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June 6, 2010

Cheap, almost perfect iPad case

by @ 1:34 pm. Filed under Apple, Electronics, Travel

iPad and the case side by side

Showing the size of the iPad compared to the case


It seems that nearly anything with the word "iPad" on it commands a price premium, including carrying cases. Well, I found an alternative case that is nearly perfect for the iPad and it costs less than $15!
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May 13, 2010

Awesome spinning LED sphere project

by @ 10:11 am. Filed under Electronics

LEDs
Check-out this awesome LED persistence of vision project some guy made from leftover junk in his parts box. The video (inside the post) is worth a million words.
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May 4, 2009

FPGA board emulates classic platforms

by @ 3:28 pm. Filed under Electronics, Retro Computing

FPGA Replay board uses an FPGA to play classic arcade games

FPGA Replay board uses an FPGA to play classic arcade games


This cool projects aims to take the various FPGA-based arcade platforms and run them on a common piece of hardware, thus letting you play many games and platforms without having tons of equipment sitting around.
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March 26, 2009

Digital Apollo – the story of the first computers in space

by @ 8:38 am. Filed under Commentary, Electronics, Retro Computing

Digital Apollo book covers the computer technology of the Apollo space missions

Digital Apollo book covers the computer technology of the Apollo space missions


Have you ever thought about how amazing it was when the Apollo space missions actually took someone to the moon considering that they didn't have the fancy technology we have today? This book recounts the design and use of the on-board Apollo digital computers.
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February 19, 2009

Add web access to your electronic projects and hacks

by @ 7:32 pm. Filed under Electronics

Add a web interface to your electronics projects easily and inexpensively

Add a web interface to your electronics projects easily and inexpensively


Easily and cheaply add a web-page interface to your next hacked gadget or microcontroller project with these simple, pre-built modules.
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December 25, 2008

Retro 8 bit BASIC computer is a blast from the past

by @ 12:21 pm. Filed under Electronics, Retro Computing

Retro Computer System runs BASIC
Get in the computer time machine and travel back to the days of a simple computer that's programmed in BASIC and boots in under 1 second. Or, you can buy the Retro Computer System.
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September 2, 2008

Simple DIY microcontroller based video game console

by @ 7:48 pm. Filed under Electronics, Video Games

Homebrew microcontroller-based video game console
This open-source hardware and software project shows just how much can be done with modern microcontrollers. It implements a fully functioning, NES-class programmable video game system in just a couple chips, a few resistors, and some other miscellaneous components.
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July 22, 2008

Build your own FPGA based Amiga 500 clone

by @ 8:58 pm. Filed under Electronics, Retro Computing

An Amiga 500 designed in an FPGA
The Amiga 500 was one of the very popular "non-IBM" choices back in the day thanks to its great selection of games powered by then-cutting-edge graphics chips and incredible stereo sound processors. If you long for the days of the Amiga and have a desire to build a project, this open-source hardware design might just what you need!
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December 24, 2007

Who knew plasma globes could be hacked?

by @ 3:48 pm. Filed under Electronics

Customized plasma globe with a microcontroller
Remember those plasma/lightning globes, primarily from the late 1980's and early 90's? They were "the thing" back then, but I can't say that I ever thought about hacking one to see what could be changed. Fortunately, someone else has!
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October 23, 2007

PIC microcontroller based video game system

by @ 9:39 am. Filed under Electronics, Fun Stuff, Video Games

Home built PIC microcontroller game machine
Using a trio of PIC microcontrollers, this guy built a fully functional video game which uses analog paddles and has more gameplay than the usual Pong type stuff you typically see from PIC games.
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