Archive for November, 2009

Breadboarding adapters

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Recycling old ISA cards

I’ve long been a fan of solderless breadboarding.  And frankly any kind of breadboarding, even the soldering type.  When you need to whip out a circuit fast, don’t have time to etch a board, here are some of my tricks.

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Exercise Bike Generator

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

 

Exercise bike, driving an auto alternator
So I had this old exercise bike that was a cheap imitation of a Schwinn
Airdyne™.  It didn’t have nearly enough resistance to suit me, I could
pedal it really fast and not get much of a workout.  This exercise bike
sat in my attic for a number of years, and then one day I got an
idea… (more…)

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