electronics

I finally managed to find time to assemble my Maker Shed Brain Machine Kit, and knocked it out today in spite of not having instructions until I finished. Since it is based on the Lady Ada MiniPOV3, this is a less difficult task than it sounds.

In the world of computers there are innumerable small devices which cost practically nothing to make and which typically cost a ton of cash when you buy them retail, especially adapters and cables. The internet has driven down the price of such devices by making them more readily available, and you can get widgets to adapt all kinds of signals into all kinds of other signals. Still, there are low prices, and there are really low prices, and there are really low prices with no shipping charges, which brought me to DealExtreme. The story, unfortunately, is not entirely a happy one.