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Nintendo Mouse

Posted July 2, 2008 by Chris

The standard NES controller has been made into mp3 players, walkmans & plenty of other random yet incognito devices. This time it has been made into a fully fledged computer mouse. Check out the project write-up to see how it’s made.

Twitter LED Scroller (Arduino)

Posted May 21, 2008 by Chris

For all you out there who are in love with twitter this project is for you. Build a dot-matrix display of your twitter updates which scroll on by. Source code, schematics & lots of pictures await you in the project write-up.

USBtiny – ATmega USB Converter

Posted April 13, 2008 by Chris

This project is very useful for anyone who wants to get started using USB for programming instead of that clunky old parallel programmer. Using creative programming the author of this project managed to convert between parallel & USB using the ATtiny microcontroller.

USB Battery Pack

Posted February 8, 2008 by Chris

There are a plethora of small gadgets anymore that are usb powered; from usb missile launchers to usb drink coolers. This small battery pack allows you to use these gadgets on the go, anywhere you like!