I am in the process of rebranding everything to a more memorable name and domain: Electron Hacks… ElectronHacks.com. I want to get a bunch of things squared away before going on a new spree of content and getting on a more regular posting schedule!  Things may be messy for a few weeks…

Why I am building a Kossel Mini

My first 3D printer was a Prusa Mendel V2 Reprap, after seeing the speed and precision of my bosse’s Rostock Max and drooling over his Kossel mini I decided it was time to make another printer. (You can find my Prusa Mendel V2 Reprap post here) [...]

I found gathering all the info needed to dive into RC cars as a hobby kind of confusing. It helps a lot to have a mentor that you can ask questions but that is not always possible.

I’m cheep, I will never spend twice the money on anything just [...]

Here are some good practices when soldering electronics.

Making Cat5 Ethernet cables or repairing the ends is quite easy.

You will need a RJ45 connector, a crimper, and some strippers or a knife to strip the shield.

Strip the outer shield while taking care to not harm the wires. Straighten all wires and untangle them. Put the wires in the correct order, [...]

The useless machine is a simple box with a switch and motor, when you turn on the switch the lid opens and the arm swings out and turns off the machine and then retracts. It is so simple but brings a smile to the face of everyone that tries! The Useless Machine was not created [...]

It’s fairly easy to program a replacement keyless entry remote. Even better, what if you have two vehicles the same make, they use the same remote! Also when the battery goes bad remotes may require to be re paired with the vehicle.

Be sure you have all of your remotes handy, the process will clear [...]

If you get a new keyless entry remote (key fob) or change the battery in your remote you may need to reprogram your vehicle to accept the remote. This procedure works for a lot of 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and some 2008, and 2009 GM (Chevtolet and GMC) vehicles.

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If you get a new remote or change the battery in your remote you may need to reprogram your vehicle to accept the keyless entry remote or key fob. This procedure works for a lot of 1998-2008 ford vehicles, see below for vehicles that the procedure works on and vehicles that use a slight variation [...]

Introduction

Building my very first 3D printer was quite traumatic and time consuming but also fun and rewarding! I don’t suggest building your own unless you have a love for tinkering, and making. There are some other qualities that will come in handy such as tendency’s for hacking, electronics, and [...]

Programming a button press with VB and your @Netduino, Event handlers and interrupt ports. In this tutorial I show how to program the Netduino to light up the onboard LED when the button is pressed, I then go into event handlers and latching buttons.

Code for the simple button press.

This is the first in a series of tutorials on programming the Netduino with Visual Basic or VB. You can program the netduino with either C# or VB but VB is now my language of choice.

This simple program will blink the onboard LED on for a second then off for a [...]

Programming your Netduino with C# is fine and all, however, I am not going to do it any more. It is super easy to make the switch to a more forgiving programming language by the name of Visual Basic or VB.

I was in the middle of a project and I started to have [...]

In order to upgrade or replace the firmware in your Netduino you will need to download some software first.

Prerequisites:

Visual Studio 2010 Express C# or VB .Net Micro Framework 4.2 Netduino SDK

Software you must download for the firmware upgrade:

Download the [...]

I’ve seen videos on YouTube using an Arduino and a Graphical LCD screen (GLCD) to create a simple Oscilloscope. The annoying thing is that I found no help whatsoever on how to build one. I spent a few days figuring out how to use the Nokia 3310 LCD screen and then figuring out how to [...]