August 31, 2007

DIY solar charging bag

Make your own Solar Bag and the sun power will be with you - talk2myShirt

This site details how to make a bag that incorporates some solar panels to charge small SUB electronics like an iPod. Would be helpful for camping or a long hike.

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How to repair a "dead" rechargable battery pack

Astromart Articles - Rebuilding NiCd Rechargable Battery Packs

This is a great article. I have two deaders at home that I need to look and see if I can make at least one good one out of them.

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Firefly Amp PCB

Firefly PCB

A printed Circuit Board for the Firefly Guitar AMP, an open source hardware design/

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August 30, 2007

Stepper motor circuit for a homebrew CNC machine

MAKE: Blog: Easy to build CNC mill stepper motor and driver circuits

This looks like it could be adapted for all kinds of cool stepper things.

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August 23, 2007

Global Warmin data doesn't match the real world

Civilization Watch - March 4, 2007 - All in a Good Cause - The Ornery American

Orson Scott Card lays out a story about the fallacy of the data on global warming. Interesting.

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A beginners How To get started with the Arduino

Craftzine.com blog: HOW TO - Getting Started with Arduino

A great resource for people interested in getting started with Arduino. I need to pick one of these up and add it to my lab.

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August 21, 2007

Great robust 12 Volt charger design

Jaldi Charger - safe charging at a reasonable price | AirJaldi

I should build a couple of these for use down at the ranch. Cool.

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August 14, 2007

Robot simulator

robowerk.com: Robowerk Roboter Software (Software)

Software to simlate robots. In German.

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"Antique" Chip museum

The Antique Chip Collector's Page

A site devoted to info about vintage ICs. Sweet.

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Open Source Light Dimmer project

Main Page - Semitone

A project for an open source standalong digital light dimmer for home use. This would be great for holiday lights for Christmas and Halloween.

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interactive gear template generator

A neat site that aids in generating gear templates for low precision gears. Could use this to make some fun kids toys.

Http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.html

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August 10, 2007

Great series of videos on common plastics how-tos

Instructional Videos: TAP Plastics

Free instructional videos on using and working with plastics. Very handy.

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