Manufacturer: Keychron URL: https://www.keychron.com Price: $219 The crossover between makers and mechanical keyboard enthusiasts is significant. Makers’ innate drive to bend technology to their will and customize hardware to their specific needs makes them prime candidates for the deep levels of customization afforded by the mechanical keyboard hobby. And many a mech-head has gone “full maker” in the […] The post Review: We’re Stuck On This Magnetically-Enhanced Keyboard From Keychron appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

Now you can design and manufacture your own custom chips — for cheap! The post DIY Silicon: Design Your Own Chips appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

Arduino Days are here again, March 21-23! The post Arduino Days Are Here Again appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

Building the “impossible” robot hand. The post Bringing an Animatronic Thing to Life for Netflix appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

Becky Stern really brought a fun project to the world with this one. It’s basically a tiny youtube player, but by tuning into a channel with footage of birds, she made a little TV just for her cat. As usual, Becky shares a full step-by-step on her blog and I have to admit that of […] The post Make A Tiny TV For Your Cat Because That’s Awesome appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

From Make: Vol. 87: New evolutions in dev boards make this a metamorphic period for Makers. The post Boards Guide 2024: Boards Are Back appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

Particle's new M-series of wireless solutions feature Wi-Fi, cellular, LoRaWAN, and satellite on a single board. The post Particle’s New M-Series Connects Everything, Everywhere, All At Once appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

Knife throwing is both an art and a skill that’s difficult to master. It takes both hand-eye coordination and just the right spin to embed the knife into a target, and the longer the distance, the more power and spin are needed. While movies make it look easy, in reality, it’s a difficult concept, but […] The post This Knife Throwing Machine Guarantees A Bullseye appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

There have been so many great companion bot ideas brought to kickstarter. Lets check some out! The post Kickstarter Companion Bots, Past and Present appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more

Surely you’ve been there: you need to capture serial output from a microcontroller or other device, so you reach for a PL2303 or CP210x or FT232RL-based USB-to-TTL serial cable (if you can remember where you put the damn thing after you last used it!) and…realize you don’t have the drivers installed on the computer you […] The post Smarter Serial Communications with WiSer appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers ..read more