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| 250 kV Home Made High Voltage DC Power Supply |
| 2012-02-10 05:09:03 |
If you have a project that needs a bit more than 3.3, 5 or 12 volts have a look at this Home Made 250 kV High Voltage DC Power Supply! Of course this isn’t your typical supply for the Arduino project sitting on the corner of your bench. One thing to note is that [...]...
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| iPhone SMS Remote Car Starter |
| 2012-02-09 06:10:16 |
If you have a jailbroken Apple iPhone you might want to start using your phone to control your car. Check out this iPhone SMS Remote Car Starter project by Will O’Brien from Biobug that goes through the details and has the code available if this is something you want to play with. Via: Apple Phone [...]...
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| RGB LED Ring – Version 2 |
| 2012-02-08 06:31:54 |
This RGB based LED ring is the second version of a project which has three LED driver chips which enhance the brightness of the color lights. I found the second version more appealing than its ancestor when I watched the video. The first version used only one LED driver IC which was less attractive [...]...
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| Understanding Zener Diodes |
| 2012-02-07 22:20:03 |
Windell H. Oskay from EMSL created a detailed discussion on using Zener Diodes. He has designed a circuit flow using Zener diodes to control the reverse breakdown while designing up a circuit which is impossible to do if he would had used a regular diode. “Zener diodes are a special type of semiconductor diode– devices [...]...
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| ATTiny based Electronic Candle |
| 2012-02-06 05:20:01 |
Our friend Pete Mills developed this great ATTiny based Electronic Candle, we have seen electronic candles before but what makes this one shine is how the flickering was done. Pete actually sampled the actual flicker patterns of a real candle flame so that this reproduced flame would look as close to the real thing [...]...
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| How to repair a Timer Control |
| 2012-02-04 17:56:09 |
Todd Harrison from ToddFun has experimented fixing a timer control which he was using to turn on and off the Christmas lights after a certain span of time. With a soldering iron and a bit of troubleshooting we learn what the problem is. Turns out that a part is needed to permanently repair the [...]...
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| Simple Cell Jammer |
| 2012-02-03 16:47:55 |
Checkout this cell Jammer or we can say Dirty transmitter. A Dirty transmitter transmits junk within the cellular phone bands. This model is good enough to knock out pesky cell phones for about 10 to 15 feet, just perfect for a quite cup of coffee in your favorite coffee shop. Via : EEweb “The 555 [...]...
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| German Word Clock |
| 2012-02-02 05:37:16 |
Thanks to Mike for sending in his German Word Clock. He has used some SPI controlled RGB lighting strips to make wiring and controlling the lights simpler. So that the letters look good he has built and installed an MDF baffle with 100 light holes in it. ”To control the clock, an ATmega8535 [...]...
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| LCD Monitor Repair – Defective Capacitor |
| 2012-02-01 14:21:41 |
You have probably heard about the capacitor problems that have plagued the motherboard and computer power supply manufactures. Well other mass produced electronics are not immune to this issue. Viktor was given an LCD monitor once it was determined to be non-reparable by a local repair shop. These days local electronic repair shops are [...]...
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| FroBoard Development Board |
| 2012-02-01 06:04:35 |
Check out the spingarage blog for some details on the FroBoard, this board packs a ton of features onto the single compact board. If you are interested in making one for yourself all of the board details are available here. “The FroBoard includes all of the hardware necessary to drive the power section of [...]...
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