Electronics

I’ve been working on the Spirit 100 glider to convert it to an FPV platform for the last couple of weeks.  Today I finally was able to get the plane up with the First Person View gear and the results were awesome. Having so much wing area is a huge bonus when flying FPV because [...]

Continue Reading Spirit 100 Glider – First FPV Flights – OT’s Discus Launch Glider

Tags: Electronics, FPV, Plane, Radio Control, rc, Video

I’m a big fan of LED lighting which is why when I ordered a bunch of parts from SparkFun the other day I ordered a 5 watt Royal Blue Luxeon.  These LEDs are discontinued and brighter stuff is available now.  Up to 100 Watts or more! The LED is quite bright and I wandered a [...]

Continue Reading Luxeon Star V 5-Watt Royal Blue LED Video Demo

Tags: Electronics, led, Lighting, Luxeon, Video

I’ve intentionally blown a few Lithium Polymer R/C battery packs when they have reached their end of life.  Unfortunately while my Outrage XP25 2200mAh packs still power my rc helicopter, they are beginning to puff and I don’t trust the pack to not burst into flames while I’m in mid-air.   To alleviate the temptation I [...]

Continue Reading Li-Poly Battery Burns down Lawn and Distrupts Time/Space

Tags: Electronics, Lithium Polymer, Radio Control, rc

I was researching a project online the other day when I came across a project on Blogspot about how to make your own Atmolight/Ambilight type setup using an Arduino Deumilanove,  a ShiftBrite Shield and ShiftBar modules from Macetech and some 12v LED RGB lighting strips. It was kind of amazing as I had all the [...]

Continue Reading My Arduino AtmoLight/Ambilight Clone Project

Tags: Arduino, Electronics, Light Art, ShiftBrite, Video

I’ve been looking for a long optical audio cable but I notice most of the consumer stuff is max 15 feet long.  I really need a digital audio cable about 25 feet. I thought one of the major advantages of an optical audio cable was that optical could carry quite a long distance. Does anyone [...]

Continue Reading Long Optical Audio Cables (and optical interfaces)

Tags: computer, Electronics, laser, science