Here at SpikenzieLabs, we’re always on the lookout for interesting and fun components. We got these in a few weeks ago. It is a small stepper motor and driver board. They sell together for $7.95. One of the cool things about this stepper is that it runs at 5v, and the current to drive it is low enough… Read More »
The iPhone 5 takes such awesome HD video, we decided that it’s time to craft our very own tripod mount. A while back, we found a very technical PDF technical drawing of the iPhone 5. Stripping the drawing down to a single bare outline in a vector drawing software took a few minutes. Below is what we ended… Read More »
Tripod bolt and mounting plate, a photo by SpikenzieLabs on Flickr. Via Flickr: Ordered these up from McMaster-Carr, PN: 98007a029 Going to be used in a custom box for a client who needs to have his project tripod mounted. Robust, and well made. McMaster, that’s why you guys rock!
The SpikenzieLabs Calculator Kit, has been one of our most popular DIY kits since it’s debut at MakerFaire Bay Area 2012. As you can see in photo below, it is fully ‘wrapped’ in a carefully thought-out acrylic housing. At the outset, we wanted this kit to be fun to solder, and easy to use, and have nice ‘pleasing… Read More »
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 solder for a dollar. Here is a sneak preview of the ‘learn to solder’ kit we have put… Read More »
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 RobotGrrl 🙂 Check out more here: Apps For Arduino.
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 »
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 »
Botcave vending machine by night Originally uploaded by cibomahto Spotted our Drum Kit Kit AI as one of the items for sale. This is absolute genius. Check it out at the Botcave Would take a few quarters to actually make something pop-out, great candidate for a paypal connected machine.
Over the past few weeks, I was thinking.. What would be a small portable & cool interface for the Drum Kit Kit AI. If you have yet to see this really cool (Arduino based) Product of ours, it is a mashup of an Arduino, and our original Drum Kit Kit. Here is a quick YouTube video, of an… Read More »