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Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
This month we’re celebrating the launch of our second PDF collection of Hands On articles, which IEEE members can download from IEEE Spectrum ’s website and share with friends. Far and away our most popular article in the last five years has been “ Build Your Own Professional-Grade Audio Amp on the Sort of Cheap ” (November 2018).
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 28, 2021
That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. We have plenty of engineers, as well as people like me, a pricing manager with a skydiving hobby. Even more important, it came back down in one piece. We're now building the.
Cars That Think
JUNE 22, 2022
So when I decided to build a cheap DIY scintillating gamma spectrometer, it was the natural choice—although I didn’t realize I’d find myself navigating around teething problems of the sort that often affect a first-generation integrated circuit. This article appears in the July 2022 print issue as “DIY Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy.”.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.". For that I took advantage of the open-source VESC Project created by Benjamin Vedder. As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself. "OK
Cars That Think
JULY 21, 2021
Then I added an eyebolt for my air compressor—a fabulous tool for its roughly US $40 price—to keep it at the ready for blowing off excess material. I added a DIY solder squid—a block with four flexible arms that I use to hold components in place while soldering—with a concrete base and an automatic solder fume extractor. James Provost.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.". For that I took advantage of the open-source VESC Project created by Benjamin Vedder. As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself. "OK
Get Electric Vehicle
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Fortunately, certain maintenance tasks are DIY projects and can save you money, as the average cost of car repairs ranges between $300 to $500. This article highlights some DIY car maintenance tasks you can tackle at home. #1 Brakes Brake pads can range in price from $35 to $150.
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