PyroElectro - News, Projects & Tutorials » desktop mods http://www.pyroelectro.com PyroElectro.com brings you cool projects & tutorials that you can do at home. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:15:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Flat Panel Display Controller http://www.pyroelectro.com/2011/11/15/a-flat-panel-display-controller/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2011/11/15/a-flat-panel-display-controller/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:00:04 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=3386
“Raster-scan displays, like a TV, require a number of synchronization signals to operate. The display is addressed as multiple, consecutive, horizontal lines, which scan from left to right, displaying a large number of pixels on the line as it advances. At the end of a line, the display begins to scan the next line from left to right until the entire frame (consisting of many lines) is displayed.”

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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2011/11/15/a-flat-panel-display-controller/feed/ 0 An E-mail Counting T-Shirt http://www.pyroelectro.com/2011/08/10/an-e-mail-counting-t-shirt/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2011/08/10/an-e-mail-counting-t-shirt/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:30:15 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=2563
It might seem like overkill and it is, but here's a t-shirt that lets you know how many new e-mails you have waiting in your inbox. The system is designed using the Lilypad 'clothing mod' technology and some off the shelf wireless modules.

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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2011/08/10/an-e-mail-counting-t-shirt/feed/ 0 The V5Z80P @ Retroleum http://www.pyroelectro.com/2010/09/08/the-v5z80p-retroleum/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2010/09/08/the-v5z80p-retroleum/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:00:12 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=769
This is a cool little board designed with a Xilinx Spartan FPGA at its heart. It's meant to be a single board computer and I thought everyone would get a kick out of it. The specifications are enough to do some impressive stuff and there's even an archive of great documentation if you wanted to build your own!


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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2010/09/08/the-v5z80p-retroleum/feed/ 0 PICAxe Serial Keyboard http://www.pyroelectro.com/2009/09/30/picaxe-serial-keyboard/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2009/09/30/picaxe-serial-keyboard/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:20:28 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=658
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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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2009/09/30/picaxe-serial-keyboard/feed/ 0 Case Mod: Add an LCD http://www.pyroelectro.com/2009/05/20/case-mod-add-an-lcd/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2009/05/20/case-mod-add-an-lcd/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 21:08:53 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=598
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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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2009/05/20/case-mod-add-an-lcd/feed/ 0 Hardware Keylogger http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/11/15/hardware-keylogger/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/11/15/hardware-keylogger/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:00:17 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=476
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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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/11/15/hardware-keylogger/feed/ 0 WMD Case Mod http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/07/21/wmd-case-mod/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/07/21/wmd-case-mod/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:33:19 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=218
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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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/07/21/wmd-case-mod/feed/ 0 Minimig – An Amiga in an FPGA http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/07/03/minimig-an-amiga-in-an-fpga/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/07/03/minimig-an-amiga-in-an-fpga/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:27:17 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=189
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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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/07/03/minimig-an-amiga-in-an-fpga/feed/ 0 Wireless Network Printer Mod http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/05/25/wireless-network-printer-mod/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/05/25/wireless-network-printer-mod/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 21:27:03 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/?p=174
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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]]> http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/05/25/wireless-network-printer-mod/feed/ 1 The “K’nex-ITX” http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/03/22/the-knex-itx/ http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/03/22/the-knex-itx/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:55:50 +0000 Chris http://www.pyroelectro.com/2008/03/22/the-knex-itx/
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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