by Hugh Macdonald | Dec 3, 2022 | Project
This project was inspired by another maker’s effort to produce a similar display. It was a great idea that looked really special, so it was decided that a similar project would be undertaken. The build process involved coupling the microcontroller with software...
by Stephen Zuluaga | Dec 2, 2022 | Project
We come from the school of thought that working surplus stuff might well be someone else’s refuse, but if it can be repurposed into something useful, then we’re generally up for the challenge. One of our members was able to recover some dot matrix signs which were...
by Stephen Zuluaga | Dec 2, 2022 | Project
This project started out as a pile of old hardwood truss and framing timber from a house that was due to be demolished, the owners were giving away what was some nice quality wood hardwood(built back before cheap and light pine was the main goto material). Some of our...
by Stephen Zuluaga | Dec 2, 2022 | Project
When you have a modern resolution monitor that doesn’t work, but is in otherwise good physical condition, do you throw it away as e-waste? Not us, one of our members was in this situation, and after some searching online, found a replacement controller board, and now...
by Stephen Zuluaga | Dec 2, 2022 | Project
So what do you do when you get a free table from someone online and an old computer screen? You strip off all the casing from the computer screen down to its raw components, take a circular saw to the table to cut out an opening for the screen to fit in, of course....
by Stephen Zuluaga | Oct 8, 2018 | Blog, Event, Project, Upcoming
Image credit: Luca Cipressi We’re building a Theremin! This amazing electronics instrument from the late 1800s has featured in songs and movies ever since its invention. To make music or sound, you don’t actually need to touch this instrument at all. (But...
