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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
JULY 21, 2021
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. I normally keep it plugged into a USB port that provides power, but there is also a battery inside for when a USB port isn't available. James Provost.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC. Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85.
DIY Electric Car
SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
I started by chopping off 12" from my home 220v system (plug and all). So I splurged and spent the $110 on one for my birthday. It arrived yesterday (Friday) and I spent this morning wiring up my adapter. I use heavy duty 3 x 6ga rubberized cable. The J1772 I have came with solder lug/pins (one end is a lug, the other is the pin).
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC. Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Searching the interwebs, I found no shortage of leads about how to build a DIY seismometer. The problem is that the DIY seismometer designs I was seeing were large and ungainly contraptions. This consists of a geophone and a sensor board that plugs into a Raspberry Pi. I recently decided that I needed to give this a try.
Creative Greenius
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
For instance, when you go to Chris Payne’s fantastic Revenge of the Electric Car page, check out left side for the topics it digs into, like: Electric Cars (no surprise), Tesla , Mini E , Volt. In addition to Creative Greenius you’ll find these great EV Driven blogs: DIY Electric Car. Plug In Partners. Robs RAVolt.
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