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Overwatch Prop Gun: Lucio's Blaster Pt. 3
Part 3: Permanent circuit, 3D printing, and final assembly
by John Park
Build your own Overwatch Lucio Blaster! Use Arduino, NeoPixels, MP3 Music Maker, Audio FX board, and a 20 watt amplifier to drive the impressive blasting sound effects, lights, and music from this Overwatch prop gun! In part three, turn prototype circuit into a permanent one, 3D print and assemble the final gun.
Happy Chewbacca Mask
Chewbacca is a lovable Wookie with a distinctive voice, but here's how to give him a voice transplant and add your own fun sounds to this talking mask
by John Park
Trade Chewbacca's famous grunts and growls in this talking electronic toy mask for some sounds of your own choosing. Using the Audio FX Board, it's easy to modify the lovable Wookie to sound like Pee Wee Herman, a joyful vlogger, or any other sound you like.
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Glowing LED Team Badge for Pokemon Go
Use Circuit Playground to make your own night-time safety + team spirit wearable!
by R. Albritton
Pokemon GO has shown us that people can really go crazy over running around our cities bent on catching imaginary animals. It has also shown us that people are going crazy over chasing down said animals at all hours of the night and not always paying attention to what is going on around them. This is amplified when we are talking about children that are having a blast literally trying to catch them all. Build a safety light that's also a lovely way to show team spirit with this no-solder project!
Bluefruit Controlled Macetech RGB LED Shades
Upgrade "Hacker Edition" Macetech RGB LED Shades with Adafruit sensors and BLE control!
by John Wall
How do you make a pair of Macetech RGB Neopixel LED Shades even better? Custom hardware, sensors, and bluetooth from Adafruit of course! Read on to learn how to turn a pair of "Hacker Edition" Macetech Shades into fully controllable "smart shades" with the Adafruit Bluefruit app for iOS and Android and some clever Arduino programming!
Compiling a cross-compiler on Windows
Criss-Cross Hot Sauce
by lady ada
Just some notes on compiling crosstools-ng for the ESP31/32 on Windows using cygwin
BlueLive: Livestream Studio switcher controller
Mapped for Livestream Studio, switch streams with big ole buttons
by Timothy Reese
Livestream Studio is an incredibly robust streaming software. Regular keyboards and mice work, but for fast action and ease of use, you can't beat a dedicated piece of switching hardware with arcade buttons. Bluetooth and LiPo-battery powered, have access to everything you need to get your show switching with gusto.
Press Your Button for Raspberry Pi
Press Your Button is a game of chance for all ages.
by Roberto Marquez
Press Your Button is a single or multi-player game written for Raspberry Pi. It uses a button, attached to a GPIO pin, to tell the computer when to stop the score board. Players take turns until one reaches the target score.
Run an X-Carve CNC Machine Wirelessly with a Raspberry Pi
Use a simple Node.js server on a Raspberry Pi to link your X-Carve to Easel wirelessly.
by Todd Treece
Inventables' web based digital CNC software, Easel, currently requires a constant connection from a Mac or Windows based machine in order to send commands to the X-Carve over a serial port. This tutorial will show you how you can free up your main computer while the X-Carve is running by using a Raspberry Pi as a bridge to wirelessly send commands to the X-Carve's Arduino Uno. We will also use a Powerswitch Tail to automatically control the main power to the X-Carve when Easel launches in your web browser.
Dash Hacking: Bare-Metal STM32 Programming
How to disassemble an Amazon Dash button and reprogram its STM32 processor!
by Tony DiCola
Learn how to disassemble the Dash, access internal programming headers, setup an ARM compiler toolchain, and upload your own code to the Dash using a STLink V2 programmer.
7" Portable HDMI Monitor
Build a battery powered raspberry pi, camera, or general computer monitor
by Ruiz Brothers
Make a HDMI portable display for a computer, camera or a raspberry pi! This portable, battery powered monitor contains an 800x480 7" display in a sleek 3D printed enclosure
3D Print Link's Hylian Shield
Take this shield, it's dangerous to go alone!
by Ruiz Brothers
Build an epic 3D Printed shield!
Quadcopter Spray Can Mod
for sanctioned UAV painting
by Becky Stern
Use some electronics and either parts from your local hardware store or 3D printer to make your quadcopter paint with a spray can!
Portable Apple Watch Charger
Hack your existing charger and build your own portable charger
by Ruiz Brothers
Here’s how to build a wireless charger for the Apple Watch.
Link's 3D Printed Wooden Sword
Print using bamboo wood!
by Ruiz Brothers
Wood working using a 3d printer.
3D Printing with Bamboo Wood Filament
Extrude wood.
by Ruiz Brothers
Printing and post processing tips for using wood filament.
3DPrinted Custom Keycaps
Customize your keyboard
by Ruiz Brothers
In this project we're 3D printing custom keycaps for mechical keyboards with cherry mx switches. Our keyboard features a customizable layout and LED backlighting. It comes with extra keys which is really nice, but there's a lot of cool stuff you could do by 3D printing your own!
Introducing the iTapStick: Video Game USB Mouse Stick for Wii Nunchuk Controllers
Play One Finger Death Punch Martial Arts PC Game with Wii Nunchuks using a Nunchucky + Pro Trinket
by itaparcade
Kung Fu video games are only as good as the controllers used to interact with them. One Finger Death Punch (OFDP) for Steam on the PC is one of those games that's OK to play with a mouse or an XBox controller, but with Wii Nunchuks the fun meter is maxed out! This project shows how you can transform Wii Nunchuks into custom nunchuck controllers for the OFDP video game on a PC using a Nunchucky adapter and Pro Trinket creating what we call the iTapStick!
Raspberry Gear
Upgrade your Sega Game Gear with a Raspberry Pi and 3.5 inch TFT display!
by Phil Herlihy
In this project, we give the beloved Game Gear a much needed upgrade. With the Raspberry Pi and RetroPie, we're giving new life to our battery-life deficient little friend.
Reverse Engineering a Bluetooth Low Energy Light Bulb
Control a Bluetooth Low Energy device with your own code!
by Tony DiCola
Learn how to sniff Bluetooth low energy traffic using the Bluefruit LE sniffer and reverse engineer a simple Bluetooth low energy device like a light bulb. Then control the device yourself using a Raspberry Pi and Bluetooth low energy USB adapter!
A Quick Linux VM on Windows with Vagrant
Use Vagrant to quickly spin up a virtual Linux systems on your Windows PC.
by Brennen Bearnes
In combination with VirtualBox and msysGit, Vagrant is an easy way to configure and run Unix & Linux virtual machines on a Windows system - a useful way to experiment with operating systems.
Super Game Pi
DIY Raspberry Pi Game Console Portable with 5" HDMI Screen
by Ruiz Brothers
In this EPIC build, we kick off 2015 right with a DIY game console-emulator portable that features a beautiful 5" HDMI screen and a custom 3D printed enclosure.
Wireless Game Show Poppers for the Classroom!
Pro Trinket + Hacked Duo Pop Game = Game Show Fun!
by itaparcade
Ever wanted to create your own game show environment. Hack a Duo Pop Game infrared (IR) receiver so you can create your own game show system using wireless poppers with a PC or Mac computer. This modification allows the IR receiver to interface with both PC and Mac game show software via the USB. This project leverages lessons learned from previous tutorials at adafruit.com involving 1) IR decoding and 2) the virtual USB library. This is a great weekend project for learning about wireless IR protocols and USB communication using the Pro Trinket.
DIY 3D Printing Filament
Turn failed prints into recycled filament!
by Ruiz Brothers
Break down failed prints to make recycled filament. Its all about sustainable 3d printing. recycling parts to make new filaments saves money and reduces waste!
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PiGRRL - Raspberry Pi Gameboy
The best enclosure for a Raspberry Pi!
by Ruiz Brothers
3D Print yourself this classic gaming device using a Pi and PiTFT Touchscreen. You can play classic NES and MAME games for hours with a rechargeable internal battery and a full controller setup.
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Convert your Model M Keyboard to Bluetooth with Bluefruit EZ-Key HID
Because nothing screams "portable" like a 6 lb keyboard.
by Benjamin Gould
Adafruit's Bluefruit HID controller is the easiest way to instantly add an HID keyboard or mouse interface to your project, even without a microcontroller. Did you know that you can also use it to convert a normal wired keyboard to supporting Bluetooth? In this project you'll learn exactly how to do it.. and in the process you'll bring an iconic piece of computing hardware into the modern age. Time to start digging around in your closet for that old IBM PC you haven't seen for a few years, because with Bluefruit and the Model M, "it just clicks".