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July 1st, 2008

We have another run of 100 x0xb0x kits in the shop. If you missed a previous run, you have 7 days to email support@adafruit.com before we close the old list

If were not on the list before 5/14/07 do not email me, its not your turn yet

June 30th, 2008

I’m so very sleepy today but I should post about this before a nap…After many many many revisons, my GPS data-logging shield is done! Ive spent the last few weeks taking lots of data, so I think its pretty solid. The design supports 4 different (popular) modules, and writes data to an SD card as a plain text file. For geo-sensor tracking, I wrote a sketch that will log 3 analog sensor values along with the location, date and time. Many people have asked me over the years about DIY GPS loggers so hopefully they will be happy now. :)

There’s even some ideas for power management, and waterproof enclosures

You can pick one up at the Adafruit webshop right now, along with a rather nice GPS receiver module.

Phew…I think I’m going to take a break from designing new Arduino shields for a bit: I’m pretty happy with the 5 I’ve got and there are many other neat projects clamoring for attention.

June 23rd, 2008

Dazbo10 just finished building his self-sourced x0xb0x in a mintyfresh color scheme and has a little demo vid with tweakage that covers pretty much the entire output range. Read more about it here

[via audiolemon]

June 20th, 2008

One step above scavenging from sidewalk trash, the stonetek laser shop has multitudes of laser diodes, drivers, gratings, etc.

June 20th, 2008

Dine909 etched 5 PCBs driving RGB LEDs and glued them together. Fill with clear glass marbles, play some 90’s ambient g0th music and you’ve got an instant cyber-moodlight!

June 20th, 2008

Ayah Bdeir (who survived the same research group as I) is making cute little snap-together electronic kits

I spy batteries, pots, LEDs, touch sensors…

Edit: This project is sponsored by Smart Design and in collaboration with Jeff Hoefs

June 20th, 2008
June 19th, 2008

Ben Jandrell has a humongous collection of wind & solar projects, including lots of interesting hacks such as how to repurpose Sturmey-Archer dynohubs , using bike computers to calculate efficiency and dirt-cheap propeller design.

June 19th, 2008

Kids home from school and clamoring for something to do? there are 203984203942 projects that have to do with magnets at the CoolMagnetMan site

Including a $6 gauss meter. You could probably build this with stuff kickin’ around the house.

June 19th, 2008

Carl Pisaturo’s portfolio website is full of beautiful images and kinetic art including some surprisingly in-depth build logs. I particularly liked the Orbit Machine