or iDevice. Being the good tinkerer he is, [bonafide] took a screwdriver to his Wi-Fli Bladerunner Helicopter and reengineered the toy to use an off-the-shelf wireless router. The protocol used by the Wi-Fli helicopter is … [Read more...]
If you're going to make your next project wireless, you don't need an XBee, WiFi shield, or even a Bluetooth module. Turning old hardware into a dev board is extremely easy, as [Taikson] shows us by adding an I2C bus to a Fonera router. (Spanish, here's the Google translation) To add an I2C bus, [Taikson] took two pins that originally went to a router status pin and soldered on a pair of … [Read more...]
[Matthias], eminent woodworker he is, designed and built an awesome machine to make copies of just about any object imaginable. With a few scrap 2x4s, and a few bolts, screws, and skateboard bearings, you too can copy anything into a solid block of wood. The theory of operations for [Matthias]' copy carver is mounting a router and 'follower' to the same piece of wood. Put that on an XY table … [Read more...]
Over on Stack Exchange, there's a proposal for a new CNC/3D printer site. It's a personal manufacturing stack exchange, and hopefully we'll see some awesome discussion when it's eventually created. Stack Exchange is already well-known for hosting the most useful programming site as well as awesome sites/forums covering everything from LaTeX to grammar. The proposed Personal Manufacturing … [Read more...]
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