In the automotive industry, “drive-by-wire” means that a traditionally mechanical linkage, like a throttle cable, has been replaced by an electronic actuator. That can eliminate design constraints and even save money. SciFientist was able to apply those same drive-by-wire principles to this 3D-printed micro milling machine. Machine tools, including vertical mills, are usually either CNC, […]
Pick and place (PnP) machines are the linchpin on which modern electronics manufacturing rests. A PnP is a special kind of robot with a vacuum end effector designed to pick up SMD (surface-mount device) components and place them on a PCB for soldering. But for hobbyists, they’re usually overkill. So, John LeClair bridged the gap […]
Arduino Days is a great moment to celebrate our community – and what better way to party than with a new product… or seven! During the first day of the event, our team took turns to introduce a variety of accessories and compatible boards you can use in combination with UNO Q and many other elements […]
Every millennial knows the exhilarating feeling of going to the computer lab, booting up a Macintosh, and creating beautiful art in MacPaint. The nostalgia meter has broken its dial and is now spinning wildly. If you want to capture that nostalgia in a form suitable for home décor, you can build Mark Wilson’s fantastic LackPaint […]
Daric Gill used an Arduino UNO Rev3 to create his “The Translation Machine” sound art installation for an exhibition at the Dunn Museum. Except he didn’t do it alone, because bees helped with its construction. The Translation Machine is a motion-triggered interactive art piece that plays sounds that Gill collected during his world travels. He […]
The folks over at Bad Obsession Motorsport in the UK specialize in unusual automotive builds, from a four-wheel drive Austin Mini to custom camper van called The Escargot. While working on that Mini, which they’ve dubbed “Binky,” they realized that they’d need create their own custom instrument cluster. But they wanted it to look appropriate […]
An antenna’s physical properties are inextricably linked to its electromagnetic properties and how it radiates and receives radio waves. One of the simplest examples is extension, like with an old cell phone or FM radio antenna. But shape and structure can have more dramatic effects, which is why we have so many different kinds of […]
In the world of FashionTech — a field that blends haute couture design and mechatronics engineering — nobody has more experience than Anouk Wipprecht. Her own creations are always intriguing, but she also mentors students to help them realize their own visions. As part of a collaboration between Summa Fashion and Fontys School of Engineering, […]
Halloween is creeping up on us like some kind of impatient ghoul, which means that half the maker community is currently scrambling to throw together some spooky projects. Those projects become a lot more approachable when you start with something the already exists—anything, really. For example, Appalachian Forge Works began this Halloween vending machine project […]
Robert Murray-Smith wants to experiment with a novel 3D printer kinematic system that drives a round bed through a friction interface — essentially a polar 3D printer, but without the backlash associated with gears. However, friction drives have a tendency to slip and so he will need closed-loop control of the system and that will […]
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