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April 11, 2006

DIY Enigma Machine

at 6:22 am. Filed under DIY Hacks, Electronic Hacks

Want your own piece of history? Why not build an Enigma machine. This Enigma kit is not a true reproduction since it uses modern components. For example LEDs replace the original lamps, but the operation is the same!

“During WWII the German army used Enigma coding machines to encipher most of their radio messages. At the time the Germans were convinced that this machine was unbreakable, but recent history has proven them wrong. For most of the war, the Poles, and later the British and Americans managed to decipher the German messages which is now believed to have shortened the war by some 2 years. ”



 


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17 Responses to “DIY Enigma Machine”

  1. Daily DIY Says:

    DIY Enigma Machine

    A commercial DIY Engima Machine, found this one via hacked gadgets:
    “The Enigma-E is available is a DIY Building Kit, containing a professional PCB, all required electronic components and full building instructions in plain English. The picture o…

  2. Iwantmore Says:

    what about a nema machine ?
    http://www.grand-illusions.com/toyshop/nema_machine/

  3. Roomba Says:

    Now, the fun part is who can a get to build another one? I wish I was a spy or somthing… as I have nothing realy cool or secret to encode :( But do I need it no…But do I want it YES!

  4. Yanker Says:

    Looks better than the original. It would be interesting to own and use, but I have no need for it…

  5. web design london Says:

    That looks really interesting!

    Im intrigued by the Nema machine also (other comment)

  6. Geek Gather » Tech Throwback #12 Says:

    […] Found via Digg: It’s an Enigma machine made out of modern parts. Check it out. […]

  7. no spam Says:

    Found this via Digg, very interesting. I had no idea there was a kit available.

  8. Me Says:

    Looks like a quality product (better than the original) :)

  9. Digger Says:

    The secret spy in me needs one of these!

  10. O.T. Says:

    There was one of these (no a reproduction) on Ebay a few weeks ago:
    http://cgi.ebay.de/Enigma-3-Walzen-Chiffriermaschine-Chiper-Weltkrieg-1941_W0QQitemZ6265092168QQcmdZViewItem

  11. YaYa Says:

    Cool, here is another interesting link

    http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/NSA-Enigma.html

  12. akeyes.co.uk Says:

    […] No, not the dire Jim Carrey character, more like the ace German code machine. Ever wanted to beat ‘Ze Germans’ at their own game, take a look at this electronic version of the Enigma machine. And not to forget, this week only has four days, and so does next week, I wish it could be Easter every other week! […]

  13. Sir Spamalot Says:

    This would look great in my Den.

  14. Dirk Says:

    Wanna go back in time 65 years? Check out this award winning sim:
    http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/enigmasim.htm

  15. Venera7.com » Blog Archive » Construye tu propia máquina Enigma Says:

    […] No hace falta ser el rubicundo presentador de Bricomanía para pasárselo teta un domingo. Olvídate de los apaños con el taladro, la masilla y el esmalte. Mucho menos tóxico y más excitante es dedicar un fin de semana a crear una auténtica máquina Enigma, el cúlmen de la criptografía clásica. Tampoco te mancharás las manos, ni tendrás que tener el pulso como un relojero suizo, porque se trata de la versión electrónica. Engranajes y poleas de precisión han sido sustituídas por FPGA y LEDs. El kit vale unos 130€ y puedes adquirirlo físicamente en las tiendas de los museos de criptografía de Bletchley Park (UK) y en el museo Jan Corver (Holanda). Afortunadamente, también te lo mandan a casa si vives en cualquier otro rincón del mundo. […]

  16. zawmintun Says:

    i love youu

  17. wagg.it Says:

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