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February 29, 2008
Hacking VGA with Arduino
Cool visualization on a monitor via Arduino
An arduino board is controlling the RGB lines of a VGA connection to an LCD monitor. However, the horizontal and vertical sync lines are being generated by a proper computer.- Code and info on Little-Scale - Link
Related:
Arduino TV - Link
In the Maker store:
"Critter & Guitari" Cellular Automata Video Synthesizer Kit - Link
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Feb 29, 2008 05:00 AM
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Arduino compatible breadboard
This is a nice little tutorial on building your own Arduino compatible breadboard. The heeart of the board is an AMTEL8 AVR and breakout board from SparkFun. It is a fairly easy build, but if you just want to jump right into programming pick up a completed version in the MAKE store! - Link
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 29, 2008 02:00 AM
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February 28, 2008
Simple walking bot
Matt Mets made this simple servo-controlled walking bot which uses a Barebones Arduino to walk, one leg at a time. Source code included. - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 28, 2008 09:00 PM
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February 27, 2008
Sensor squids in the news
Our very own Becky Stern was in the news yesterday, in the ASU State Press, talking about Archie, the sensor squid, a project of ASU's Reflective Living Group in the Arts and Media Engineering program:
The way the squid is set up makes it ideal for group collaboration, Stern added. In most office or research settings, working groups meet hunched over their laptops. Using the squid, which is fun and allows more than one person to work the controls, opens up communication and moves the work along, Stern said.
I don't know about you, but the image of, say Intel executives, sitting around in a meeting manipulating a plushie squid tentacle interface is almost too joyful to bear.
Science, technology and a stuffed squid named Archie - [Thanks, Patti!] Link
Related:
- Sensor squid relation game - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 27, 2008 01:23 PM
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February 25, 2008
HOW TO - Make plants talk! They'll Twitter you when they need to be watered (and more)...
BREAKING NEWS FROM MAKE: The gang from Botanicalls (Kate Hartman, Kati London, Rebecca Bray, and Rob Faludi) used one of Adafruit's new Ethernet shields for Arduino to make some plants talk - and now you can too! That's right, having your houseplants Twitter you when they need water and more!
"Botanicalls Twitter answers the question: What's up with your plant? It offers a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates that reach you anywhere in the world. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love" - Link.
More:
- Adafruit ethernet shield for Arduino - Link.
- Learn more about Botanicalls - Link.
- Follow pothos the plant on Twitter! - Link.
- Learn how to do projects like this and more with "Making things talk" - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2008 12:10 AM
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February 22, 2008
More whiteboard drawbots
It's a monumental week for whiteboard drawbots, here - LadyAda has a version she's been working on for awhile now available for gawking and if you're super ambitious you can make one with her new Arduino motor shields - Link (photos).
I fully expect there to be dozens of these out in the next few months.
Related:
Whiteboard hektor clone - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 22, 2008 01:30 AM
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Arduino powered weather station
TimW writes -
It seems like MAKE is fond of arduino projects, so here is my contribution. Here is 4 cheap $1 displays mounted in a picture frame and hooked to and arduino. Using just 6 pins, I am able to individually control 552 leds. I wrote a bit of code to write a series of messages to the displays. This code listens for serial data to update the displays. Any text can be shown, but I am currently using a perl script to send the weather forecast from google to it.Arduino powered weather station - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 22, 2008 12:00 AM
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February 21, 2008
New LilyPad Arduino programmer from Sparkfun
Sparkfun writes:
This is a USB to UART board that allows easy reprogramming of the LilyPad main board without the need for soldering. This board is based on the FT232RL IC from FTDI.
Features:
- Implements full v2.0 USB protocol
- Needs no external crystal
- Internal EEPROM for device ID and Product Description strings
- Royalty-Free Driver support for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X
This is great for programming the LilyPad, as it requires no soldering or alterations to the Arduino Mini programmer (and has a flatter form factor), and it slots right onto the board! - Link.
Related:
LilyPad Arduino - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 21, 2008 07:00 PM
Arduino, Electronics, Open source hardware |
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HOW TO - Make a Knight Rider bar
Josh writes -
’m making a Knight Rider (KITT) Light Bar to celebrate the premier of the new Knight Rider Made-For-TV Movie. I’m using an Arduino Diecimila board and 18 LEDs.HOW TO - Make a Knight Rider bar - Link.Materials (so far): FedEx box (temporary; looking for a suitable plastic container) with black construction paper for the housing. Arduino, 18 LEDs (wired to 9 output pins on the arduino - two LEDs in parallel per pin), 9 75 ohm resistors (note, 75 is not the right value, but they were the closest I had). The faceplate is made of cardboard, tissue paper (light diffusion) and some cheap car-window-sun-shade-material I found at Target.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 21, 2008 09:00 AM
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February 20, 2008
Whiteboard hektor clone
Matt Mets made a hektor-esque whiteboard drawing robot for his 19th Thing-a-day project. He drew his favorite Tetris block. Arduino and Python code included - Link.
