Archive for May, 2009
Arduino Matrix Orbital LCD Library
I’ve had an old USB LCD sitting in my htpc for the past few years. I no longer used it for display purposes; it wasn’t even plugged into a USB port. I knew there had to be a way for me to re purpose it for an arduino.
Luckily for me I was not the first [...]
ATX Variable DC Power Supply
Every good workbench needs a dc power supply, and mine is no different. With the upcoming projects I have in mind several things will be running off of battery power. And rather than be constantly recharging batteries I thought it was time to build my own power source.
There is a wealth of information out there [...]
Soldering Station Review
As part of building my workbench I thought it was time to invest in a soldering station. Attempting to solder with my $10 radio shack iron and it’s 1/2 melted tip, while holding solder, a wire, and trying not to move the prototype board on my desk was trying to say the least.
I wanted a [...]
Building An Electronics Workbench
After the construction of laserpup I realized that my office desk was no place to be working on electronics projects. Soldering, prototyping, testing, these are all things that I knew I would be spending a lot of time doing in the future, and I wanted a comfortable place where I can take over the world….
I [...]