XBox 360 Power LED Swap

August 11, 2008 by Chris
The XBox 360 comes standard with a green power LED whenever it is turned on. This color is fitting to the XBox color scheme, however maybe you want a red or blue LED in there...no problem! This simple project write-up guides you through the process of getting a new one and installing it onto the board without messing up your XBox.


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Solar Powered UAV

August 10, 2008 by Chris
This is probably one of the more interesting projects I've seen in a while, at least conceptually. A solar powered UAV seems at some level a no-brainer especially if it could fly high enough over the clouds & fast enough to always be in sun-light. The engineering behind it however is very complex. The project website has all the details you'd ever want!


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40 MHz Frequency Meter

August 9, 2008 by Chris
This project is a simple little frequency meter. It uses an ATMega microcontroller for its brains with a standard algorithm & timer for calculating the frequency seen on input. Newer microcontrollers will have CCP (capture & compare modules) that make this task a piece of cake, but a back to the basics look at thing never hurts!


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Digital Stereo Camera

August 8, 2008 by Chris
This camera mod had to happen at sometime or another. Take cheap one-time use store bought digital cameras and mod them so you don't ever have to return them! This type of digital camera is improving in quality as digital parts continue to fall in price. So take a look if you want a digital camera but don't want to pay $100's.


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Cop Blinding Led Flashlights

August 7, 2008 by Chris
LEDs will never cease to amuse human beings. Recently, super-bright LEDs have become far more available to the general public and we're making great use of them..not really though. This project write-up details out how to create what I would call a cop blinding flash light as it is super bright. There's also a few extra led light show creations you can see.

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Nokia Cellular Phone Mods

August 6, 2008 by Chris
This project write-up offers the fundamental details about the old school nokia cell phones. The main focus of the write-up is modifying the LCD so that we can write whatever we want onto it. Hardware schematics & software are there for you to download.


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Mini Digital Volt Meter

August 5, 2008 by Chris
The mini digital volt meter is a neat little project that uses a standard microcontroller for all I/O. The project write-up goes through the build process of the project & shows you how the software algorithm is setup. Hardware schematics & high level software algorithms are explained in detail, take a look.


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Build A Van De Graff Generator

August 4, 2008 by Chris
Van De Graff generators go back a long, long way and are a loved experiment in the field of electrical physics. They show the very basics of negative vs. positive in electronics. The project write-up explains the process of building a very simple Van De Graff generator that plugs into a standard wall outlet.


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LCD Display With An Ethernet Interface

August 3, 2008 by Chris
Here is a simple LCD display that is controlled via web browser through an Ethernet interface. An ATMega microcontroller does all the dirty inbetween work. The project write-up gives a good medium-high level description of the project details & the software source code is available for download.


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Electronic Stethoscope

August 2, 2008 by Chris
With perhaps a more noble cause in mind, other than just for fun, here is the electronic stethoscope. The build isn't as complex as it might seem and the project write-up offers a deatiled guide for reproducing this device. There's also much background information all for you.


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