Turn a Nintendo NES controller into a retro USB flash drive that’s also a cultural icon. Now, why didn’t I think of this?
NES Controller USB Flash Drive [link]
Archive for the ‘Electronics’ category
NES Controller USB Flash Drive
February 27th, 2008Build your own Capacitor (Leyden Jar)
February 26th, 2008
Nikon D200 hotshoe GPS
February 25th, 2008![Canon D200 hotshoe GPS [link]](http://www.diyblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/d200-gps-2.jpg)
Great hack for Canon Nikon D200 owners: make a relatively cheap GPS that will transmit coordinates to the camera. Take a picture, and it gets stamped with the GPS coordinates. Not too shabby. I guess this would be great for traveling bloggers, photojournalists, or even artistic projects.
Canon Nikon D200 hotshoe GPS [link][via]
2009-01-06: Correction. It’s Nikon D200, not Canon! Thanks to Eric Duncan for pointing this out.
Cheap Acoustic Guitar Pickup
February 23rd, 2008
I love this: it’s cheap, effective and pretty simple to do. Basically, you take a 2$ Radio Shack piezoelectric transducer and use it as pickup. One thing bothers me a bit though: you need to drill a hole in the guitar to fit the jack. I’m quite sure there’s a way to go around this. And who cares, I don’t have a guitar ;)
I might build an acoustic bass out of scrap wood I have at home, and that sort of pickup would be perfect for it.
DIY Camcorder Street Grip
February 18th, 2008
Make a Simple Audio Amplifier
February 15th, 2008
A step-by-step guide that shows you how to put together a basic, battery-operated audio amplifier.
Make a Simple Audio Amplifier [link]
Turn a 20$ DVD player into a portable NTSC display
February 7th, 2008
This sweet hack turns a cheap portable DVD player into a portable NTSC monitor. I can think of a few interesting applications: car night-vision and parking/back-up cameras, portable consoles, monitor for DIY film making, monitor for a hidden or remote (think on a kite) camera, etc. Nice, cheap and totally versatile.
Turn a 20$ DVD player into a portable NTSC display [link][via][via]
Doing an easy PCB pre-order check
February 2nd, 2008
Compact Powerful Weatherproof Wifi Antenna
January 31st, 2008
Useful plans to build a weatherproof wi-fi antenna. Great for sticking it to the man (your ISP) and sharing the cost of your connection with a few neighbors. This design supposedly triples the gain compared to a standard antenna.
Compact Powerful Weatherproof Wifi Antenna [link]
