We used to use an omni-directional antenna that had a very low range. Channels started getting choppier as time went on. Back in February of 2019, I replaced it with a high range (over 70 miles) directional antenna instead. It worked so well that in May of 2019 I installed one at my grandmothers too. […]
Original Light-bulb New Car Headlight New Car Headlight Wired Up Putting it Back Together Previous Next This is another one of those classic scrap projects. I had all these parts laying around and figured I’d give this spotlight the ultimate upgrade. It’s been fitted with a 7,200 lumen LED car headlight. Some case modifications were […]
https://nick.nighthawk.club/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/58093477317__92F3EA2A-ECE4-45E7-9D42-77EE9A3B0499.mov I have decided I want to add a spectrum analyzer mode to my LED Top Hat. I have temporarily made an audio circuit for testing with an aux input. If and when I get the code perfectly right, I will put a microphone in the hat to capture the sound around it instead of […]
https://nick.nighthawk.club/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_4481.mov For version two of my LED Top Hat, I decided to go with four 16×16 RGB matrices so that the LED’s could surround the entire hat. I gutted the electronics from the old hat, ordered two more panels and began thinking of the physical hat construction. After lots of research (I’m not a craft […]
Back in May of 2018, I had the idea of adding RGB to the Movie Theater Screen at my father’s house. I already had an old computer power supply and RGB controller lying around and I always have plenty of wire. All that was needed was to buy 33 feet worth of RGB strips on […]
Here you will see some prototyping with the two 16×16 RGB matrices. I tested some very basic code to see if I could continue with my LED Top Hat project. https://nick.nighthawk.club/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_3619.mov After deciding to continue on with the project, I made version one of the hat. It has two 16×16 panels and can receive basic […]
This Boombox was built in May of 2017 by yours truly. All exterior metal is stainless steel and the wood is sealed with a waterproof and UV resistant sealant. It’s pretty durable and lasts well over 12 hours on battery. It features two cup holders perfectly sized for large tumblers like the Yeti. It also […]
According to the AAA Newsroom, the average American spends 17,600 Minutes in their car each year! That’s over 12 full days. When you spend so much of your life in one place, it helps to have certain comforts met. I love to listen to music and podcasts and the stock speakers just weren’t doing it […]
As you can tell from the photos below, the old speakers were totally shot. To make matters worse, the radio head-unit itself was also broken. I found a replacement radio pretty easily but I still needed to find some speakers. After doing some research, I decided to replace the Hydra speakers with some Polk marine […]