Completed Project Write-ups

Samsung S10e Software Removal (without root) [8.1.17] A quick guide to strip out the junk-ware that's installed in default builds on the Samsung S10e without needing root permissions or dubious 3rd party android apps. Images

3D Print Library: Useful prints [8.1.17]

Electric Snow Robot: The first generation [02.20.2018]

Mountainslider: Collapsible Electric Mountain-board [9.4.2017] DIY electric mountainboard that can be brought on a plane. Complies with FAA regulations and checked bag volume Images

Roche 454 Sequencer Teardown: Camera Awakening [5.14.2017] Teardown of the 454-lifesciences / roche-454 sequencer to extract the fancy chilled camera nestled in a vacuum chamber hidden inside the beast. Images

Quick Microscope Ring Light Adapter [5.10.17] Quick adapter for the Baush & Lomb Stereo zoom 7 Images

Reviving An Ancient Robot for ART [04.26.17] The MITERS entry into the RobotArt 2017 contest. Build details the repair and revival of a scara robot and early paint testing. Images

Aluminum Boat Upgrades [9.14.16] Sealing painting and repairing a 9' aluminum grummin rowboat Images

1KW Electric Outboard Conversion [06.30.16] Images

Adventures of Strawberrybot 6.26.16 Images

Reverse Engineering Armor x7 Battery 6.20.16 Images

GH1 Camera Shutter Quick Fix [4.30.16] Images

Chibi Atomic Thing Upgrades [8.22.2015] Upgrades to chibiatomic contraption! In the weeks before the makerfaire Detroit, myself, Ciarán O Neill, Rob Reeve and Mike plotted upgrades to miters's first entry in PWRS (2014), chibiatomic jeep. Images

Combat Robot: Fission Product [5.27.2015] The birth of Fission Product, combat robot for the 2015 motorama sportsman series. Fission Product was designed and fabricated during the Boston blizzard-weeks and brought to life with the help of miters comrades and a lot of on-the-fly machining.  Images

Dell 3007 Repair [03.27.2015] A quick 'upgrade' of a dell 3007 monitor to address power supply brownout due to thermal loading. Images

The Flying Nimbus Updates: Range and Hub Bearings [12.15.2014] Enjoy Nimbus MK1? The following details upgrades to the Nimbus project, to increase its load handling capability, range and night-time visibility.  Images

The Flying Nimbus: Balancing Skateboard [10.29.14] What does a recycled (heavily used) go kart tire, an action-packed three-phase servo drive and a gyro/accelerometer have in common? A Balancing Skateboard Contraption. Images

Chibi-Atomic-Jeep: Powerwheels Racing [08.6.2014] At the last moment a group of miters-ians decided to build an entry for the Detroit makerfaire powerwheels racing series using whatever parts that were lying around miters. Images

Testing The Submersible Thruster [05.22.2014] How much force can a submersible thruster generate? How can you measure it without a full aquatic lab? This page documents experimental testing of the submersible thruster MK-01. Images

3 Phase Submersible Thruster [5.22.14] This project documents the design and developmental testing of a high-power, sealed, submersible thruster for an upcoming hydro-project. Images

TUNDRA UPGRADE: Electric Scooter on Ice [03.22.2014] Upgraded front fork assembly and DIY studded tire Images

Atomic Bumble Prime: 30lb Battlebot [2.16.14] Competing at Motorama 2014! Images

Electric Scooter MK-01: OFF/ON Road Adventures [12.20.2013] Documentation of construction of a rather large electric scooter for 'semi-offroad' use. Images

3D-PRINT-ARM: SCARA 3D Printer UPGRADE [10.4.2013] Detailed walkthrough of SCARA Robot Arm upgrades Images

Motorola S305 Bluetooth headphone revival [09.28.13] A quick guide to repairing Motorola S304 Headphones Images

Quick Inverse Panorama Camera Jig [04.21.2013] A simple printed track assembly for time-lapse photography Images

Macbook Pro GPU Reflow [12.10.2012] Repair a mac-book with a non-happy GPU on the cheap, using low cost fairly easy to find tools. Images

Quick Guide to electroplating tin on copper busbar [09.28.2012] How to plate copper bus-bars at a low cost Images

Quick guide to getting Panda USB Wifi card running in Ubuntu 10.04 [07.8.2012] Quick guide to getting low-cost wifi module up and running in ubuntu 10.04 Images

3D Print-ARM: SCARA Robot 3D ABS Printer [6.2.2012] Industrial Robot arm converted into 3D ABS printer, using open source hardware, powered by linux cnc (EMC2) Firmware Video Images

SHARK KITE: Low Cost Aerial Photography [08.20.2011] Kite Aerial photography using a low cost camera + microcontroller Images Firmware

