Monthly Archives: November 2012

How To Install French Doors

Lisa asked me a few months ago about installing French doors in her house. She has a nice sun room just off from the living/dining area and she’s always wanted French doors in the pass through. Since we’ll be living … Continue reading

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Parallax HMC5883L Compass Module with LCD Readout

This week I’m working with some more products from Parallax Electronics. I’ve spent several hours at the bench figuring out how to get the Compass Module to display it’s readings to 2 x 16 LCD. I started out with the … Continue reading

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Automatic LCD Sunglasses

This week I completed a hack I’ve been working on for a few weeks. It all started with Ben Heck’s automatic sunglasses hack. He used an MCU and a photocell to flip down some shades in front of his glasses … Continue reading

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