A few weeks ago I wrote about making some good looking front panels for your electronic projects… Since then I have found an even better way of making instrument panels look super professional. The process is very simple. Start with spray-painting high temperature spray paint on a piece of clear perspex or for that matter any color you want. Laser … Read More →
Category Archives: Electronics
Making professional looking front panels for your electronics projects.
I good-looking front panel always impresses me. Phil from JumperOne.com has made a very nice step by step tutorial on how to make your projects look as good as the one below.
Build a Laser Cutter from old PC parts.
Warning!!! Put on your Laser safety glasses before watching the video.. Parts needed: Old Power supply CPU Heat sinks DVD Burner SLED (Or SLED-815) Aixiz module Voltage regulator(+ 3 ohm resistor) – LM317 – DigiKey Thermal Glue What can you cut with it? This laser diode is powerful enough to cut through paper and thin plastic. Good for engraving and … Read More →
RC Night Time Racing (RC Car + LEDs + ATTiny)
Introduction I recently bought a Turnigy Trooper SCT 4×4 1/10 Brushless Short Course Truck from HobbyKing.com and decided I wanted to do a bit of night time racing. For this projects I wanted some led’s and to round it off I wanted to use a Micro-Controller add extra lighting effects. For this project I picked the Atmel ATTiny84 micro-controller and … Read More →
Quick 5V Power Supply for Micro-controllers and other devices
Introduction To run some of my micro-controller projects I needed a constant supply of 5v. The LM78 series of linear regulators are very useful and comes in a good range of regulated voltages(5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 24). Bill of Materials LM7805 – 5V Linear Voltage Regulator – Digi-Key – Datasheet 0.33uF Capacitor … Read More →
