Author Archives: Andy

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Andy

Button fall apart..  Whipped up a quick little batch of 2 part epoxy to set this switch on a piece of acrylic.  Checking to see if it was set, it basically totally fell apart.  I was planning on taking a … Continue reading →

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Learn To Solder For A Dollar : Montreal Mini Maker Faire

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Andy

For Montreal’s first Mini Maker Faire, we hosted the ever popular ‘Learn To Solder For 1$’ tent. Nothing like what we expected.  We have seen photos from other ‘First’ Mini Maker Faires.  Based on that, we were expecting to maybe … Continue reading →

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Montreal Mini Maker Faire: Learn To Solder Kit

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Andy

Montreal Mini Maker Faire is fast approaching.  (Aug 25th & 26th 2012) Every Maker Faire we have been to has had a ‘Learn to Solder For A Dollar’ tent.  This, Montreal’s first Mini Maker Faire, we teaching people how to … Continue reading →

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Speech For Arduino

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Andy

RobotGrrl made this really sweet Mac App.  Listens to serial at 115200 baud, sends that string to the Mac voice synth, and plays out your Mac speaker. Great for monitoring sensors, projects for the visually impaired, etc. Way to go … Continue reading →

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Laser Cut Stenciling for SMT PCB DIY Solder Pasting

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Andy

Through-Hole soldering is fast, fun and easy.  The parts you populate your PCB’s with are the very same ones you can pull from your breadboard once your project is finished, and you are ready to make a permanent version. What … Continue reading →

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The Solder : Time II Watch

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Andy

After the incredible success of the Solder : Time, we compiled the majority of what was on people’s wish lists for the next version of our Solder : Time Watch. After a great deal of brainstorming, component sourcing, code-wrangling, and … Continue reading →

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Perma-Proto breadboards from Adafruit

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Andy

We just got them in store, and they are the the most slick proto-boards we have ever seen.  I can’t decide to build a project on one, or hang it on the wall as art. We have them as the … Continue reading →

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The Music Challenge Box – Created for CBC’s Canada’s Smartest Person

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Andy

Oftentimes we get approached to help with a project, and sometimes we are given the mandate to ‘Make Something Awesome’.  Here is one of those times. For CBC’s game show “Canada’s Smartest Person” we were contracted to create an on-set … Continue reading →

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Closeup of Piranah LED

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Andy

What I did here was wire up a piranah tri-color LED, and for a resistance, I used a piece of anti-static chip foam. (The type that we put chips on when we are making kits) Shot these photos with a … Continue reading →

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Arduino & Flight Simulator

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Andy

Down in New Zealand, Jim of Jim’s Page has crafted one of the most ‘home made’ – DIY looking flight sims I’ve ever seen.  Interfacing with an Arduino for a variety of IO, and he’s got his own software that … Continue reading →

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