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Lunar Phase Clock

“In this Instructable we will be building a dynamic lunar lamp with the Raspberry Pi. With your very own lunar clock you’ll always know the current phase of the moon, no matter the weather! Budding astronomer? Recently bitten by …

Arduino Propeller Message Display (POV)

“In this project I want to show you the Persistence Of Vision (POV) to generating a rotating message in the air using only 10 LEDs. It is also called “POV stick”. The apparatus consists of flashing and rotating 8 LEDs …

Camera Capacitor Coil Gun

“I love to build dangerous things, as long as they don’t cause any real damage. I probably shouldn’t build dangerous things, considering the world seems to have plenty of those already, but I do. And in this instructable …

Controlling a Servo with a PICAXE and an IR Sensor

“Learn how to combine a PICAXE, IR sensors, and a servo motor to create a device that responds to a moving stimulus. Spoilers: I hook it up to eyeballs that can follow a finger. PICAXEs are PIC microcontrollers that have …

Hacking Your Mouse for Rapid Firing

“In this blog post, I will show you a simple hardware hack to make your mouse capable of rapid firing (or automatic continuous clicking). Of course you can always resort to software mods to achieve the same goal, but admittedly …

Super Efficient Buck Convertor 5V 1A Arduino Power Supply

“Sometimes buying a ready made power supply is just not good enough, especially if we want something special. I needed a super efficient 1 Amp power supply for my autonomous weather station that lives in the middle of a field …

Arduino Clone Breeding T-Rig

“Every time you do a new project with Arduino, do you just buy a new board or rip off your last project to reuse Arduino ? Many of us just don’t. Specially for soldered/permanent projects it’s not the …

Apple II Emulation on an AVR Microcontroller

“The Apple ][ personal computer was one of the first three completely assembled systems on the market. It was sold several million times from April 1977 till 1993. This 8 bit home computer was developed by Steve »The Woz« Wozniak and …

Arduino Buck-Boost Converter

“Today i,m gonna tell you how to make a buck-boost converter with all the modern features by yourself. There are many power supplies are available in market but making one by yourself is something awesome. with your custom made …

Arduino USB to Legacy MIDI Converter

“This project allows sending MIDI signals from a USB-only keyboard or controller to a device that only has 5-pin MIDI IN. I’m not the first to do this - I think it was first hacked by my secret idol …