Related:
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 20, 2008 09:00 PM
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The Panobot v1.0
Phil has created the Panobot using an Arduino, a Pololu Servo Controller, and a few servos. The Panobot takes panoramic photographs automatically, and it seems to work incredibly well. According to the comments on flickr, he is planning on posting the code and his build process in the next few weeks. - Link
Here is a great example of what it can do - Link
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 20, 2008 01:00 AM
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February 19, 2008
Sensor squid relation game
My colleagues and I in the Arts, Media and Engineering program at Arizona State University are working on a wireless tangible interface object for collaboration, called the Sensor Squid. It's basically an Arduino-controlled, Bluetooth communicating 6-foot plush cephalopod used to control a Max/MSP game about community-generated media. You can download the code, parts list, and schematic. - Link & more.
Above photo used with permission by Ryan Spicer.
Related:
Adopt a Squid - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 19, 2008 09:00 PM
Arduino, Arts, Crafts, Electronics, Gaming, Open source hardware, Wireless |
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Arduino breathalyzer controls video game
Matt Mechtley writes:
You're throwing a party for the Game Developers Conference and you think it would be cool to have a custom game. What's the natural response? How about Pong that adapts its difficulty based on how drunk you are!
Matt hacked a breathalyzer by reading the pinouts to the seven-segment LCD with an Arduino board. The Pong paddle gets bigger if you're more drunk. It was up and running for the 9bit indie games party last night at the GDC. - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 19, 2008 07:00 PM
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Bell-striking computer clock
An analog bell with a simple hardware interface controlled via the Processing language.
Build a real bell-striking clock for your PC and a fire extinguisher-striking clock - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 19, 2008 12:00 PM
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“WiiChuck” Wii Nunchuck adapter available (for Arduino)
Todbot writes -
Want to hook up a Wii Nunchuck to an Arduino but don’t want to cut up the cord on your Nunchuck? Yeah me too. So I made some of these... It’s a small PCB that adapts the Wii Nunchuck connector to standard 4-pin header. I call it the “wiichuck adapter”. It plugs directly into the Arduino, no wiring necessary. You can get one too for $3.“WiiChuck” Wii Nunchuck adapter available (for Arduino) - Link.One of the coolest things about the Wii (to me) is that the expansion port on the bottom of the Wii remote is an I2C serial connection. This means that anything that plugs into that port can work with microcontrollers like the Arduino. Of the available peripherals, the Wii Nunchuck is one of the best. It contains a 3-axis accelerometer, a 2-axis joystick, and two buttons. Hooking up a Wii Nunchuck to Arduino is easy and I’ve have class notes describing how to do it. But cutting off the connector of the Nunchuck to get at the wires is a little drastic.
This “wiichuck adapter” let’s you play with the Wii Nunchuck and other Wii remote peripherals without needing you to cut cables. Just plug it into the Wii Nunchuck, then into the Arduino.
Related:
- Arduino guide @ MAKE - Link.
- Arduino archives @ MAKE - Link.
- "Making things talk" the best book on Arduino! - Link.
- Arduinos in the Maker store - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2008 06:00 AM
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February 15, 2008
HOW TO - Make a physical email notifier
A glowing plastic cube that lights up when you have mail in your Gmail inbox, via a Boarduino MCU:
The following guide is deliberately fairly high-level, because the exact details will vary depending on your operating system and particular hardware setup. I did this with my Mac, but hopefully there'll be enough information here for you make it work on your system, perhaps with a little Googling.If you don't happen to have a glowing cube lying around, you can modify this to work with almost any output device you could think of, from a simple LED, or a buzzer, to something far more clever like moving a servo (Gmail Notifier Robot, anyone?)
How to make a Physical Gmail Notifier - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 15, 2008 11:00 AM
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February 13, 2008
Analog meter clock
There seems to be a lot of people interfacing analog meters with their micro controllers. It's a relatively easy project to complete, and it always looks cool. Here is a nice looking analog clock from Silent Q that is made with 3 individual meters and powered by an Arduino. - Link
Related:
The Net Data Meter from MAKE:11 p.133 -Link
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 13, 2008 03:16 PM
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Homemade snake game
From the MAKE Flickr pool
Member Cibomahto constructed this charming Arduino snake game complete with screen diffuser and a corrugated bezel. Very DIY-cute and cool, but worth 50 cents a game? . . . . Ok, maybe just one round. -Link
Source code and video on Cibomahto's site -Link
Related:
Snoil - Snake game with Ferrofluid -Link
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Feb 13, 2008 02:15 PM
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February 12, 2008
Physical drum loop
I had doubts that Matt Mets could pull off an awesome hardware project every day for Thing-a-Day, but he's doing a pretty stellar job so far; keep it up! He made this drum loop recorder that records physical inputs and plays them back in a loop using an Arduino Barebones board. