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Ethan Durrant

a creative and compulsive tinkerer who loves reviving old tech and e-waste.

San Francisco, CA and Provo, UT
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Driving vintage HP HDSP-2000 Alphanumeric LED displays with a retro EPROM 8051 Microcontroller.
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Vintage_Beauty

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Celebrating US Independence Day on Vacuum Fluorescent Displays! feat. 8051 and GU20X8 display
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bit_banged_banner

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displaying Conway's Game of Life on a ht1632c-based 32x8 LED matrix using an AVR ATtiny26 mcu
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GameOfLife_ht1632c_display_AVR

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Using fast PWM capabilities of some AVR MCUs to make sounds using DDS.
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sound_chip_AVR

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A network of low power sensor nodes in the garden, and possibly some automation as well.
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Garden_automation_and_sensor_network

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tinkering around with ChibiOS/RT mostly on STM32
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chibios-tinkering

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Things I've Built

Light Seeker robot with MSP430

A robot that drives towards the light, controlled by MSP430G2452 mcu.

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pcb mill built from garbage using basic hand tools and little money
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PCB mill for under $10

shlonkinshlonkin

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A project researching the capabilities and use of the newly available ESP8266 low-cost WiFi module.
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ESP8266 WiFi Module Library

bafeigumbafeigum

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Always jealous of people who could afford big Nixie Tubes, I rolled my own alternative with WS2812Bs and laser cutting!
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"Lixie", an LED alternative to the Nixie Tube

lixie-labsLixie Labs

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Head-mounted computer with see-through display made from cheap or printed components
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Raspberry Eye

genericsomagenericsoma

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A family of tiny robots, each with their own way of life.
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Tiny robot family

shlonkinshlonkin

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Just because! A home computer without microprocessor
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Gigatron TTL microcomputer

marcel-van-kervinckMarcel van Kervinck

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MC68000 Computer

benchoffBenchoff

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Spartan 6 FPGA Shield includes SPI Configuration Flash, Breakout Headers, SRAM, programmable from Arduino or SPI Programmer
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Arduino-Compatible FPGA Shield

technolomaniactechnolomaniac

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Fun-on-a-Keychain is back, packing all your games and multiple emulators in a cute and extremely tiny handheld console.
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FunKey project - All your games on your keychain !

cinventc.Invent

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Remaking the PDP-8/I using the Pi, simh & a replica front panel
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PiDP-8/I

oscarvOscarv

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I decided to design a CNC router entirely from scratch. Pictures and youtube links below.
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Desktop size CNC milling machine from scratch

joekutzjoekutz

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This project is an attempt to teach myself about the inner workings of computers. Naturally I started from the bottom up.
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4 bit computer built from discrete transistors

zaphodzaphod

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DIY System on Chip based on FPGA, priced below 5 USD
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DIPSY

antti-lukatsAntti Lukats

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Why have a Happy Hacking Keyboard when you can have an Unhappy Hacking Keyboard. Real programmers only need a 1 and 0 key.
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Unhappy Hacking Keyboard

benchoffBenchoff

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TRIADOR: The only ternary computer made for real in the past 50 years.
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Homebrew ternary computer

dmitry-v-sokolovDmitry V. Sokolov

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Exploring running native applications on the ESP8266 modules
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ESP8266 Native

matt-callowMatt Callow

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The uRADMonitor is a plug-and-play, low power, self contained radiation monitoring device, connected to a centralised server component.
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Global radiation monitoring network

radu-motisanRadu Motisan

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Miniature VT100 with all the bells and whistles
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diy-VT100 - A Miniature hardware terminal

kuldeep-singh-dhakaKuldeep Singh Dhaka

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Mitsuru Yamada wrote 04/28/2021 at 23:42 • point

Thank you for liking and following my #PERSEUS-8 homemade 6502 computer !

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Mel wrote 10/24/2019 at 07:55 • point

Hi Ethan,

                   Thanks for the LIKE, I too have build a couple or so Arduino Robots. I'll get them up on the site as I can. I like the look of your site and what you do. You could take a look here for more of my stuff.  https;//melsaunders.co.uk    

Mel.

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Dr. Cockroach wrote 08/09/2019 at 07:46 • point

Good morning Ethan, thank you for the follow/like for both #Light Logic  and #ColorChord - A Steampunk inspired creation  :-)

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Jacob Still wrote 07/04/2019 at 05:39 • point

Hey Ethan! Thanks for liking and following my project #DIYTIL311 !

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