I finished this a while ago but I’m just now getting around to taking photos. This is my Weird Sound Generator constructed using the printed circuit board available from Music from Outer Space, a custom face panel from Front Panel Express, an old piece of military test equipment I acquired for $3 at a ham [...]

Since I’ve been looking for Arduino sound, synth and MIDI projects to tinker with lately, I’ve started remembering all of the little chips and trinkets I’ve bought over the years and stashed in drawers, knowing that someday I’d get around to actually using them for something.  Tonight, while rummaging through one of those drawers, I [...]

Man, for $0.99 each, I wish I could find the datasheet for these. I want to use them with the Arduino but I’m not sure of the pinout. I think I’ll order a bunch and try to figure it out. If I get it right, I’ll post my results. Side note: Come on, Panasonic! I [...]

TonePad started taking orders for a new effects project based on the FV-1 chip from Spin Semiconductor. The project, cleverly named “Reverb Digital,” allows the use of the FV-1 reverb DSP chip with guitars. The chip seems pretty cool, with 3 built-in ADC inputs designed to read pots for realtime adjustment of parameters, integrated stereo [...]

I found NKC Electronics by accident while searching for Arduino kits on eBay. I ordered their USB Arduino Decimilia-compatible “Freeduino” board kit and assembled it a few days ago. I’m impressed! It works great and they pre-solder the surface mount FTDI USB-to-Serial bridge for you. They kept the form factor for Arduino Shields along with [...]

I’ve been working on a lot of fun stuff lately and decided I should post some of what I’ve done on the web for other geeks to look at. When I get the time, I will photograph my current projects, and try to keep a build log of projects that are still under construction. Things [...]