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Posted March 22, 2011 by Chris

If you’ve ever been curious how MP3 players work, this project shows you exactly how to make your own. It uses a PIC at its core and has some extra hardware for mp3 decoding and playing via flash memory card storage. A great project, take a look!

Posted March 21, 2011 by Chris

Let’s be honest, GPS saves lives everyday! So understanding how it works and how we can use it in our own projects is a must. This project shows you how to use a GPS module to create your very own navigation system using GPS data.

Posted March 20, 2011 by Chris

Persistence-Of-Vision or simply POV as it is known has become a popular idea to play with recently with all sorts of different POV applications being created. This project uses the theory of POV to create a global map or earth as we know it. All software and hardware details are in the google code project.

Posted March 19, 2011 by Chris

The network cable tester is a very simple little device is cable of detecting high frequency RF signals. The original article is in Czech so the link is google translated. The project write-up shows you the hardware PCB design and explains exactly how it works.

Posted March 18, 2011 by Chris

Today’s project shows you how to make a simple and low cost heartbeat sensor with the added bonus that it’s hooked up to the internet through an ethernet shield. The project write-up has all the details for building your own, plus explanations of the software.

Posted March 17, 2011 by Chris

This week’s PyroElectro project is a small mint-box sized audio/video test box for testing audio and video output in an easy way. The VGA signal output is simply 3 blocks of Red, Green and Blue. The audio output is a single tone that can be changed with a trimpot/knob.

Posted March 16, 2011 by Chris

The Tricopter is an awesome little multi-blade helicopter. It uses an ATmega for the control loop from the sensor feedback and has a camera mounted on its front so you can see where it’s going. Take a look at the action videos, a pretty impressive little project.

Posted March 15, 2011 by Chris

Self balancing two wheeled segways be damned…the riot wheel puts them all to shame. This entire website is dedicated to explaining what the R.I.O.T. wheel is and how it was built. If this looks like something crazy enough for you, then read further.

Posted March 14, 2011 by Chris

USB can seem mysterious to anyone new to electronics as it is a very complicated protocol of Hosts and Slaves. This project takes that difficulty away and show you how to build a USB based video game controller from an NES controller. With some additional hardware and software it works like a charm.

Posted March 13, 2011 by Chris

If you’re an Arduino fan, then don’t miss this project-the LED Pong Clock. It features many different styles of displaying the time as well as the full fledged pong game! The schematic and source code are available for download, so go get them!