Wayne's Tinkering Page

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  • SPI to NeoPixel Adapter using a 33 cent micro-controller (new 2/19/2019)

  • The 1-Wire™ Bus and the Digital Serial Number (added 2/7/2019)

  • Magical LEDs (added 12/6/2018)

  • Controlling Time with an Arduino (added 11/14/2018)

  • HP 53131A Power Off Mod (added 5/18/2018)

  • Inside a Cheap $70 USB Spectrometer (added 4/3/2018)

  • AVR/Arduino Hardware Debugger on the Cheap (part 3) (added 2/12/2018)

  • AVR/Arduino Hardware Debugger on the Cheap (revisited) (added 2/6/2018)

  • AVR/Arduino Hardware Debugger on the Cheap (added 1/31/2018)

  • ChipTunes Fun with NoisePlug, an ATTiny10 and a Powered Speaker from Dollar Tree (added 12/21/2017) 

  • Introducing KeyPlexLib (or, 'Wayneplexing' on Arduino Made Easy) (added 8/3/2017)

  • Flashing Light Prize 2017 (added 7/8/2017)

  • Key Input Library for Arduino (added 7/1/2017)

  • Time-based and Low Power Techniques for Arduino (added 6/8/2017)

  • Pushbutton Power Switch for Arduino (added 6/7/2017)

  • Arduino Library for the DS3231 Real Time Clock (added 5/23/2017)

  • The Useless Machine and the Sonic Grenade

  • White Noise for Random Numbers (added 10/8/2016)

  • NexStar™ Direct Telescope Mount Control - Revisited (added 4/11/2016)

  • Inside an Inexpensive USB "Power Bank" Charger (added 4/9/2016)

  • UWB Ranging with the DecaWave DWM1000

  • Inexpensively Program Your Arduino via Bluetooth (updated 1/19/2016)

  • Differential GPS with uBlox Modules (added 11/12/2015)

  • New Batteries for a SARLink PLB (added 10/31/2015)

  • NexStar™ Direct Telescope Mount Control (added 10/6/2015)

  • Apollo-Era Digital Logic

  • AVRISP MKII Power Mod

  • Short Range LIDAR with the VL6180X

  • WaynePlexing Push Buttons (or, read 6 buttons using only 3 I/O pins)

  • Planning for AVC 2014

  • Self-Driving RC Car - Part 2 (AVC 2013)

  • Self-Driving RC Car (AVC 2012)

  • ATTiny10 C IDE and Improved Device Programmer (updated 12/18/2014!)

  • ATTiny10 Assembly IDE and Device Programmer

  • Piezoelectric Vacuum Pump for Pick an Place Machine

  • GPS vs Barometric Altitude

  • ATTiny Fuse Reset with 12 Volt Charge Pump

  • 12 Volt Arduino-based Charge Pump

  • ATTiny Fuse Reset

  • One Bit Ferrite Core Memory

  • Birthday Cake Animatronics Controller

  • Breadboard Power from a single AAA

  • Nixie Tube powered by AAA Battery

  • DIY Rangefinder