PICAxe Serial Keyboard

September 30, 2009 by Chris

The PICAxe serial keyboard was built to interface with a XENIX computer. It is fairly custom when compared to the way keyboards work now-a-days. However, I felt the project was noteworthy enough to take a look at. Hardware schematics & software are available for download.


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Case Mod: Add an LCD

May 20, 2009 by Chris

This one is for anyone bored enough to make serious mods to their desktop case. Adding a small 5'' or 7'' LCD to your case can look awesome for things like dispalying current time/temperature/mp3 playlist. This write-up shows you how to take a PSone screen, connect it to your desktop and mod it to your case.


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Hardware Keylogger

November 15, 2008 by Chris

A hardware key logger will work on any computer regardless of the operating system. This is a project I've been wanting to do myself for some time. The project write-up includes microcontroller software & hardware schematics for the device.


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WMD Case Mod

July 21, 2008 by Chris

Although it doesn't have anything directly to do with electronics, this case mod is just too unique to not take a look at. A case mod specialist had the bright idea of making a terrorist-looking WMD computer case. Read the write-up for a full description & more details.


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Minimig – An Amiga in an FPGA

July 3, 2008 by Chris

From the project write-up: "Minimig stands for Mini Amiga. Minimig is an FPGA-based re-implementation of the original Amiga 500 hardware." It's definitely worth a look for anyone interesting in how emulation of hardware & software on FPGA is done.



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Wireless Network Printer Mod

May 25, 2008 by Chris

This is a very helpful little guide for mod'ing an old printer so that you can print to it via WiFi. It's very straight forward with a lot of pictures and helpful tips. The example printer used is an old laser-jet printer.




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The “K’nex-ITX”

March 22, 2008 by Chris

You might remember K'nex from your childhood days, it's pretty much like a plastic erector set. This setup is a small case for a little embedded linux box. Honestly I'd imagine it would melt after a few hours of running, but a novel idea in the least.



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The Morse Code Keyboard

January 30, 2008 by Chris

We seem to always assume that there's only one way to make a keyboard (aside from dvorak). The Morse Code Keyboard is a very non-conventional design that allows for one handed typing with a lot of flexibility and few constraints of typical keyboards.



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Desktop Glowing Knobs

January 23, 2008 by Chris

Here is another great mod DIY for your computer for when you're bored on the weekend. Replace the plain knobs on your desktop with 'glowing' knobs.



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