Standalone Voltage Regulator

This week I dug through my electronics box and realized one of those Dual General-Purpose IC PC Boards from RadioShack would hold a LM7805 and requisite Caps. and LED very nicely.  After a bit of soldering I had a working unit.  Rather than just keep my new unit to myself I did a detailed write-up on how you can make this standalone regulator using parts from RadioShack!

I am also excited to announce that I have partnered with C Code Systems to provide component kits for these boards!  While you can go to the store and get all the parts (any good hackers should already have most of them) C Code Systems has put together kits that include all the parts required for the project.  I think this would be great for an introductory soldering or electronics course! Visit the C Code Systems Product Page

Esquire E-Ink cover

So I guess the Esquire E-Ink issues came out a little earlier than I thought!  blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/esquire_eink_cover_hackin.html. Who knew the October issue would be release like September 8th!

I’ve been waiting for these issues since they were announced a few months ago.  For those who don’t know Esquire magazine has put an E-Ink section in the cover of their October magazine,  some people have already opend the cover and went over the guts.  Looks like the whole thing is run using a PIC16F629!  I am going to go pick one (or two) up and see what I can do with it!

Added myGallery

Today I added myGallery to the files section of the site. This version will run from any directoy on a webserver, just upload JPGs and run convert.run. Here is the link: http://mybitbox.com/files/s1axter/mygallery.tgz; it is TARed and GZIPed.

Highnoon

Added the highnoon project and a playable version. http://mybitbox.com/highnoon.php. Geeksinside article http://geeksinside.com/view/357/Original-1970-Game-Source/