Jan 262012
 
Make a Shake Flashlight

This is a Linear Dynamo LED Torch which uses a SuperCapacitor to store the energy. Easy to repair and maintain if necessary. Forever Flashlight It uses no batteries and requires only the single LED included. You can even leave the flashlight unused in your car’s glove box for years and you’ll always get that all-important [...]

Jan 242012
 
Toy SMPS or an Overkill White LED Driver

Jonathan Westhues site of Intriguing Projects include A Test Instrument for HF/LF RFID and a compiler that starts with a ladder diagram and generates native PIC16 or AVR code. Toy SMPS or an Overkill White LED Driver I sense the load current and control the duty cycle. The PWM pin on the AVR drives the [...]

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Jan 232012
 
Pinguino - Arduino-compatible for PIC

Pinguino is an Arduino-compatible open source hardware electronics prototyping platform. It supports different 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers, all with built-in USB module Pinguino – Arduino-compatible for PIC Pinguino Software is an Integrated Development Environement (IDE) which gives everyone the ability to write, compile and upload programs on a Pinguino board. Pingubot is a small robot [...]

Jan 172012
 
Toy steam engines  museum - Chesterfield

Before Hams invented DIY Electronics and even before Electric Current gained any respectable position in the Manufacturing Community. The thing that was making many heads nod in unison, was Steam Engines. Coal, Steel and then Steam Engines made the word Industrial Manufacturing very Meaningful. Toy steam engines museum – Chesterfield See some inspiring videos of [...]

Jan 142012
 
Electronics Australia - EAT

Electronics Australia – EAT – Files “Here you will find a wealth of electronics-related software, covering everything from PCB layout through to loudspeaker design suites. Electronics Australia and EA Today are no longer being published. SILICON CHIP is now the only electronics magazine published in Australia. It is available each month from your newsagent or [...]