A Tin Can Waveguide WiFi Antenna

Friday, April 11th, 2008

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Got no dough for a commercial WiFi antenna? Looking for an inexpensive way to increase the range of your wireless network? A tin can waveguide antenna, or Cantenna, may be just the ticket. This design can be built for under $5 U.S. and reuses a food, juice, or other tin can.
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Wireless controlled lightdimmer by PIC12F629

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

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The meaning from this design is to build it in -i.e. a shaded lamp- and to switch this lamp on and off the normal way, just like it was switched before the dimmer was build in, then you could by exception dimming the lamp more or less with your TV remote control. When you switch [...]

Setting Up Shared Printers for a Home Network

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

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A terrific side effect of installing a computer network in your home is the ability to share a printer. Households without networks face some difficulties when it comes to printing. Network-deficient households have to rely on some less-than-perfect solutions.
If you want all the computers on your network to be able to access a single printer, [...]