Tag: #tips
Four Biggest 555 Timer Circuit Mistakes
“Why isn’t my 555 timer circuit working?!” Avoid these four common pitfalls!
My 555 Book, Chpt. 7 recap: Audible Anarchy with the Atari Punk Console
Companion video for The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to the 555 Timer, Chapter 7: Audible Anarchy
My 555 Book, Chpt. 3 recap: Basic Astable Mode
Companion video for The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to the 555 Timer, Chapter 3: Basic Astable Mode
My 555 Book, Chpt. 1: How to use a breadboard, transfer schematics to a working circuit
Companion video for The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to the 555 Timer, Chapter 1: Breadboard Basics
Video: Talk MIDI with the Bus Pirate on Talk Like a Pirate Day
Shiver me timbers, there’s finally a video tutorial on how to set up the Bus Prate for the MIDI protocol.
Video: miniAtmegatron Demo & Sneak Peek at the New Improved Manual
Soulsby Synthesizers is releasing a proper manual for the miniAtmegatron. Get a sneak peek here, and an in-depth sound demo!
Video: miniAtmegatron Case: Assembly & Overview
Watch me assemble the case for the Soulsby Synthesizers miniAtmegatron and give a quick overview.
Video: Make this helpful Overhead Camera Rig using Open Source Hardware
Whether it’s for electronics/crafts tutorials, or selling on eBay, Etsy, etc., shooting overhead video and pics can be a pain, until now!
Video: Make the World’s cheapest MIDI Tester
A quick and dirty (and cheap) MIDI tester.
Video: I add 10-turn pots to my variable power supply for more precision control
My bench top power supply only had single turn potentiometers, so I added 10-turn pots for more control.
Basic Synthesis presentation at Control Voltage, Filters & FM this Sat.
This Saturday, March 7, Control Voltage hosts Basic Synthesis 2: Filters and Frequency Modulation. From the FaceBook event page: The Basic Synthesis series at Control Voltage is a set of recurring casual presentations, each an hour in length with ample time for questions, meant to de-mystify the synthesizer piece by…
Arduino Project Box on-the-cheap
So, I’ve finally gotten around to picking up an Arduino to play around with. I’ve owned a couple books on programming/interfacing them for a while now, just to see if it would be something I would be interested in. So I finally took the plunge and bought a Mega 2560….