Well, it’s a kit, so it’s kind of cheating. The other project was the Theramin, which I worked on for days. Anyway, this is a cute little kit you can buy for about $22 that, once assembled, can program pretty much any Atmel microcontroller IC. It’s pretty cool – for real. Anyway, it only took about 45 minutes (I was being careful soldering, could have had it done in 20 if I was hurrying). I’m very happy with the result [...]
I finally finished my second real electronic project: The Pocket Theramin. I made a few changes/improvements to the design found here, and I really like my result. The basic circuit is exactly the same, but I added an LED and a toggle switch so I can keep it together as one unit all the time. Also, I discovered that MAKE: Electronics is an awesome book. I highly recommend purchasing yourself a copy.
Ocropus is a new book scanning software package and C++ library. I’ve compiled it on Ubuntu Linux 10.04. It’s rather easy to set up: hg clone https://ocropus.googlecode.com/hg/ ocropus cd ocropus hg clone https://iulib.googlecode.com/hg/ iulib cd iulib/ sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-gfx1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libgif-dev scons sudo scons install cd .. scons sudo scons install ocropus Then, go to your directory of appropriately named book page scan images (tiff or png). When you type ls, you should see the pages list in [...]
I made myself an awesome wallet today. It’s made of Red and Black duct tape I picked up at Home Depot. I originally wanted a clear tape wallet to replace my old store-bought (I know, I know) duct tape wallet since it was super-bulky. But, I decided that if I kept it minimal, it would work out well. This post brought me to this post, and I set to work. It was difficult to create the duct tape fabric, and [...]
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