ECHO-6: Coms upgrade for ubercheap battery charger [06.20.2011] Add rs232 communications and a visual interface for Hobbyking Eco-6 Charger Images Config Files

Killercycle: Super Simple Exercise bike game controller [07.10.2010] Super Simple DIY exercise bike game controller with usage logging Images Video

Speed Dye-ing Printed Circuit Boards [03.20.2010] Dyeing Printed circuit boards with cheap clothes dye. Images

Self Restarting Access Point [02.12.2010] Access Point running ddwrt, that is hardware reset daily, by microcontroller. Images   Video

UV Exposure PCB Box [02.10.2010] Box for developing UV PCB's Images

Robotic Arm Upgrades [01.02.2010] Stepper Motor And Drive controls for SCARA 7575 Images Video

Taplight Timer Mod [10.05.2009] Adding a timer to a taplight with 1 fet Images Video

MacBook Upgrade [09.03.2009] Quick Powerjack for sketchy macbook images

Upgrades to a Power Supply [8.3.09] Adding digital display to legacy analog supply Images

Dobsonian Telescope [7.25.09] Making a telescope using plexiglass mirror material Images

Imaging Balloon of Science Taking pictures from 30,000 ft Images

LCD Repair for a Dell 1800FP [07.25.2009] Fixing an lcd monitor found @ MIT Images

ATOMO: The Electric Bike Electric Bike made from Cruft Images Video

Mentoring A HS Engineering Team [5.28.09] Images Video

Old Camera Film Mod [12.20.2008] Images Video

Tape Casette Adapter Make a casette tape adapter for connecting your mp3 player to a stereo with tape deck Images Instructable

Mechanical legacy MPG Meter interfacing with an old mechanical speedometer to derrive mpg

Chem-E-Car 2nd Place @ regionals Images

Adding Pwm Audio to an AVR 1.30.08 Exploring the reproduction of audio using a digital pwm output of a microcontroller and some basic rc filters. linked to: (hackaday) (make) (bricogeek)

Mack Truck bulldog Eye modification 12.27.07 Adding led eyes to a mack truck hood emblem Images

Super simple composite -> uhf converter [11.08.2007] A basic composite (television) signal upconverter from VCR components

Eclub Metal Casting [10.20.2007] Creating and testing a blast furnace made with readily available equipment (with video)

Intro to avr's [10.20.2007] This is a brief intro to bascom avr and how simple it is to quickly interface to an lcd and take an analog measurement.

E-club Homegrown Projector 9.27.07 A simple lcd projector from an overhead pj, and an old lcd monitor Images

First Trip to the MIT Swapfest 9.16.07 Images

Super Simple Slide Projector 9.03.07 A slide projector made from an old lens assembly and a power box. Images

External Jeep Audio Input 8.13.07 Ripping apart my vehicle radio to add an external input Images

Unknown LCD Interfacing 8.03.07 Determining the wiring pattern for a powertip pc1602v

Tinkering with B/W video 7.29.07 using a microcontroller to generate b/w TV

Tweaking a power inverter 7.28.07 An instructable for swapping power mosfets on a power inverter instructable

Fixing broken USB connector 7.28.07 Repairing a USB mini connector

Homegrown Ammo Box Projector 7.20.07 Building a cheap projector in an Ammo tin

Laptop CD rom -> ide converter 7.14.07 an ide ->laptop ide cd rom adapter

Toothpaste for dinner LCD modification 7.13.07

Bend plexi-glass with nothing more than your iron 7.01.07

Simple,  FM transmitter based on the MAX 2607 6.12.07

IED Cannon / projectile motion Project 5.10.07

Chem-E-Car Gen-1

Rotating Disk Bio Reactor

Dorm Room Power monitoring system 5.02.07 This project is designed to measure real power consumed,  and update the data to a display.

Wireless (Inductive) cell phone charger 4.04.07 This was my individual project for IED (intro engineering design) 2007.

Persistence of vision device, for younger brother 1.17.07 This project displays "THOMAS" over the course of an 8 foot circle when spun.

Electrical Bicycle 1.06.07

Simple hovercraft (younger bro. science proj.)

Dorm Email notifier 11.02.06

The Decomposition Machine 06.12.06 A super ridiculous mulch spinning machine. why limit your mulch to 1 rpm when it yearns for  40?

All electronics lcd backlight modification 6.10.06 Allelectronics.com sells an awesome graphical lcd, but alas it has no backlight. here's how to add one.

Homemade MP3 contraption Very rudimentary mp3 player modifications, one of my first complex ee projects.

The Flying Dutchman Scooter Image

Mini scooter This project was initially created for a biodiesel project (9th grade)

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Dane.Kouttron
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
Electrical & Electrical Power