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Do-It-Yourself

Parallax GPS Receiver Module

Friday, Sep 15th, 2006

The Parallax Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Module is a fully integrated, low-cost unit with on-board patch antenna that provides standard, raw NMEA0183 (National Marine Electronics Association) information or specific data, such as current time, date, latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, and travel direction/heading, via a serial interface. The Parallax GPS …

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Research Lessons from Hardware Hacking

Thursday, Jun 1st, 2006

Want to know how something works? Tear it apart. Along the way, you might learn to improve it or make it do something it was never intended to do. Although unconventional in the typical educational environment, such hardware hacking activities provide hands-on experience and a look into product design that …

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Build Your Own Electronic Game Kit

Friday, Apr 7th, 2006

Originally designed for the Maker Faire, a creative weekend of hands-on exploration, do-it-yourself recipe-sharing, and wholesome play sponsored by O'Reilly Media, the Build Your Own Electronic Game Kit is a custom circuit board kit intended to introduce students to the world of electronics and soldering. When successfully assembled, …

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Hacking, Tweaking, and Bending

Wednesday, Nov 2nd, 2005

Never before has the do-it-yourself ethos been so popular. Bolstered by loose-knit communities of curious tinkerers, hardware hacking has all but reached the mainstream. This fun and light-hearted presentation provides a show-and-tell of some interesting, wacky, and/or curious hardware hacks, and will hopefully motivate you to make technology do things …

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Parallax RFID Reader Module

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

The Parallax Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Reader Module is the first low-cost, integrable solution to read passive RFID transponder tags from up to 4 inches away. The RFID Reader Module can be used in a wide variety of hobbyist and commercial applications, including access control, automatic identification, robotics, navigation, inventory …

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