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December 18, 2007
Christmas delivery recommendations for the Maker store
If you've waited until now to get things from the Maker store here are the ways to get stuff before Xmas --
Christmas delivery recommendations (US Delivery):
- Order by Dec 18th & use FedEx 3-DAY shipping (Tracking available).
- Order by Dec 19th & use FedEx 2-DAY shipping (Tracking available).
- Order by Dec 20th & use FedEx Overnight shipping (Tracking available).
Check out all our gift guides and find that special DIY gift for a Maker you know!- Link.
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Dec 18, 2007 01:00 PM
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December 11, 2007
Pocket References
These little books make the best gifts and stocking stuffers, the latest ones just arrived! Give the gift of conversion, handyman in your pocket, PC, woodworker and the old fave - Pocket Ref.
Measure for Measure Pocket Reference
The Most Comprehensive Conversion Factor Book in the World! This book sets a new standard for accurate, user-friendly conversion factor references. Specifically designed for engineers, scientists, teachers, students, maintenance, construction and industrial workers. 1st Edition - Link.
Handyman In-Your-Pocket Reference
Finally, the building and maintenance reference book you have been looking for! This amazing new shirt pocket reference is designed specifically for handymen, maintenance people, engineers, scientists, industrial workers, contractors, and builders. It contains 768 pages of facts, tables, and vital information AND it fits in your shirt pocket! - Link.
PC Pocket Reference
The concise PC computer reference for the novice and seasoned professional! This great book has been around since 1991, yet each successive annual edition contains more and new, up-to-date reference information for PC computers. The new 13th Edition is 4" x 6" size and 1088 pages. Contains new information you cannot easily find any where else! - Link.
Woodworkers Pocket Ref
Sized for a shop apron, this handy reference is packed with tips and answers to all of your woodworking questions in an easy to read and quick to find format.
Answers you'll find inside:
- Characteristics of Popular Woods
- Types of fasteners and their uses
- Basic types of joints and their strengths
- Shop math and formulas
- Common hand and power tools and their uses
- How to choose a workbench and setup a workshop
- Putting an edge on a cutting tool
- and much more!
Pocket Reference
All the reference information anyone needs on virtually any subject is right at the fingertips in this handy pocket-sized guide. Its tables, charts, drawings, lists, and formulas will be especially useful for contractors, students, travelers, electronics hobbyists, craftspeople, and engineers and technicians in virtually every field - Link.
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December 4, 2007
Books for Makers - A gift guide of lost arts and new tech
This year we have a lot of new books from MAKE - each of our new books are from the team that brings you MAKE, CRAFT & HACKS - in addition to our new books we've searched the world for the most talented authors & publishers out there that have books in the world of making, I'm really proud of our collection this year and it's getting better each month! If you like MAKE and the things we celebrate you'll like these books, I've picked out some "lost arts" books like chainsaw art and soap box derby construction, along with more updated tech like astronomy. They make great gifts for the holidays! As you'll see many of these books aren't from MAKE at all, they're books we're selling in our store (and at Maker Faires) that we think you or your special maker out there will really enjoy! Here we go!
Art of Chainsaw Carving by Jessie Groeschen
Price: $19.95
Buy: Maker store - Link.
Since the 1960s, carving with a chainsaw has captured the attention of artists and enthusiasts because of its intriguing combination of excitement, danger, and beauty. Today, due to the increasing number of competitions and performances and a rapidly growing community of talented artists participating in the craft, chainsaw carving has emerged as a highly respected art form that resides in a class by itself.
In Art of Chainsaw Carving, noted chainsaw sculptor Jessie Groeschen presents an insider's look at the major artists, both past and present, whose unique and pioneering talents, artistic styles, and personalities make this art form so fascinating. In addition, you'll find an informative step-by-step chapter on how to carve a beautiful Sun, Moon, Bear chair. Demonstrated by the author herself, the project reveals the fascinating process of using a chainsaw to unlock the raw and natural beauty of wood.
Fantastic Flight & Gliding Flight by John Michael Collins
Price: $16.95
Buy: Maker store - Link (Fantastic Flight).
Buy: Maker store - Link (Gliding Flight).
These aren't your ordinary paper airplanes. These airplanes loop, circle back, flap their wings and spin, tumble, soar, and, of course, glide. In his best-selling book, THE GLIDING FLIGHT, award-winning paper airplane designer John Michael Collins introduced us to the craft of paper airplane folding. In FANTASTIC FLIGHT, the much-anticipated sequel, Collins reveals the next generation of fold-and-fly fun. He explains how to craft 24 new and amazing flying machines--like the Looper, the Bat plane, the Super Canard, and the Manta Ray--using just single sheets of paper.
Featuring a wide range of paper airplanes, from simple designs suitable for young children to more complex planes that, believe it or not, will stay aloft indefinitely, FANTASTIC FLIGHT presents clear, step-by-step folding instructions for an activity the whole family can enjoy. As an extra bonus for teachers, Collins includes a special section on planning educational paper airplane contests complete with lesson ideas. FANTASTIC FLIGHT reveals how to combine aerodynamics, origami, and a single sheet of paper to create phenomenal flying fun.
THE GLIDING FLIGHT is a return to paper airplane basics: one person, one piece of paper, and a few folds later, one airplane. Using a refreshingly inventive approach to designs and flying characteristics, you can make 20 original paper planes, such as the Stealth, the Wind Devil, the Glart, and the Skid Kid. The book's flip-book animation demonstrates the basic origami folds, with clear step-by-step assembly for each design. A crease here and there is all you need to create high-performance aircraft -- no scissors, no glue. In the current age of electronic toys, THE GLIDING LIGHT proves you can still have fun with a simple sheet of paper and a little imagination.
Whoosh-Boom-Splat : The Garage Warrior's Guide to Building Projectile Shooters by William Gurstelle
Price: $16.95
Buy: Maker store - Link.
These are the homemade machines that you've dreamed of building, from the high-voltage Night Lighter 36 spud gun to the Jam Jar Jet, the Marshmallow Shooter, and the Yagua Blowgun. Including detailed diagrams and supply lists, Gurstelle's simple, step-by-step instructions help workshop warriors at any skill level achieve impressively powerful results.
With Whoosh Boom Splat, you can build:
- The Jam Jar Jet - the simple pulse jet engine that roars
- The Elastic Zip Cannon - a membrane-powered shooter that packs a wallop
- The Mechanical Toe - a bungee-powered kicking machine
- The Vortex Launcher - a projectile shooter that uses air bullets for ammunition
- The Clothespin Snap Shooter - the PG-17 version of a clothespin gun that fires fiery projectiles
- The Architronito - the steam-powered cannon conceived by Leonardo da Vinci
Pinewood Derby Designs & Patterns by Troy Thorne
Price: $12.95
Buy: Maker store - Link.
Build the coolest car in the pinewood derby! In this ultimate design guide, Troy Thorne - woodworker, artist and derby-winning dad - shares his expert tips, techniques and amazing patterns so parents and scouts of any skill can build a jaw-dropping, prize-winning car that's quick out of the gate. Officially licensed by the Boy scouts of America, this valuable guide provides 34 amazing patterns and designs along with step-by-step instructions for building a High-Wing Racer, a Stock Car and a Vintage Racecar. Techniques and tips for creating custom decals, applying a high-quality finish, and prepping the car's wheels, axles, and weight for the race are also included.
Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders by Robert & Barbara Thompson
Price: $29.99
Buy: Maker store - Link.
With the advent of inexpensive, high-power telescopes priced at under $250, amateur astronomy is now within the reach of anyone, and this is the ideal book to get you started. The Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders offers you a guide to the equipment you need, and shows you how and where to find hundreds of spectacular objects in the deep sky -- double and multiple stars as well as spectacular star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.
You get a solid grounding in the fundamental concepts and terminology of astronomy, and specific advice about choosing, buying, using, and maintaining the equipment required for observing. The Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders is designed to be used in the field under the special red-colored lighting used by astronomers, and includes recommended observing targets for beginners and intermediate observers alike. You get detailed start charts and specific information about the best celestial objects.
The objects in this book were chosen to help you meet the requirements for several lists of objects compiled by The Astronomical League (http://www.astroleague.org) or the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (http://www.rasc.ca): Messier Club.
- Binocular Messier Club
- Urban Observing Club
- Deep Sky Binocular Club
- Double Star Club
- RASC Finest NGC List
This book is perfect for amateur astronomers, students, teachers, or anyone who is ready to dive into this rewarding hobby. Who knows? You might even find a new object, like amateur astronomer Jay McNeil. On a clear cold night in January 2004, he spotted a previously undiscovered celestial object near Orion, now called McNeil's Nebula. Discover what awaits you in the night sky with the Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders.
Eccentric Cubicle by Kaden Harris
Price: $29.99
Buy: Maker store - Link.
Sample chapters: - Link.
Who says office cubicles need to be dreary? In this book, author Kaden Harris (creator of www.eccentricgenius.caEccentric Genius) introduces aspiring and die-hard Makers to a highly entertaining parallel universe of surreal office-based projects that are sure to pique the curiosity of even the most jaded office mates.
From desktop guillotines and crossbows to mood-enhancing effects and music makers, each project presents a different set of challenges and opens new avenues of Maker lore. There's a strong emphasis on the basic mechanical theories and principles of the devices presented in the book, as well as the fabrication techniques you need to use. But this is far more than a book of project "how-tos". Eccentric Cubicle offers oblique industrial design and fabrication philosophies, countless cultural reference points, and innumerable bad puns.
This book is a dream come true for you office-bound souls who are tech DIY enthusiasts, hobbyist engineers/designers, and Makers at heart. Imagine having your cubicle sport projects such as:
- A mechanical golfer Lucid dreaming induction device
- USB-powered bubble blower Fog machine
- A desktop guillotine
- And a whole lot more
K450 PVC Rocket Engine Design & Construction by Dan Polino
Price: $24.95
Buy: Maker store - Link.
In just a few hours, anyone can build a powerful K450 engine that will send a rocket soaring over 5000 feet! Easy to follow step by step instructions and 137 color illustrations demonstrate the exceptionally simple construction process. Best of all, only common materials are used and no special tools are required.
Cabaret Mechanical Movement by Aidan Lawrence Onn & Gary Alexander
Price: $19.95
Buy: Maker store - Link.
A fabulous jewel of a book imported from the UK in time for the Holidays. Published by London's Cabaret Mechanical Theatre (CMT), Cabaret Mechanical Movement is 124 pages packed with diagrams, information and useful tips on making your own automata. Using the machines and automata from CMT to explain levers, shafts, cranks, cams, springs, linkages, ratchets, Drives and Gearing and even coin-op control, this is a great introduction for those inspired to go and make their own work. The book ends with a helpful checklist to keep you going.
If you still don't know what a cam is, not to worry this book is for you as well.
Art Cars by Harrod Blank
Price: $19.95
Buy: Maker store - Link.
Wearing his passion for this movable art on his sleeve, Blank elaborates on the odd and celebratory beauty of the art car in this sequel to his 1993 Wild Wheels. These highly individual vehicles have been modified by everything from paint (as with Emily Duffy's mod Mondrian Mobile) to corks (as with Jan Elfman's relatively subtle Cork Car) to fiberglassed papier-mƒch‚ (as with Julian Stock's striking, sculptural Skull Truck).
The Great Book of Woodburning by Lora Irish
Price: $19.95
Buy: Maker store - Link.
The Great Book of Woodburning is a very thorough resource for learning and practicing a wide variety of texture strokes; key skills that can be brought into play with every project that a woodburner tackles. Laura Irish strongly recommends creating a 'practice board', onto which the many texture strokes should be applied. This practice board becomes, in effect, a 'palette', showcasing, and reminding the student of, the many textures and shading techniques that are always available for use. Techniques and textures include crosshatching, linear circles, random curls, check marks, zigzag, grass strokes, wavy lines, seashell circles, tight circles, scales, quilting, herringbone, diagonal ripples, water ripples, scrubby lines, tall grass, bricks, and straight line variations.
The book also covers gradient tones and the sepia scale - tonal values and textures - the keys to creating any well rendered woodburning project.
The use of color with pyrographic work and finishing options are also discussed. More than thirty projects are presented in the Great Book of Woodburning. Each project includes a traceable pattern, and they are divided into a natural progression of skills; from beginner, to intermediate, to advanced.
Mousetrap Powered Cars & Boats by Alden Balmer
Price: $12.00
Buy: Maker store - Link.
Generously illustrated and fun to read, Mousetrap Powered Cars & Boats examines in depth the physics of mousetrap vehicle construction. Packed with excellent tips and written in simple, easy-to-understand terms, this lighthearted book will give your students the information they need to build winning mousetrap dragsters, long-distance racers, boats, and more.
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Dec 4, 2007 12:00 PM
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November 29, 2007
Maker store shipping - get your gifts before Xmas!
Last year, we experienced a lot of packages which were shipped through US mail that were either lost or delayed around Christmas-time, which is why we will be suspending all USPS shipping methods, except Priority Mail in the month of December, and shipping mainly with FedEx. We will be able to supply every customer with a tracking number for their order and ship with guaranteed delivery times with FedEx, ensuring you will get your packages by Christmas. We will resume our regular postal service after the new year. Please note that FedEx does not ship to PO Boxes. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Christmas Delivery Recommendations- (US Delivery):
Order by Dec 18th for FedEx shipping.(Tracking available)
Order by Dec 14th for USPS Priority Mail (Not guaranteed, no tracking).
We have a ton of new stuff at the Maker store be sure to check it out and order soon to save on shipping! - Link.
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Nov 29, 2007 07:00 PM
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November 28, 2007
Review - Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects
We Make Money Not Art has a review our our new book Making Things Talk! - Link & more @ the Maker Store.
Programming microcontrollers used to require an expensive development environment costing thousands of dollars and requiring professional electrical engineering expertise. But recent innovations, such as open-source physical computing platforms with simple i/o boards and development environments, have given hobbyists, hackers and makers new options for homebrewing video games, robots, toys, and more.
This book contains a series of projects that teach you what you need to know to get your creations talking to each other, connecting to the Web, and forming networks of smart devices. Whether you need to plug some sensors in your home to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, Making Things Talk shows you exactly what you need.
The projects in this book are powerful but inexpensive to build: the Arduino and Wiring microcontroller kits themselves cost around $40. The networking hardware covered here includes Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, and Bluetooth, and can be had for $50 to $100. With a couple of microcontroller kits and the networking gadgets of your choice, you can make things and make them talk to each other!
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Nov 28, 2007 11:00 PM
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November 21, 2007
MAKE 12 on sale now...
Make Vol 12 features our special section on digital arts and crafts called "Upload," where you'll learn how to take infrared photographs, shoot movies with custom backgrounds, and make fun-to-watch slideshows of your digital family photos. You'll also learn how to make an extremely loud air whistle, a solar-powered xylophone, and a TV remote control that's powered by your muscles. As usual, you'll find plenty of other exciting how-to projects inside - Link.
I'm going to try out this "share link" - some of you might be able to get a preview of MAKE 12, I'm not exactly sure what's going to happen so let me know in the comments.
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Nov 21, 2007 11:00 AM
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November 6, 2007
New stuff @ the Maker Store...
We have some new things @ the Maker Store, check 'em out... - Link.
Making Things Talk
Programming microcontrollers used to require an expensive development environment costing thousands of dollars and requiring professional electrical engineering expertise. Open-source physical computing platforms with simple i/o boards and development environments have led to new options for hobbyists, hackers, and makers. This book contains a series of projects that teach you what you need to know to get your creations talking to each other, connecting to the web, and forming networks of smart devices. Review and buy it now! - Link.
Eccentric Cubicle
Who says office cubicles need to be dreary? In this book, author Kaden Harris of Eccentric Genius introduces aspiring and die-hard Makers to a highly entertaining parallel universe of surreal office-based projects that are sure to pique the curiosity of even the most jaded office mates. From desktop guillotines and crossbows to mood-enhancing effects and music makers, each project presents a different set of challenges and opens new avenues of Maker lore - Link.
The Best of MAKE
After two years, MAKE has become one of most celebrated new magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you're just catching on to the MAKE phenomenon and wonder what you've missed, this book contains the best DIY projects from the magazine's first ten volumes -- a surefire collection of fun and challenging activities going back to MAKE's launch in early 2005 - Link.
Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders
Amateur astronomy is now within the reach of anyone, and this is the ideal book to get you started. The Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders offers you a guide to the equipment you need, and shows you how and where to find hundreds of spectacular objects in the deep sky -- double and multiple stars as well as spectacular star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies - Link.
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Nov 6, 2007 07:00 AM
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October 27, 2007
Bomb defusers
Just made a new batch of tools! The MAKE "bomb defuser" is small enough to fit on your key chain and the perfect companion for mobile fixing, hacking and MacGyvering. This is a limited offering with custom "MAKE: bomb defuser" laser etched with care using a 35w laser. Order today or be sorry tomorrow.
Features
- Squirt E4 features
- Electrical Wire Cutters (spring loaded)
- 20, 18, 16, 14, and 12 gauge wire strippers
- Straight Knife
- Tweezers
- Extra-Small Screwdriver
- Small Screwdriver
- Phillips Screwdriver
- Wood/Metal File
- Bottle Opener
- Lanyard Attachment
- Length: 2.25 in. / 5.5 cm closed
- Weight: 1.8 ounces / 52 grams
MAKE: Bomb Defuser - Leatherman "Squirt" E4 (electronics version) - Link.
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Oct 27, 2007 03:00 AM
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September 29, 2007
New in the MAKE store - the MAKE bomb defuser
Small enough to fit on your key chain, the MAKE Bomb Defuser is the perfect companion for mobile fixing, hacking. saving the world and MacGyvering. This is a limited offering with custom "MAKE: bomb defuser" laser etched with care using a 35w laser. It's a Leatherman Squirt E4 (electronic version) and come with a lifetime warranty.
Features
- Electrical Wire Cutters (spring loaded)
- 20, 18, 16, 14, and 12 gauge wire strippers
- Straight Knife
- Tweezers
- Extra-Small Screwdriver
- Small Screwdriver
- Phillips Screwdriver
- Wood/Metal File
- Bottle Opener
- Lanyard Attachment
- Length: 2.25 in. / 5.5 cm closed
- Weight: 1.8 ounces / 52 grams
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Sep 29, 2007 07:00 AM
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September 24, 2007
Designing automata kit & cabaret mechanical movement
Some newer-ish stuff @ the Maker store ---
The Designing Automata Kit is great value and fantastic quality. No glue or tools are required, and you will learn about simple mechanics using cams and a crank slider mechanism. Many different designs can be made, and the kit used over and over again. Produced in Thailand using chemical-free rubber wood, from sustainable sources. Make is proud to be the only store this side of the pond to carry this kit - Link.
But wait, there's more!
A fabulous jewel of a book imported from the UK in time for the Holidays. Published by London's Cabaret Mechanical Theatre (CMT), Cabaret Mechanical Movement is 124 pages packed with diagrams, information and useful tips on making your own automata. Using the machines and automata from CMT to explain levers, shafts, cranks, cams, springs, linkages, ratchets, Drives and Gearing and even coin-op control, this is a great introduction for those inspired to go and make their own work. The book ends with a helpful checklist to keep you going. If you still don't know what a cam is, not to worry this book is for you as well - Link.
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Sep 24, 2007 12:00 AM
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August 7, 2007
MAKE:it - Electronic makers kit
Here's a new set of tools we have in the MAKE store - hand picked by our Makers this kit features everything you need to get started with electronic construction.
