Archive for the ‘tinker’ Category

The Art Of electronics – A Review!

I had ordered this book online Last week and it arrived in the mail a couple of day ago. The Book is the Art of Electronics By Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill.Here Is my review of the Book. The First Chapter Is Super Awesome and must read for every Electronics Enthusiast, Maker and hacker!. It’s [...]

The Various Uses of Nail Paint remover AKA Acetone!

The Various Uses of Nail Paint remover AKA Acetone! by Farasbee Acetone is a major component in nail paint removers and can be purchased at any chemist for cheap.It is a very versatile and Useful Chemical and Can be used more than just to clean off that old nail paint! Wikipedia Describes Acetone as “Acetone is the organic [...]

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Quick Hacks : A DIY SMD to DIP adapter in five minutes!

Got an SMD IC that you want to breadboard for that quick prototype??? Dont have a Breakout board at hand?? Why not make one for yourself from easily available components?   Stuff You’ll need. 1. Small peice of Perfbooard ,Cut it to the desired size 2.Berg strip. 3. A Finetip soldering iron. 4. Some Flux [...]

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Introduction to AVR programming

Introduction to AVR programming by Farasbee   AVRs are interesting devices to work with and are pretty powerful devices and offer good value. And they have a Lot of interesting features built-in like  timers, Adc,EEPROM etc. and utilising the Full potential of AVR devices can be easily done using the Free and Open-source avr-gcc  based [...]

Control your mouse cursor using WIIMOTE

Since the Wii Remote uses bluetooth to communicate with the console, it’s relatively straightforward to use it to control a computer. The most obvious way is similar to the main menu on the Wii console – point the remote where you want the cursor to go, and press A and B to left and right [...]

How to make a small case for your projects

How to make a small case for your projects by Farasbee   It’s great case for small projects, or to keep your stuff in good order. You can make in it a small circuit board or something. it’s the final result Step 1: What you must to have. You must have: -Cable holder/organiser -Glue gun [...]

Autonomous Flying robots!

Autonomous Agile Cooperative Flying robots! by Farasbee   Heres a Cool video By Dr. Vijay Kumar of university of Penn. Discussing the developments they have made and their applications in the field of Autonomous flying robots!

Getting Started With Zigbee/Xbee

Getting started with Zigbee by Farasbee     ZigBee is a wireless communications protocol based on the 802.15.4 standard is designed for low speed communication between two or more devices, you can network with thousands of devices communicating with each other, making it ideal for many applications.   ZigBee is developed by the ZigBee Alliance , formed [...]

Adding a High Resolution Colour LCD to your own Electronics Project!

Adding a High Resolution Colour LCD to your own Electronics Project! by Farasbee With a new gadget being released every other day the number and variety of LCDs they use are increasing rapidly.like The ‘New iPad’ Released Yesterday has a display with a resolution of 2048×1536 pixels!! Thats like a resolution of 3.2Mega pixels!Wanna add [...]

Developing a Android App without a Laptop or a Computer!

Developing a Android App without a Laptop or a Computer by Farasbee Developing an Android App has become more easier then ever before.Initially an android developer required to install tons of software to development apps for the android and for a noobs that can be difficult!! And for a casual or a software hobbyist this [...]