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Kit Maker: Wayne and Layne

Craig Couden — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:00:11 +0000

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Kit Maker: Wayne and Layne

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TAGS: Games, LEDs, toys, Wayne and Layne

Reviewed: December 12th, 2011

Adam Wayne Wolf and Matthew Layne Beckler

Red Blinky POV

Jake Spurlock — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:32:14 +0000

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Red Blinky POV

$16

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Complexity: 3
Components: 5
Documentation: 5
Community: 3
Completeness: 5

TAGS: electronics, LEDs

Reviewed: November 13th, 2011

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Red Blinky POV

$16

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Complexity: 3
Components: 5
Documentation: 5
Community: 3
Completeness: 5

TAGS: electronics, LEDs

Reviewed:

This kit is amazingly cool and easy to use. POV (persistence of vision) displays show words or patterns that seem to float in mid-air; if you’ve ever seen one, you know what a great effect it is. A line of LEDs flashes the Y component of what you’re displaying, and you provide the X by […]

Rainbow Cube

Jake Spurlock — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:01:55 +0000

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Seeed Studio

Rainbow Cube

$60

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Complexity: 4
Components: 5
Documentation: 4
Community: 5
Completeness: 4

TAGS: electronics, LEDs

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Seeed Studio

Rainbow Cube

$60

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Complexity: 4
Components: 5
Documentation: 4
Community: 5
Completeness: 4

TAGS: electronics, LEDs

Reviewed:

The Rainbow Cube is a nerdy but gorgeous accent light consisting of a 4×4×4 cube of red-green-blue LEDs. Depending on how it’s programmed, colors appear to move, pulse, or wash through the cube in all directions, which is fascinating to watch. The LEDs connect to the PCB base via an ingenious structure consisting of thin […]

Meggy Jr RGB Game Console

Jake Spurlock — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:48:10 +0000

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Evil Mad Science

Meggy Jr RGB Game Console

$75

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Complexity: 2
Components: 5
Documentation: 5
Community: 3
Completeness: 5

TAGS: electronics, Games, LEDs

Reviewed: November 12th, 2011

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Evil Mad Science

Meggy Jr RGB Game Console

$75

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Complexity: 2
Components: 5
Documentation: 5
Community: 3
Completeness: 5

TAGS: electronics, Games, LEDs

Reviewed:

This pixel-scale, portable Meggy Jr game platform is fun for any gamer, especially those who know their way around an Arduino. About the size of a VHS tape, it offers an 8×8 matrix of RGB LEDs and a lot of functionality with very little setup. It comes pre-programmed with Attack of the Cherry Tomatoes, a side-scrolling […]

PumLantern Kit

Jake Spurlock — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:59:27 +0000

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Maker Shed

PumLantern Kit

$30

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Complexity: 3
Components: 3
Documentation: 4
Community: 2
Completeness: 4

TAGS: home, LEDs, solar energy

Reviewed: November 3rd, 2011

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Maker Shed

PumLantern Kit

$30

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Complexity: 3
Components: 3
Documentation: 4
Community: 2
Completeness: 4

TAGS: home, LEDs, solar energy

Reviewed:

This kit includes everything needed to build a solar-charged, nighttime-activated, light-pulsing lamp. It charges all day from the SCC3733 solar cell, and “pumms” the four ultra-mega-super-bright LEDs to cast artistic silhouettes against the walls of the stylized cardboard lantern. The LEDs are a random grab of white, blue, red, orange, and green. Basic soldering is […]

Bulbdial Clock

Jake Spurlock — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:46:51 +0000

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Evil Mad Science

Bulbdial Clock

$90

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Complexity: 4
Components: 4
Documentation: 5
Community: 4
Completeness: 4

TAGS: analog display, clocks, LEDs

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Evil Mad Science

Bulbdial Clock

$90

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Complexity: 4
Components: 4
Documentation: 5
Community: 4
Completeness: 4

TAGS: analog display, clocks, LEDs

Reviewed:

The Bulbdial Clock displays analog time, without any motor, movement, or screen. The 72 LEDs cast shadow hands across its face, with red, green, and blue for hours, minutes, and seconds. It’s a beautiful effect, and the kit is not difficult to assemble, thanks to incredibly well-done instructions.

Wise Clock 3

Jake Spurlock — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:39:58 +0000

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Wise Time With Arduino

Wise Clock 3

$62

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 3
Community: 2
Completeness: 2

TAGS: Arduino, clocks, LEDs, Pac-Man, Pong

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Wise Time With Arduino

Wise Clock 3

$62

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 3
Community: 2
Completeness: 2

TAGS: Arduino, clocks, LEDs, Pac-Man, Pong

Reviewed:

The Wise Clock 3 is an easy and highly customizable driver for a 32×16 RGB LED matrix display (included). Its default program includes several different clock modes, but it can also display the date and temperature, or any message. Check out all the different clock faces, including Pong and Pac-Man.

Solder: Time

Jake Spurlock — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:33:35 +0000

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Spikenzie Labs

Solder: Time

$35

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 4
Community: 2
Completeness: 5

TAGS: clocks, LEDs, wristwatch

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Spikenzie Labs

Solder: Time

$35

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Complexity: 2
Components: 4
Documentation: 4
Community: 2
Completeness: 5

TAGS: clocks, LEDs, wristwatch

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Solder: Time was a perfect father-daughter project: my 8-year-old assembled the components and I soldered. Afterwards, she had a chunky blue wristwatch that her cousin admired longingly, so we made another one for her. Now their friends are asking for them. I think we’ve started a trend!

MintyTime Clock

Jake Spurlock — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:10:48 +0000

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WickedDevice

MintyTime Clock

$23

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Complexity: 3
Components: 3
Documentation: 3
Community: 2
Completeness: 3

TAGS: binary display, clocks, LEDs

Reviewed: November 2nd, 2011

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WickedDevice

MintyTime Clock

$23

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Complexity: 3
Components: 3
Documentation: 3
Community: 2
Completeness: 3

TAGS: binary display, clocks, LEDs

Reviewed:

The MintyTime Clock Kit is a fun way to add a binary clock to almost any container. It’s intended to be housed in a mint tin, such as the classic Altoids tin, but it looks great in almost any container, from a custom-designed, laser-cut enclosure to an old wooden recipe box.

Real Time Clock Kit

Jake Spurlock — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:05:29 +0000

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Maker Shed

Real Time Clock Kit

$40

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Complexity: 3
Components: 4
Documentation: 4
Community: 3
Completeness: 3

TAGS: clocks, LEDs, microcontroller, PIC

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Maker Shed

Real Time Clock Kit

$40

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Complexity: 3
Components: 4
Documentation: 4
Community: 3
Completeness: 3

TAGS: clocks, LEDs, microcontroller, PIC

Reviewed:

The Real Time Clock Kit Parts Bundle includes everything but the casing to build the PIC-based clock designed by Sparkle Labs and featured in MAKE Volume 09. Be sure to read the article for detailed explanations of how the PIC, Real Time Clock, and LED driver all work together to make a functioning clock.