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 peek inside the housing anyway, so it wasn’t a total waste of time. Next time, glue gun!
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 teach a few dozen people how to solder, and enjoy a relaxing day. The turnout was awesome, nothing… Read More »
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 if the components end up taking up too much space for the size of your product? What if… Read More »
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 ‘Superpack’ (3 of each size) as well as single size 3 packs. Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB – 3… Read More »
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 prop that is actually a functioning music guessing device. The purpose of this, is to test ones musical… Read More »
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 communicates it all. Check out his Arduino link, he shows how to use the Arduino MEGA in a… Read More »
Debuted at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, we created this watch to let your ‘inner geek’ shine. Soldering isn’t one of your talents? Well, we have these available assembled and ready to wear as well. This started out as a project, where we just simply wanted to make a watch. What we ended up with is our first… Read More »
Multiple Arduinos communicating with each other and sharing data
When you get a broken ‘not worth fixing’ All-in-One Scanner / Printer / Fax, there is an amazing opportunity within. On the outside, it is a broken office garbage. On the inside, a wealth of supplies for the DIY tinkerer, and you can dispose of the rest in an environmentally friendly way. Came across a broken Canon MP580… Read More »
Femtoduino: an ultrasmall 20.7×15.2 mm libre Arduino compatible board | Varesano.net. By using the QFN32 version of the ATMEGA 328p, 0.05″ connectors, 0402 components and removing everything not strictly necessary, I’ve been able to design and hand build an Arduino compatible board which is very small (20.7×15.2 mm) and ultra light (2g) but has exactly the same computing… Read More »