Author: Steve Spence

The Arduino Ethanol Distiller Controller

We have been a fan of brewing your own ethanol fuel for many years. It’s basically a higher purity (less water) version of what is commonly called moonshine or everclear. Gasoline engines need some minor modification to run this, but

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Circuit Design Software

Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to work creatively with interactive electronics. We are creating a software and website in the spirit of Processing and Arduino, developing a tool that allows users to document

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Great Arduino Tutorial Download

The folks at Earthshine Electronics have produced a great Arduino tutorial. It’s full of schematics, program code, and build instructions with clear diagrams. I recommend you download it at http://www.earthshineelectronics.com/files/ASKManualRev4.pdf Become the Maker you were born to be. Try Arduino

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The Arduino Breathalyzer

Why you would want to build your own breathalyzer? Well, everyone has their own reasons I guess. For us, it’s enough to know it can be done. It’s not precise, but will give you comparison values (“I’m drunker than you

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Internet NTP Time Clock

Want to know what the official time is? Setup this Arduino clock, plug it into your dsl/cable router, and always have the exact time. It uses the Internet NTP protocol to get the current date and time, and display it

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Internet/network enable your arduino on the cheap

An inexpensive arduino chip with onboard ethernet for connecting to the network, other computers, and the world. Become the Maker you were born to be. Try Arduino Academy for FREE!   A credit card sized Ethernet Arduino compatable controller board

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