February 2010
138 posts
Sony Dash (Chumby) & Chumby prototype with Marvell... →
Chumby software bits making the rounds…Chumby prototype with Marvell innards spotted at MWC 2010 @ Engadget
Even though they don’t make retail devices, the booths of component makers…
EKG-controlled Game of Life hoodie →
Joe Saavedra writes-
The concept is a wearable version of Conway’s Game of Life, that is controlled by the current state of your life. Essentially, a wearable…
Big dog painting →
Hi there. Lovely painting of the big dog
Harmoshnik →
Harmoshnik… Harmosnik is assembled in a Marine Band harmonica case.
Link →
Marv!
Using USBTiny version 2 in Vista – driver signing →
If you’re using USBTiny version 2 in Vista and having problems, try this driver signing tip from forum member grante – just keep in mind that it might be weird/risky… the hack that…
Barnold ps2 →
This thing is freaking awesome.
Collin’s video on circuit board etching →
Collin @ MAKE writes -
Making your own printed circuit board can be a truly satisfying process, tying together electronics and the handmade craft of etching. It’s the most…
Drink making unit @ Evil Mad Scientist... →
Drink Making Unit @ Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories – nice work! EMSL writes -
One of the many kinds of machines that we have never made before is a cocktail robot….
Emergence →
Emergence via NOTCOT…
Emergence, 2008
Two pieces installation:
Night
Reclaimed (mostly black and clear plastic) objects,
72” x 50” x 17”
Wind
Reclaimed (mostly white…
Adafruit blog hits 1,000 posts →
Yesterday the Adafruit blog hit 1,000 posts – Thanks for all the engineering news, tips, emails, customer photos and support! The site is only possible because of you! Here’s to 1,000…
Adafruit featured on the Manncorp 7722FV Pick and... →
The Manncorp folks asked us what we thought about the 7722FV Pick and Place machine and here’s what we said!
four score and seven boards ago →
four score and seven boards ago… ULP tip from our weekly “Ask an Engineer chat” – where electronics enthusiasts, engineers and everyone in between exchange useful tips and…
Bunnie on MicroSD →
“Kingston is revealed as simply a vendor that re-marks other people’s chips in its own packaging”… On MicroSD Problems « bunnie’s blog. Yikes!
Toolmonger checks out the Ladyada’s Electronics... →
The exceelent Toolmonger checks out the Ladyada’s Electronics Toolkit… Gordon writes -
Adafruit Industries has a nice toolkit for those venturing into electronics. The “carefully…
Commodore VIC-20… Tweets →
The Personal Computer Museum, Brantford, Ontario, CANADA… Its Commodore VIC-20… Tweets – via Giz.
The Personal Computer Museum is proud to make history on Saturday, February 20,…
BarBot 2010 →
BarBot 2010…
In a world where robots and humans struggle together in the fight against boredom… Only one event ends up with the robots dancing “The Human” while the meat puppets…
HOW TO – Building a VGA line blanker and 3D... →
Building a VGA line blanker and 3D glasses driver. This is a good tutorial on how to cut enclosures and ‘polish’ a DIY project… Ben writes –
Assembling a circuit on breadboard is a…
Reverse-engineering a smart meter… →
Nate writes…
In 2008, a nice man from PG&E came out to work on my house. He installed a new body for the gas meter and said someone would come by later to install the electronics module…
Bug 2.0 – OMAP3, BeagleBoard compatible and... →
Bug 2.0!… OMAP3, BeagleBoard compatible and Android development support – good stuff!
Today’s a big day for the BUG team. We are reporting to you from the 2010 Mobile World Congress in…
How to build a fake Google Street View car →
How to build a fake Google Street View car.
State of the fruit’ old data… →
Whoops, forgot to post this up. We didn’t turn on Google Analytics until March 1st, 2009 – but here are some 2009 #s.
1,466,934 Visits
6,061,563 Pageviews
If you haven’t already, add…
Arduino Linear clock prototype USB powered.. made... →
James made an Arduino Linear clock prototype – USB powered.. made with an Adafruit Motorshield! Nice!
Updates on blog posts and Flickr photos in product... →
We updated how blog posts tagged with a product category are displayed along with some informative text so you can add your own photos to the Adafruit Flickr photo pool and your photos…
New forum area “Ask an Engineer! VIDEO CHAT” →
We added a new forum area for chatter about our weekly LIVE video show “Ask an Engineer”. We moved all the posts from george graves there so far – he not only asks great questions each…
Thanks for coming out to the chat! →
Z00m!
Circuit Hacking Monday — Monday night, 5pm, at... →
If you’re in the San Fran, CA area – this is one event to check out!
After giving his famous workshop at hackerspaces and hacker conferences around the world, Mitch will be at…
Adafruit is open on Presidents day… weather and... →
Adafruit is open 24/7 – and we’ll be shipping / processing orders on Monday 2/15/2010. President’s day. Postal orders will be processed and shipped the following day since the USPS is…
“Ask an engineer” is TONIGHT 10pm ET →
Happy Chinese New Year! Stop by for “Ask an engineer” TONIGHT 10pm ET – 2/13/2010 tonight!
YEAR OF THE METAL TIGER
1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 –…
Sailing – Adafruit tool kit! →
We’re starting to see lots of folks outside the Arduino / DIY electronics world post and share that they use our tools for with their hobbies, this is great! Here’s one from “Boat Bits!” RLW writes -
NYC Resistor 48 hour Hackathon! →
Many Adafruit kits are being made at the NYC Resistor 48 hour Hackathon!
Handheld 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer in a cell phone →
Handheld 2.4 GHz Spectrum Analyzer via HaD – Miguel writes:
After visiting some web pages about 2.4 GHz ISM band spectrum analyzers based on the CYWM6935 module, I tried to…
Emission Spectra Scarves →
Becky Stern’s Emission Spectra Scarves. Modeled by Ladyada! Her’s is silicon
These Emission Spectra Scarves are lovingly machine-knit from 100% cotton yarn….
Hello there! →
Welcome Nifft… A nice note in the forums!
I’m a total newcomer to electronics, so I ordered LadyAda’s Toolkit, the Arduino starter pack, and I also got a miniPOV from makershed….