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  • Picade LED Edge Lit Marque

    Check how I upgraded my Picade with an awesome custom made RGB edge lit marquee which I engraved using a 3D printer!.
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  • Hologram Pi-ramid - Element14 is on fire!

    Hologram demo of the Element14 logo on flames!. Warning: Loud sounds Blogs in t
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  • Hologram Pi-ramid - Displaying holograms

    Short demo displaying holograms using the Pepper Ghost's principle for the Pica
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  • Hologram Pi-ramid - Pepper's Ghost test

    Test of the Pepper's Ghost principle with two different animations for my PiCasso Design Challenge project: a
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  • Hologram Pi-ramid - Plexiglass pyramid test

    Testing the assembled Plexiglass pyramid for the Hologram Pi-ramid; my entry for the Picasso Design Challenge which is a project that attempts to display a Hologram-like image using a Raspberry Pi, some electronics and 3d printed parts.
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  • RaspberryPi Case -Acrylic laser cut

    Hi there we have just got the first batch of Laser cut cases done. Various colours will be available as you see here. Will be releasing the DXF as creative commons on the Shropshire Linux site. In the mean time if you want one Subscribe to the cha...
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  • iHeart Electronics - iPhone Mod!

    In the spirit of CES, Ben builds a mod for the ever-popular consumer electronic device, the iPhone. Never Miss An Episode- Subscribe For More of The Ben Heck Show: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thebenheckshow Watch more episo...
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  • Unboxing of the Cubieboard version 1G - HDD mounting - Assembly of the simple case

    Unboxing of the new cubieboard with the simple plastic case www.cubieboard.org/ OS Installation video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVj1XBlFPc&feature=plcp Model 1G RAM version: [cubieboard] prototype 1G 2012-8-8 revision pre-order One o...
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  • Ben Heck's Ghost Gags

    In this special Halloween episode of The Ben Heck Show, the shop has become haunted by the ghost of unfinished projects! Watch as Ben creates two Halloween decorations in order to scare away the spooky ghosts. Visit the element14 community - http:...
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  • Lasercutting plastics

    Hey Ben, Could you do an episode on lasercutting various materials? I tried cutting PVC but that was a disaster and it almost damaged my machine with the (poisonous) chlorate fumes that made my machine sticky. Fortunately I could clean it off but it was…

  • 3M Electronics Assembly Solutions: Electronic Thin Attachment Films - 3M™︎ Adhesive Transfer and Double-Coated Tapes

    Enhanced appearance, improved performance, improved process... if you think these benefits can help you bring a better, more competitive product to market, you'll want to evaluate the many pressure sensitive adhesive bonding tapes from 3M. You can rely…

  • 3M Electronics Assembly Solutions: 3M™︎ Electrically Conductive Adhesive Transfer Tapes

    3M Electronically Conductive Adhesive Transfer Tapes are designed to help you save time in a variety of specialised electronics assembly operations - fromm attaching EMI shields and gaskets to grounding and bonding flexible circuits and PCBs - while improving…

  • OpenSouce Pi 7" Screen Case [Laser Cut, Inkscape, Acrylic, Wood]

    Please Like the Video If you make this. A Simple and cheap Pi 7" Screen case, Laser cut from 3mm wood or acrylic. Ink-scape Files: www.GrumpyCases.com [Free As Always] Blog:
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  • Arduino-Powered Jack-in-the-Box Toy

    View my other mini projects for this class at http://www.youtube.com/jeremyeblum Download the Source Code and Schematics for this Project here: http://jeremyblum.com/2010/04/03/arduino-powered-jack-in-the-box-toy/
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  • What shall we do with a broken toaster - Acrylic line bender & hot wire polystyrene cutter

    OK I'm ripping off my mate Jim again, sure he won't mind as he really can't be bothered to do the Blog posts This week he's taken the nichrome wire out of a toaster and making a couple of nice new toys namely an Acrylic Bender and Hot wire Polystyrene…

  • Multi Controller base Plate for PI, BBB, Arduino and Many Friends!!

    Hi all just been working on a rather nice simple bit of kit that hopefully will help keep our projects together in one piece. I produce cases etc for several SBCs such as the ODROID familay and the Raspberry Pi as such I have a whole swathe of toys that…

  • Acrylic Spaceship LED Chain Object

    The classic way of teaching folk the 101 of microcontrollers is to get a few LED's to flash. The code is simple the result obvious and we are all strangely impressed by this "hello World" In that vein I decided to make a fun object whic is nothing but…

  • Laser cut Acrylic Cases now available for the Raspberry Pi

    The Piduino thing has temporarily gone rather quiet whilst I start a new job but in the mean time a friend of mine has borrowed the Raspberry Pi and finished off the case we've been playing with for ages and only now have a RPi to check the dimensions…

  • Edge Lit Signs -- The Learning Circuit 09

    element14's The Ben Heck Show Join Karen as she shares her enthusiasm for teaching STEM subjects, gives you what you need to know to get started on electronics projects, and more. Back to The Ben Heck Show homepage The Learning Circuit Featured Bonus…

  • A Small Simple Robot Arm : Part 1 Mechanical Construction

    I was impressed with the MeArm self-build small robot arm since I first encountered in quite a few years ago now. So much so that I had a simpler version designed for me when I was at the University which was only 3 degrees of freedom version and could…

  • Pimp my PICADE

    Not long ago, I got a Picade : a retro arcade machine built around a Raspberry Pi. Few seconds after appreciating the marquee, I saw an opportunity to improve the looks of it using Individually Addressable LEDs, so an LED edge lit marquee was born. …

  • Hologram Pi-ramid - Project complete!

    I have reached the conclusion of the Picasso Challenge and I must say it has be quite a challenge journey!. I enjoyed so much working on this project where I learned tons of new things and it gave me the opportunity to stay in touch with awesome members…

  • Hologram Pi-ramid - Electronic Parts

    I'm finally heading to the conclusion of this project which I have enjoyed beginning-to-end. Essentially this project will use a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and a Raspberry Pi Touch Display to work, but I've added as a bonus a few custom made PCBs and will add a…

  • Hologram Pi-ramid - Painting the 3D printed parts

    I'm really excited at this point as the project is nearly finished. While the PCBs are being manufactured is time to paint the 3D printed parts !. To paint the 3d printed parts I have chosen Matte finish Black paint (some times known also as Flat finish…

  • Hologram Pi-ramid - My name is Automan

    In a previous project update, I described the process of building a simple Plexiglass Pyramid essential for this project to come alive. I'm very excited now to show to my fellow readers my firsts tests of a Hologram like projection based on the Pepper…