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Show Off Your Build

ChristyZ

How to upload a Video

 

1 - On the right column, on the "Actions" box, click on "Start a discussion". The Discussion editor page will load.

2 - Once on the "Discussions" editor, give your discussion any name you want: My First Build

3 - To upload a video, click on the video icon (see image bollow) on the "Discussions" editor window

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4 - Choose from where the video is going to be uploaded: from your computer, from your videos, or from the web

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5 - Press "Submit video"

 

 

How to upload a picture

 

1 - Click on  "Insert image" icon of the "Discussions" editor

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2 - On the "Inset Image" screen, follow the steps to insert your image

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  • in reply to Former Member

    Thanks but if i wire it to the power switch then when i stand up it will turn the computer off after 5 secounds regardless of the settings, unless you know how to turn that off but i think its a hardwired function

  • HEY BEN HECK I have a challenge can you turn the nintendo 3DS into a tabletimage

  • Dear Ben Heck,

         I have had the idea of building a 360 laptop but I do not have the tool nor the money to buy them. I am not

    very electronically inclined but I have built a computer tower when I was twelve with the help of my great uncles.

    I was wondering if you could build me a 360 laptop with hdmi. how much would it cost to make? i would apreciate

    your opinion. Thank you.

     

    Dakota

  • Hi, Ben! I know you are great at making projects for laziness, and I have a challenge for you!

     

    Have you ever noticed that the boom of your headset gets in the way? You should create some sort of project to solve this issue, like when it detects something in front of the mic, it automatically raises it so you can take a bite of your food!

  • I wonder how the wheelchair update is comping along. It seemed odd to me that the motors were so noisy -- like the PWM frequency was out of whack.

     

    I design circuits and code (for the Parallax Propeller chip) for a friend who makes pan/tilt controllers.  One of the things I do on start-up is read the raw values from the X and Y sticks and call these the "idle" position.  The deadband is surrounds that.  What this can lead to, especially with low-cost joysticks is an offset idle value (i.e., not in the center of the pot range).  What I do then is re-scale the new values on either side of the pot with a simple method (for those that have never seen Spin, the operators for less-than-or-equal and greater-than-or-equal are different from what you're used to).

     

    pub scale(raw, range, minout, maxout)

     

    '' Scales raw (0 to range) value to new range: minout to maxout

     

      if (raw =< 0)

        return minout

      elseif (raw => range)

        return maxout

      else

        return ((raw * (maxout - minout)) / range) + minout

     

    This is just a simple mx+b thing but helps take care of all the oddites of inexpensive joysticks and the use of a deadband. 

     

    That was a nice thing to do for that couple. If they have boy, will they name him Ben?

  • I don't know much about internet forum etiquette, so I'll just describe my challenge:

    I challenge Ben Heck to mount solar panels on a backpack, have them charge a rechargeable battery (or battery pack), and subsequently have the battery be used to power a small, low power-consumption Linux PC (such as the Raspberry Pi), with the option to switch to powering a USB hub (for charging other devices). The backpack would need to be relatively small (for easy mobility) and not too heavy (less than 15 pounds would probably be good). If possible, he could add a screen and keyboard (and speakers?) in one of the larger pockets. I am currently 14, and I'm going to be moving to a place with a lot or sunlight, but not as much in the way of electrical outlets, and it would be nice if I could continue my random computing projects and such. If Ben ever reads this, just private-message me through Element14.

    I'll be posting this as both a discussion and a reply to "Show Off Your Build."

  • in reply to Former Member

    That's a cool idea Kevin! There's actually an upcoming episode along those lines, but the headset one might be good for the future too. Cheese dip on your mic for the last time!

     

    Jon, yes the issue was we used the Arduino PWM giving us a pulse in the audible range.

     

    Something like the Propeller frequency counters would be awesome. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten the Prop! (or the Prop 2, should it ever arrive!)

  • Halloween Costume- Insanely Geeky!!

     

    Mr Arcade Halloween Costume on youtube!!

     

    I made it! Full description is in the video description on Youtube including a quick video of how I made it!!

     

    Could you make it with a Rasberry Pi and make it better, cheaper and lighter?

    (Like a repeat episode of the improving the portable Atari!!)

     

    Let me know ... time is short until Halloween!!

     

     

     

    Happy Halloween! >>>>>>>>>

  • Hello, since I know nothing about internet manners, I'll get straight to the point. Would it be possible for you to do something along the lines of Yoshi's Boxx? Yoshi's Boxx was a ATX computer case with a GameCube, PS2, XBox, and Gaming PC in it. Could it be possible to do this with modern consoles? I know it would require quite a bit of cooling, but I think it might be possible.

     

    Sincerly,

           TheYoungHag

  • PROJECT CHALLANGE

     

         Live stream Video to a Mobile device

     

    I'm a Tech in the Broadcasting buisness, on locations the producers and Director likes to watch the feed that the camera is getting.  There are systems out but none that transmitt to a cell phone.  I was thinking signal out of the camera to a Rasberry PI, then it transmits it via bluetooth to a bluetooth phone or tablet.