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Posted August 20, 2011 by Chris

Here’s a CNC panel cutter that uses the NXP mbed platform to give you control to move a drill on x, y and z axis. The platform allows for manual or automatic scripted control of the drill and display output on two 16×2 LCDs. The project documentation is comprehensive as this is a design entry for an NXP contest.

Posted August 19, 2011 by Chris

Continuing with the Animatronics Tutorials for August, this week brings us to Animatronic Mouths. The tutorial shows you two unique methods for building mouths. One mouth is articulated with a hobby servo and the other mouth uses a 16×2 LCD display. The process for building each type of mouth is detailed out with many pictures, descriptions and demonstrations.

Posted August 18, 2011 by Chris

This article talks about a guy who got fed up with waiting for his car’s heater to kick in and wanted to get things working remotely. The setup uses a cell phone to remotely start his car using quite a few mods and the gsm auto module. All the details are there, along with a demo vid of the project in action.

Posted August 17, 2011 by Chris

For those of you who love to mod your car, check this one out. This guy (through a long forum post) shows his step-by-step construction of an interface to his car with a PIC microcontroller. In addition, there’s a lot of good information in between the forum pages on the honda civic’s inner electronics.

Posted August 16, 2011 by Chris

Adding a little intelligence to your robot is as simple as adding a proximity sensor. The flatpack walker uses servo motors to walk and the sensor to know when there is something in its way. The software and construction details are all in the article.

Posted August 15, 2011 by Chris

If you’re looking to build your own ohm-meter with super accuracy this article will tell you exactly how. As an experimental setup the 4-point Kelvin sensing method is used to measure resistors to the milli-ohm units. The method used is detailed out with hardware schematic of the DIY style setup and pictures that show you what is going on.

Posted August 14, 2011 by Chris

The Stamp is one of the best ways to get started in the world of microcontrollers. This tutorial shows you how to get started with a Stamp on a breadboard, the basic building block in hobby electronics.

Posted August 12, 2011 by Chris

This ATmega based rocket launching design functions as a controller for synchronous delayed triggering for launching model rockets or fireworks, whatever your passion. The article has all the details of how this project works and a video demonstrating it in action.

Posted August 11, 2011 by Chris

Ready for the next Animatronics Tutorial for robotics month? This week, we’re building Animatronic Eyes using an improvised 2-axis gimbal system. Realistic robotic eyes are difficult to build but this pair of eyes creates quite a decent illusion. Pico/Micro Hobby Servos are used as actuators and standard MDF board for building material.

Posted August 10, 2011 by Chris

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.