Some people love tweaking their equipment. Quite often some tweaking does not really change anything you hear, and sometimes there might be noticeable change, but not always for the better. Most of the time, second-guessing a piece of equipment’s designer component choices results worse than original performance. There are cases where tweaking can have difference, →
My Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) circuit is now available in kit form. Far Circuits has made a TDR kit that consists of circuit board and components. The Far Circuits version is a slightly modified circuits, the modification is that the circuit board has a 5V regulator IC in it. With that regulator the circuit power →
I has been very hot and dry in Finland. Some kind of irrigation system or manual irrigation seems to be necessary to keep the plants happy. Livehacker reports on an interesting Build an Arduino-Powered, Tweeting, Self-Watering Garden System. It’s extremely simple. And, not only will the Arduino water the soil when it starts to get →
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. So very interesting stuff.. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino programming language and the Arduino development environment. Arduino programming environment is lean →
15 Geek Inspired USB Hard Drive Modifications article shows you 15 DIY USB hard drives that should be a the top of every self respecting geeks to-do list. →
Crimping without a crimp gun video tells how to install a 0.1″ crimp connection with pliers if you don’t have a crimping tool. If you don’t have many connections to make this method works OK. I have used similar methods myself. When you need to make many connections, it is a good idea to invest →
How to put a BNC on RG59 coaxial cable properly is a nice instructional video how to properly crimp a connector to coaxial cable. →
Usually after a few months of use, our gorgeous new gadgets incur a fair share of scratches. In most case those can be polished up to look look like brand new. How to Restore an Abused iPhone (or any gadget) tells you how to do restore an iPhone. Same ideas can be applied to other →
You might know my Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) signal source circuit published on ePanorama.net many years ago. It has worked well for me many times. Some years ago I made a modification to my own TDR unit. This simple modification allows me to use the same box also as a signal source with a wide →
Imagine, putting on a glove and you can play the piano. Colorado State University students have created such a glove that detects the bend of a finger and plays a corresponding piano note. Gadget Freak Case #162: Magic Fingers Tickle the Ivories article tells you the details of their design. There is also a video →