Community Corner – December 12, 2014: The Featured Projects from this Week
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Mark Winney shared his 3D Printed Joystick project this week in our Community (along with a great GIF!):
A couple of months ago I picked up a Atari Flashback 2 from a charity store for $10. The only problem was that someone was so excited they broke the joysticks. What better use of a 3D printer than to generate new joystick parts.(read more)
Featured Community Project from the Adafruit Blog
RLSanders shared the build of his beautifully constructed interactive cicada soundboard on the Adafruit Forums. We think it looks fantastic (especially that vintage horn in the middle). From RLSanders:
…The project is (mostly) finished. I don’t know if it’s actually “steampunk” but it’s definitely steampunk inspired and I’d like to share it with you now….
The big brass speaker thingy is a “Klaxon” automobile horn from 1910 or 1911.
The buttons are brass doorbells. There are 30 of them. The buttons aren’t labeled but each button plays a sound that corresponds with the cicada in the case above. There are 30 cicadas (six high and five wide). The buttons are laid out the same way but separated by a speaker. If you want to hear the second cicada from the right on the fourth row up from the bottom, go up and over that many buttons….(read more)
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