Who say that most of the home hobbyists are boring and dull? It’s time to prove to the people that even a home hobbyist can be as romantic as other did!

If you’re looking for the suitable gift for your loved one, then you’ve came to the right place. Your loved one has some crush with the small and cute thing? Well, don’t worry, as today’s project is “I Love ST microcontroller evaluation board”.

This gadget combines touching sentiment with touch capacitance, and is fully-wrapped up in a cute little red heart-shaped PCB ringed with red LEDs. This I Love ST heart-shaped pendant is very unique, where is based on STR750FV2T6Z ARM7TDMI-S 32 bit microcontroller with 256Kb RAM, STR711F R2T6 32 bit microcontroller with 64 kb SRAM and USB interface in 64-pin package.

Beside that, it also included with a mini-ROM cutoff CD disc, where can feature information on STMicroelectronics’ 8, 16 and 32 bit microcontrollers.

Another incredible application of this pendant is it uses PowerPacDemo to activate the “heart” silkscreen on the face of the I Love ST PCB.

For all the home hobbyists, this cute heart-shaped pendant is going to be the best gift for your wedding anniversary!

Does anyone here ever hear about S65-Shield before? If you haven’t, then you should pay attention and read the whole article.

For your information, S65-Shield is a very incredible tool. It compatibles and work fine with Arduino Dumilanove or Diecimila.

Don’t judge the S65-Shield based on its appearance. It seems like a very small gadget, but actually, there are many components have been included inside the tool, such as:

1. A 3.3V, 10V LED-Backlight Power management system,
2. A 176×132 16 bit S65 Display for a higher and better resolution,
3. Micro SD socket,
4. Expansion port for wireless transceiver purpose, and
5. A rotary encoder.

The most interesting part about the S65-Shield is it operates via a rotary encoder, which is much better and efficient than the individual buttons. With this feature, it enables the S65-Shield to transform into an intuitive user interface with incredibly fast input.

If you think that this S65-Shield is going to cost you over hundreds of dollars, then you can relax here. This S65-Shield is only costing you 35 euros each. Or, you might want to find it yourself at the Ebay for about 10 euros, but the connections is very tricky and you have to modify several things by yourself! [link to translated version]

You’re involve in the building construction field, and the accuracy is the most important aspect, as without the exact measurement, you’ll probably risking the residents’ life that live in the building!

Don’t be frustrated, as there is a solution for you here. All you have to do is develop a “Radio Ruler”. This radio ruler is really an awesome tool, where it allows you to do these following tasks:

1. You can use it to measure around a corner or through a wall that you cannot reach it.
2. You may use it to locate a hole on the second floor (Even the hole as small as pin-sized).
3. Radio ruler can be used to accurately position a pipe before you’re pouring concrete on it!

The Radio Ruler has a rover screen, where is show the LASER cross hair’s exact 3D location. A sensitive digital compass provides heading and orientation information. Believe it or not, the Radio Ruler have the ability to replace those expensive GPS systems that available on the market!

Beside that, the Radio Ruler has an SD card slot for data, maps and a touch sensitive graphical LCD display. It can be a perfect assistant to help you off with the daily building tasks.

You’re not having much fun time with the previous home projects? In fact, you would like to involve more, especially with the Arduino based projects? Ok, since you’re wishing for it, then you got it!

Have a closer look on this project, as it’s mainly focus on how to use Arduino to generate audio VGA visuals. Before you’re starting the project, there are several things you need to prepare here:

1. A computer (The computer must be equipped with a VGA output)
2. A breadboard
3. Some wires or strip board
4. Breadboard jumpers
5. Two female VGA connectors
6. A male VGA connector
7. Three lots of 15×1 or 15×2 headers
8. Audio cable and connector
9. One or two LCD monitors, and of course
10. An Arduino with an onboard ADC

You have to use an Arduino board for setup purpose. Firstly, you must take an audio signal and connect the signal wire to analog pin 0 and the shield to Arduino ground. Beside that, you have to connect Arduino ground to pin 5 of the VGA connectors. Lastly, remember to connect Arduino pins 4, 5 and to pins 1, 2 and 3 of the first external monitor connection.

If you’re creative enough, then you can make up three jumper boards with pin headers to connect all fifteen VGA pins to the breadboard. By using this method, it’s surely a lot easier here.