Category: Blog

  • Improbable Contest?

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    EvaB
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    Aim:  To bear the most weight. Method:   Make a table, at least two inches high, out of a page from a telephone book and 11 3/4 inches of masking tape. Reward:  A three month membership to the Diyode Community Workshop, here at 71 Wyndham St S., Unit B, where do-it-yourselfers make all sorts of…

  • Counting RPM with an arduino

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    Simon Clark
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    For the latest IgniteGuelph contest, we needed a way to measure the speed of homebuilt electric motors. Simple RPM, not torque was the goal, so we opted to go with a light sensor on an arduino to count the light/dark cycles. First, we need to figure out the threshold value of the light sensor.  We…

  • The Sleep-over Machine

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    Simon Clark
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    So this little project came about because my younger daughter was having trouble with the concept of sleeping over at her grandparents house. We were at Diyode one Saturday morning, discussing what we could do about it.  We decided to make a machine that would imbue her with the super power of Sleepover. Scrounging through…

  • Pokémon Shiny Charm and Friend Safari – preliminary data

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    Dahlia Clark
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    When I earned my shiny charm, my daughter and I were discussing how useful it would be to know if it changes the shiny rate in friend safaris.  We wanted to see if we could collect enough data to have an answer.  We knew we needed an automated solution though, because we aren’t that dedicated. We…

  • Introduction to Glass Fusing in the Kiln

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    EvaB
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    Glass has been a fascinating medium for both practical and artistic works for millennia.  Imagine our delight when Annie  joined Diyode and brought her glass kiln with her! Last Sunday, she showed us  some projects and helped us understand how to use her kiln.                ” Fusing” glass is…

  • The Bucket System

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    Simon Clark
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    Over the last year or so, we’ve been putting a lot of effort into sorting what we have, rather than acquiring more stuff. A large part of this has been sorting out all our various resources using free buckets from a local coffee pub.  The system has been successful enough that I feel compelled to…

  • Yurting: sewing the canvas with the Sailrite and yurt dwelling tips

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    EvaB
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    Well it’s been almost a year since the last blog post and much has been discovered about living in a yurt in a Canadian climate. Since the completion of the Yurt tono crown, two pieces of ash steam bent into a circle (see last yurt blog in March 2013), the canvas was sewn out of…

  • From Diyode to Diyode, and Beyond!!!!!!!!!!

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    EvaB
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    Flying from 2013 into 2014 What a year!!                   Onward to new adventures….. Whooooooosh!!!!!!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaCB0EKWpmQ#action=share   HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • My Latest DIYode Project

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    Ed Jackson
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    I am both excited and proud of my latest DIYode project. Using some surplus galvanized 23 gauge sheet from work and the break press, I fashioned a replacement piece of ductwork for my house.

  • Diyode is at the Detroit Maker Faire!

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    EvaB
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    These events are a true riot of ideas, people and innovative products that are just on the verge of breaking out into the world.  Diyode will be there with our own team of innovators to show how the Diyode Codeshield can transform the way electronics is taught, and how it opens the gate to learning programming…