Features
- Soldering Iron
- PCB Vise Panavise "Jr"
- Small (7.8") DeSoldering Pump
- Soldering Stand with sponge
- 0.5lb 60/40 Solder
- Desoldering Braid
- Wire Cutters/Stripper
- Shear Cutters
- 7-Function 2000-Count Multimeter
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Aug 7, 2007 07:00 PM
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July 31, 2007
Designing Automata Kit
The Designing Automata Kit is great value and fantastic quality. No glue or tools are required, and you will learn about simple mechanics using cams and a crank slider mechanism. Many different designs can be made, and the kit used over and over again. Produced in Thailand using chemical-free rubber wood, from sustainable sources. Make is proud to be the only store this side of the pond to carry this kit - Link.
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Jul 31, 2007 08:00 AM
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June 28, 2007
ALAVs - Autonomous light air vessels - BLUBBER BOTS @ MAKE!
We have a new kit in the Maker store, the Blubber Bot - Part of a family of "Transitional Species," Blubber Bots are Do-It-Yourself robotic inflatables that navigate autonomously and intelligently. They are light-seeking helium-filled balloons that graze the landscape in search of light and cellphone signals.
Designed into the inflatable form is a set of light sensors enabling them to seek out the brightest light source. They are also equipped with a phone flasher and can recognize cellphone activity. You can interact with a Blubber Bot by making a call and waving your phone near it. In response, they will go into a flocking dance or sing you a special tune.
Social and friendly in nature, Blubber Bots like to play. You can invite other Blubber Bots over for a party to watch them flock and mingle. They propel themselves using helium buoyancy and two-directional motors. They are a little clumsy though and tend to bump into things. Fortunately, Blubber Bots are born with a feeler (bump switch) to help them out of tricky situations. At a flick of the "feeler", they back up and head in a new direction.
Not only do they like to play, but they love to sing. Blubber Bots have a unique voice generated from a vibrating motor and a small piezo speaker attached to their mylar bodies. They bellow sounds similar to a whale's song and serenade you with melodies. When not being played with, they rest while tooting periodic sounds in their sleep, dreaming until they once again are awakened.
ALAVs - Link, photos & get them now @ the Maker store.
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Jun 28, 2007 04:00 PM
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June 27, 2007
Arduino Arduino Arduino @ MAKE!!
Ok gang we have Arduinos in the MAKE store! We have a limited number (and at great prices) so get'em while you can!
Arduino NG PLUS USB Board, fully assembled
Arduino is a tool for making computers that can sense and control more of the physical world than your desktop computer. It's an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board, and a development environment for writing software for the board. Arduino is open source!
Arduino Mini Board, fully assembled
This miniature Arduino board has an ATmega168 onboard, which offers twice as much program space as the ATmega8 on the other boards (16 KB vs. 8 KB). You can plug it in a breadboard or put it in a socket soldered into prototyping board. Like the full-sized Arduino boards, this runs at 16 MHz.
Arduino Mini USB Adapter, fully assembled
This board converts a USB connection into 5 volt TX and RX that you can connect straight to the Arduino Mini or other microcontrollers, allowing them to talk to the computer. It is based on the FT232RL chip from FTDI (drivers are included with the Arduino software).
All this and more @ the Maker store! - Link.
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Jun 27, 2007 02:00 PM
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June 6, 2007
LED Micro-Readerboard kit - New @ the Maker store
Lots of new stuff in the Maker store (and a special congrats to Rob!) - Here's a fun little open source soldering kit that provides an introduction to the capabilities of microcontrollers. The readerboard spells out preprogrammed messages such as "MAKE" one letter at a time on its alphanumeric LED display.
The LED Micro-Readerboard, designed by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, is a fun little open source soldering kit that provides an introduction to the capabilities of microcontrollers. The readerboard spells out preprogrammed messages such as "MAKE," or "HELLO WORLD," one letter at a time on its alphanumeric LED display. Fifteen phrases are included and holiday messages can be optional enabled as well-- for use as a holiday ornament. The kit comes complete with easy, comic book style instructions and a pre- programmed microcontroller. No programming is needed, but source code is available in case you want to hack it.
Assembly is easy with comic book style instructions. Printed instructions are included with kits, but you can also download the instructions here - Link (PDF).
- LED Micro-Readerboard, version 2.0 - Link.
- LED Micro-Readerboard, version 2.0: FAQ File - Link.
