RF ROBOT managed FROM A terminal window
This robot can be managed from the terminal window of your computer. You can see a manilla-colored board mounted between the wheels. This is the RF receiver which has rather a long antenna that we’ve cropped out to get a much better look at the bot itself. [Ashish] chosen up an RF transmitter/receiver pair for …
[FRAN’S] PCB ETCHING techniques
We think that anyone who’s done at-home PCB fabrication will appreciate the tidiness that [Fran] maintains throughout her etching process. She recently posted a three-part video tutorial which showcases her techniques. As you can see in the screenshot above, her routines reek of superior laboratory skills. Regular readers can probably guess what circuit she’s etching. It’s the …
AN OVERKILL NETWORK ADAPTER FOR RETROCOMPUTERS
If you want to get an old Apple, Commodore 64, Amiga, or any type of other retrocomputer up on the Internet, this is for you. [Stian] had an Amiga 500 lying around as well as wished to put it on a network. The A500 isn’t expandable, so he needed to look at some kind of …
ROLLING YOUR own minimal USB TO SERIAL ARDUINO PROGRAMMER
[Hans Peter] wanted to relocation away from using full Arduino boards in his projects. one of the components he rarely used after the development stage is the USB hardware. once the firmware is flashed to the chip he didn’t need it any longer. So he tried his hand with some really small SMD parts by …
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