About 2 weeks ago, I set out to research grow lights to supplement the scarce natural light we get here at 51°N. But after looking at quite a few offers, I decided to DIY it. My requirements don't ...

Learn how to create a simple DIY LED notification light for your smartphone by repurposing an old earphone jack and an LED bulb. This step-by-step tutorial walks you through preparing a 3.5mm jack, ...

There are so many nice hacks in [Joekutz]’s retro LED display project that it’s hard to know where to start. There’s his DIY LED display controlled by an Arduino UNO. To have some text or picture for ...

If you’re looking for a great way to light your photo and video shoots, this DIY super bright LED panel can be molded to shed light anywhere you need it. You can even swap between warm and cool ...

Welcome to this DIY video on creating a modern garden bench with stylish LED lights for nighttime ambiance. **Bench dimensions:** 78inL x 17-1/8inH x 23-1/4inW **Build Steps:** 1. Cutting & Sanding: ...

If you're looking for an electronics project to geek out on over the next couple weekends this comprehensive guide to building an LED cube is geeky and functional. Instructables user CHR and his ...

This design idea (Figure 1) shows how easily “new flesh can be added to the old bones” and how some new functions can be added to the simple LED display that was published earlier. Figure 1 Upgraded ...

[Markus] had been drooling over some LED panels to use as a soft light source for photography, but being a hobbyist, he didn’t want to spend a ton of money to buy them. He figured that he had enough ...

It’s relatively easy to find a dead LCD these days even without diving into a dumpster. Most of the time all that’s wrong is the backlighting mechanism went out, too, leaving a perfectly good LCD ...

This expandable LED display for a microcontroller in Figure 1 has a simple interface with only 6 data/control wires and can be easily accommodated to a DIY design. The display has static indication.

Air quality in urban areas can be horrendous. For instance, in New York and Los Angeles the air quality is consistently below federal safety levels. So, how do you know how good/bad the air in your ...