MAKE quantity 37 takes a glance on the evolving applied sciences that let makers to do extraordinary issues with either conventional R/C and self-piloting drones. Get a deal with on terminology with a drone anatomy diagram, try out the way to get outstanding images and video clips utilizing quadcopters, and get pointers on utilizing first-person video to place your self within the pilot seat. Then construct your personal quadrotor airframe from ironmongery shop elements and trick it out with stabilized onboard video and self reliant flight.
Beyond drones, you’ll learn how to simply combine GPS into electronics initiatives, illuminate your variety with the full-color LED shoes that react in your strikes, use an Arduino and the closed-caption feed in your television to silence tradition personalities, and annoy your associates with the strangely loud CNC Air Raid Siren.
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For example, If your TV has a component video output, buy a receiver with a component video input. Most mid priced receivers have one of everything, but it pays to double-check. Pages 46 to 49 excerpted from Home Theater Design by Krissy Rushing SIGNAL SOURCES Sources are the soul of home theater. Without them we would have nothing to watch, nothing to listen to, nothing to keep us entertained. DVD players, VCRs, laserdisc players, CD players, digital video recorders, satellite television, and even cable television all pump the stuff we want to see and hear into our systems.
SP:. 15'-4" _ _ _ _ _ _ I How to Install an Acoustic Tile ceiling Tip ~ Acoustic tiles are generally made from cellulose fibers with a textured facing of vinyl. You can buy suspended ceiling tiles With sound deadening properties, but true acoustic tiles are mounted to strips or channels that are attached directly to the ceiling. Above are a few design styles. Install the first furring strip flush With the wa ll and perpendicular to the joists, fastening with rNO 8d nails or 2" screws at each joist Measure out from the wall a distance equal to the border tile width minus %", and snap a chalk line.
Standard construction met hods typi cally res ult in a 28 to 32 STC rating, whil e sou ndp roofed walls an d ceilings can ca ny ratings near 50 . To give you an idea of how much sou ndproofl ng yo u need, a sleeping room at 40 to 50 ST C is quie t enough for most people; a rea ding roo m is com forta ble at 35 to 40 STC. For anot he r gauge, co nside r th e [act that increasing th e STC rati ng of an assembly by 10 reduces the perceived so und levels by 50 pe rcent. The chart on page 45 lists the ST C ra tings of several wall an d ceiling assemblies.