Build a nutcracker
This instructable describes how to build a nutcracker that is cheap, nice looking and that really works! LI 1020BR By: frickelkramContinue Reading »
View ArticleBuilding a VU meter for you multimedia PC
This instructable describes how to mount a VU meter into a case of an old cd-rom drive and then put it into your pc. On eBay I bought a bunch of VU meters based on VFD displays build in Russia. The...
View ArticlePrepare some surplus PIR sensors for robotics
I found a bunch of PIR sensors on eBay. They are mounted on a pcb that was produced for a hands free set for mobile phones. I like to describe here how to prepare the sensor for the usage in robotics...
View ArticleBuilding a tuneable tv antenna
Working on a project about measurement of DVB-T signals i needed a tunable antenna. The problem with DVB-T in Germany is that the frequencies spread over a wide frequency range. If you like to use good...
View ArticleRepairing a IBM Notebook AC-Adaptor
My IBM Thinkpad uses a power adapter that has an output voltage of 16V at 4.5A current. One day the adapter stopped working. I decided to try to repair the adapter. In the past I repaired several...
View ArticleModding Fisher-Price 72825 Formel Junior Fernlenkflitzer
I'll show you how to modify a rc toy car to work on a different frequency. Why should you do that? A colleague of me bought two identical rc cars for christmas as gifts for his sons. The problem was...
View ArticleElisen Lebkuchen - Musicbox - non stop sound!
In Germany they bake these wonderful "Elisen Lebkuchen". It's a special from the city of Nuernberg. They also sell these cookies in music boxes as agift ( http://www.lebkuchen-markt.de/ ,...
View ArticleAmbient Light Gift Badge
After Christmas I was in the situation that my nephew's birthday celebration came near. I asked him if he had a special on his wish list and he told me that he doesn't have a wish at all, for the...
View ArticleWaterproof housing for you mobile during bicycle tours
This instructable shows you how to easily build a water proof housing for your mobile phone. Trying to use my mobile phone as a navigation and tracking device during a bicycle tour forced me to look...
View ArticlePowering Lenovo Thinkpad with Dell power supply
When coming home from a job at a customers site at weekend, I realized that I forgot to take the power adapter of my Thinkpad W510 with me. I had to finish the work and needed some power source....
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