Archive for the ‘ DIY ’ Category
Recently I was faced with the problem of controlling three identical Personal Media Players with Arduino. Emulating the remote might have been an option but they were too close to each other, so it was hard to control them independently. A command sent for one device sometimes could be registered by the neighboring device. So [ READ MORE ]
I made a single side board version of USBTinyISP for easy etching. But I failed to be the first on the internet. Apperently Wraimann beat me to it. Never mind, this one is much smaller at the expense of leaving out the 10 pin socket. You can always make an adapter cable anyway. It also contains [ READ MORE ]
I have been working with Tolga on a 4 motor walker. After taking care of the electronics we started working on walking dynamics. Figuring out the timings needed to control this beast wasn’t that easy. Luckily Tolga had a working Wowwee Roboquad lying around. So we had a chance to analyze its walking patterns. Here is [ READ MORE ]
I finally had the time to try out Spaceman Spiff's Color Fix on my DTV. So I took my DTV apart , heated my soldering iron and tried to focus my eyes on the teeny weeny resistors. First let me tell you this: Piggybacking Surface mounted resistors is NO PICNIC. You need completely steady hands, [ READ MORE ]
I got meself a PAL DTV recently. These things are pretty cool out of the box. But if you want to get more out of your DTV, there are many hacks around the net. Here is a checklist of the hacks I want to make for mine. It may prove useful to some people. I'll add [ READ MORE ]
I was looking for a1200 schematics and all I could find was IFF files in a zip on Aminet. I had to struggle to convert them so you dont have to. Here it is: Commodore Amiga 1200 Schematics in PDF format @ Symbolengine Amiga 600 Schematics also available. Note: WOW! 1000 downloads in a month. I'm impressed [ READ MORE ]