- LED Micro-Readerboard, version 2.0: Technical Data - Link.
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Jun 6, 2007 08:00 AM
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April 9, 2007
Cellular automata video synthesizer kit
We have a new kit for sale in the Maker store, the Cellular automata video synthesizer kit. This easy to contstruct kit is a fun way to play with cellular automata and video synthesis. When complete you will be able to uncover endless visual and sound patterns on any TV with a composite NTSC video input. The kit provides a pre-assembled, pre-programmed Video Critter Mini board, three potentiometers, and a push button. Just solder up the potentiometers and button to the circuit board, add an enclosure, and you're done!
Note: You will need to power the kit with a 6 - 9 VDC power supply. A standard 9VDC wall-wart works well.
Get it here @ the Maker store - Link.
Related:
Cellular Automata video synthesizer (tutorial, source code available too) - Link.
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Apr 9, 2007 08:08 AM
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March 30, 2007
Game of Life Kit - Make: Video Podcast
In this podcast I show how to make this little kit which is a hardware version of a computer program. In this game, little lights die if they are crowded or lonely and new ones come to life if there is the right amount of parents around it!
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Mar 30, 2007 03:01 PM
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March 29, 2007
DIY Coffee - MAKE PDF
We have a caffeinated collection of coffee related projects from the pages of MAKE in PDF form, if you have every MAKE you likely don't need this, but if you don't - we've collected 5 great projects and have them available for $4.99 (if you're a Tips-N-Tools newsletter subscriber there's a discount code coming for that so hang tight)...
I'm going to have a post about each project, today's is: Bottomless Espresso Portafilter. Mod your espresso maker's filter holder for a tastier cup.
DIY Coffee collects five hot MAKE magazine projects to supercharge your java:
- Home-Build Coffee Roaster
- Bottomless Espresso Portafilter
- Toaster Tea Popper
- Perfect Espresso Temperature Hack
- Web-Fired Coffee with X10 Automation
Got a jones for caffeine and technology? Mod your espresso machine to dial in the perfect shot, with precise temperature control and a filter hack that kicks out maximum tasty crema. Roast your own with a hand-built custom coffee roaster. Hack a toaster timer to perfect-brew your tea every time. And fire up your coffee pot from the internet using X10 automation. Using home-grown techniques and off-the-shelf parts, caffeine junkies will find everything they need to overclock the fix from their favorite shade-grown beverage.
DIY Coffee - a MAKE PDF - Link.
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Mar 29, 2007 05:02 AM
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March 28, 2007
DIY Coffee - a MAKE PDF
We have a caffeinated collection of coffee related projects from the pages of MAKE in PDF form, if you have every MAKE you likely don't need this, but if you don't - we've collected 5 great projects and have them available for $4.99 (if you're a Tips-N-Tools newsletter subscriber there's a discount code coming for that so hang tight)...
I'm going to have a post about each project, today's is: The Coffee Roaster - To experience coffee nirvana, roast your own beans with this cheap, portable coffee roaster.
DIY Coffee collects five hot MAKE magazine projects to supercharge your java:
- Home-Build Coffee Roaster
- Bottomless Espresso Portafilter
- Toaster Tea Popper
- Perfect Espresso Temperature Hack
- Web-Fired Coffee with X10 Automation
Got a jones for caffeine and technology? Mod your espresso machine to dial in the perfect shot, with precise temperature control and a filter hack that kicks out maximum tasty crema. Roast your own with a hand-built custom coffee roaster. Hack a toaster timer to perfect-brew your tea every time. And fire up your coffee pot from the internet using X10 automation. Using home-grown techniques and off-the-shelf parts, caffeine junkies will find everything they need to overclock the fix from their favorite shade-grown beverage.
DIY Coffee - a MAKE PDF - Link.
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Mar 28, 2007 05:40 AM
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January 26, 2007
It's cold - MAKE hoodie
Rob from our Maker store says it's so cold now that we're take 20% off the MAKE hoodies. Knitting one, sewing one, thrift storin' one are all encouraged too - Link.
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Jan 26, 2007 12:06 AM
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