Hands On - Make: Electronics

Getting close! Yes, I've decided to go ahead and work my way through the new book over at my new blog -- handsonmoreelectronics.blogsp...

It's been almost three years since my sign-off (below -- Jan 2011) of for Hands On - Make: Electronics! I cannot tell you how much that ...

I apologize in advance for the length of this "final" post - final in quotes because who knows... there may be reason to occasiona...

I never could get my alarm system (Experiment 20) to work as planned, so I wasn't quite sure how to handle this last exercise. I've...

Exercise 35 is pretty straightforward... you can see in the photo that I've added in the trimmer potentiometer to the circuit, making ce...

I must have missed the memo! In the last week, the following things have occurred: 1. Arduino The Documentary was released. Arduino The Doc...

I've got a handful of videos for you here, but before I show you the final results I want to share a bit about the troubleshooting I had...

I got to work on wiring up the circuit that will be used - the most time consuming part was simply soldering some wire so it touches both le...

Before you get too far into this experiment, you must make certain to install the special USB cable driver on your computer. The USB cable ...

Before I get started with the circuit on page 299, I need to download and install the appropriate software and driver. The instructions for...

I spent a bit of time rewiring the entire circuit for Experiment 32... taking one of my readers suggestions that the protoboard could have a...

This circuit is still driving me up the wall... I triple-checked all my connections, but I'm fairly certain the connections are done pro...

Just an FYI - maybe save some of you some time... I priced out the components for Exercise 34 on both Sparkfun.com and phanderson.com - summ...

Well, I finally managed to grab some time to get back to the circuit on page 277... I bought a smaller breadboard that will allow me to moun...

Per Retrophile's suggested tip involving my relay being wired incorrectly , I changed the wiring and figured out my mistake (thanks Retr...

I will say that, up to now, I have much preferred to use AllElectronics.com versus Mouser.com - mainly because I've found Mouser to be i...

Suggestions are coming in on ways to test or fix the problems I'm encountering. Let me explain what's happening now. I've inser...

A short update today - only a small bit of progress... let me explain. First off, I've gotten over sharing my dumb mistakes with the wor...

I just went over to the Components Pack 1 webpage to confirm the list of components in the kit... and I was surprised to find a large numbe...

Before cutting out the wood for the shell of the robot, I figured it might be wise to actually wire up the schematic first and see if I can ...

My motor, wheel mount, and other bits arrived today. As with most electronics ordered, there's no paperwork on any of it. I can figure...

My box of parts has shipped from Solarbotics, so it's just a waiting game now for the motor and other bits. I was ready to cut the 1/4...

So, it was a very nice afternoon today (a bit hot, though) in Atlanta - sunny sky, no clouds, no rain. I had a 3 year old helper who was ve...

I'm hoping for some good weather tomorrow (weather.com says YES) so I can head outside and put the finishing touches on Exercise 31... t...

O'Reilly has a great deal right now on some eBooks - for $9.99 you can get any of their Top 10 books and guess which book is on that lis...

Sorry, all, for the big delays in posting. My wife delivered a 10lb, 7oz baby boy on June 14th... and the weeks before were a bit crazy as ...

So we're going to build an AM radio with an empty bottle, lots of wire, a germanium diode, and a cheap earphone... sounds fun. A few thi...

To quote Chris Knight - "It's yet another in a long series of diversions in an attempt to avoid responsibility." Rather than ...

Well, I don't know... I've tried quite a few things. First, I replaced the wire to the speaker with a high gauge wire (thinner and ...

Okay, I'm still having trouble with experiment 29. I'm including some close-up photos here, hoping that someone may catch an error ...

I got everything hooked up and I double-checked the schematic for all the resistors, capacitors, and pins on the chip. I chose to use my iP...

Apologies for delays in posting recently - throw in a small bit of procrastination with my mistakes in ordering incorrect components and ......

Experiment 30 builds on Experiment 29 - unfortunately, I've had some bad luck getting the proper components for these 2 exercises. Exp ...

Got a few more items in for Chapter 5 from various sources. First, I purchased 10 germanium diodes and a single piezoelectric earphone from ...

I'd never seen this application of a coil, but the theory you'll read about for Experiment 28 makes sense. In the first part of the ...