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  • The Daredevil Cam is Closer to Those with this Info and a FPGA

    Hello FPGA hobbyists! Ever wondered what it would be like to see sound? The author thveryat very same curiosity for close to 10 years, and kept a constant vigilance for ideas to build something that would help him materialize his dreams. The Daredevil camera, built using a bunch of MEMS microphones and a FPGA actually…

  • Building a multi-peripheral controller with a GPAK4

      In today´s article the author describes a project developed by one of the prize winners. What prize winners? What prize at all? Ok, let´s rewind a little here. The author talks wonders about Silego´s GPAK chip and so those guys were very excited about the interest generated that they decided to give the author…

  • How To Build Your Own Giant Digit Grid

    Today´s post presents a great article for almost everybody. Whether you like real making from scratch, writing code or just working with an FPGA, keep reading. Somehow the author was fascinated by LED digit displays at some point in his life and so he decided he had to build his own giant LED digit grid.…

  • Do you feel like a hanging-down bat? Let´s build something to find out!

    Today´s article will teach you how to create your own FPGA-based tilt sensing device. It is one of those really thorough tutorials where almost nothing is left to your imagination but the infinite applications you may develop. Cool right? This project is based around the DEo-Nano board and its built-in tilt sensor. I am pretty…

  • Fitting 3D prints on Eagle boards

    Using a electronic design to mesh your mechanical design can be quite a difficult task. 3D printers come to the rescue to facilitate this process, especially when using an Eagle to design a PCB. In the following post, the designer used several LEDs to build a clock which worked fine but there was a slight light…

  • Visiting a PCB factory in Shanghai.

    More pictures of Jack Gassett visiting a PCB factory in Shanghai with Jingfeng of Linksprite:

  • DIY Screen-Printed PCB Manufacturing Is Slightly Crazy

    If MacGyver were to manufacture his own PCBs, this is definitely how he would do it.  We’re talking hairdryers, ovens, a garden hose, a pile of bricks, a couple of UV bulbs, a piece of glass, a makeshift hazmat suit and some chemicals.  The DIY spirit is alive and well in this vid! The printed circuit boards made…

  • DIY “Via Press” An Elegant Solution To An Irritating Problem

    When designing double-sided PCBs, Retromaster kept running into the same annoying problem:  how in the world do I set my vias without them sticking out too much?  A via must protrude from the board only very little, otherwise it cannot be placed under an IC.  So placing copper wire in the via hole and soldering both ends is…