Projects

This page contains a collection of projects I have done over time and links to other projects which I find interesting.

Infra-Red Camera: Modify an old digital camera to take pictures in Near Infra Red spectrum range. A simple project if you have an old digital camera you can risk.

FM bug a land-line telephone: How to plant an FM transmitter in a land-line telephone and listen to the conversation. (NOTE: This project is for educational purposes only)

Parallel Port Interfacing (Part 1 and Part 2): Interface your old parallel port and program it to control electronic devices.

Rocker-Bogie Simulation: Not a project, but good information for someone who wants to design a wheeled robot.

More Projects

Some of the best sites I have visited for the past 10 years are presented here. They have been very helpful and teach a lot about the basics of circuit design and how to make simple projects.

Lady Ada

Online portal by Limor, an engineer and an MIT Media Lab graduate. She has created some of the most aesthetic devices I have seen. She has her own company, Adafruit Industries which sells electronic kits for home and school projects.

Projects by Lady Ada

USB Game Pad: Convert a game console pad to a USB game controller for the PC.

Sim Card Reader:SIM card Reader / Writer.

Spoke POV: An easy to make LED "display" for your bike / cycle wheels.

Hack a Day

Hack a Day is a unique website for hobysts and students alike, anyone who loves to tinker and make interesting projects. Hack a Day lists new hacks, mods, projects once every day. A few interesting picks:

Easy Quadrotor Helicopter Instructions: A great tutorial on building your own quadrotor (4 motor) helicopter. On the page, click on the link to get to the main instruction page.

Getting Started with Voice Recognition: A great, elaborate article on setting up speech/voice recognition on various platforms and using various tools.