Wayne's Tinkering Page

Stuff I'm working on:

Note: as of 12/23/2014, new stuff now added at the top

SPI to NeoPixel Adapter using a 33 cent micro-controller (new 2/19/2019)
The 1-Wire™ Bus and the Digital Serial Number (added 2/7/2019)
Magical LEDs (added 12/6/2018)
How Does It Work? (added 12/1/2018)
Controlling Time with an Arduino (added 11/14/2018)
HP 53131A Power Off Mod (added 5/18/2018)
Inside a Cheap $70 USB Spectrometer (added 4/3/2018)
AVR/Arduino Hardware Debugger on the Cheap (part 3) (added 2/12/2018)
AVR/Arduino Hardware Debugger on the Cheap (revisited) (added 2/6/2018)
AVR/Arduino Hardware Debugger on the Cheap (added 1/31/2018)
ChipTunes Fun with NoisePlug, an ATTiny10 and a Powered Speaker from Dollar Tree (added 12/21/2017)
Introducing KeyPlexLib (or, 'Wayneplexing' on Arduino Made Easy) (added 8/3/2017)
Flashing Light Prize 2017 (added 7/8/2017)
Key Input Library for Arduino (added 7/1/2017)
Time-based and Low Power Techniques for Arduino (added 6/8/2017)
Pushbutton Power Switch for Arduino (added 6/7/2017)
Arduino Library for the DS3231 Real Time Clock (added 5/23/2017)
The Useless Machine and the Sonic Grenade
White Noise for Random Numbers (added 10/8/2016)
NexStar™ Direct Telescope Mount Control - Revisited (added 4/11/2016)
Inside an Inexpensive USB "Power Bank" Charger (added 4/9/2016)
UWB Ranging with the DecaWave DWM1000

UWB Ranging with the DecaWave DWM1000 - Part II (updated 4/26/2016)

Inexpensively Program Your Arduino via Bluetooth (updated 1/19/2016)
Differential GPS with uBlox Modules (added 11/12/2015)
New Batteries for a SARLink PLB (added 10/31/2015)
NexStar™ Direct Telescope Mount Control (added 10/6/2015)
Apollo-Era Digital Logic
AVRISP MKII Power Mod
Short Range LIDAR with the VL6180X
WaynePlexing Push Buttons (or, read 6 buttons using only 3 I/O pins)
Planning for AVC 2014

Self-Driving RC Car - Part 2 (AVC 2013)

Self-Driving RC Car (AVC 2012)

ATTiny10 C IDE and Improved Device Programmer (updated 12/18/2014!)

ATTiny10-based Animated Necklace Pendant

ATTiny10 Assembly IDE and Device Programmer

Piezoelectric Vacuum Pump for Pick an Place Machine
GPS vs Barometric Altitude
ATTiny Fuse Reset with 12 Volt Charge Pump
12 Volt Arduino-based Charge Pump
ATTiny Fuse Reset
One Bit Ferrite Core Memory
Birthday Cake Animatronics Controller
Breadboard Power from a single AAA
Nixie Tube powered by AAA Battery
DIY Rangefinder

Wayne's Reviews

Resistor Land, 145 Value, 1/4watt, 1% Metal Resistor Box Kit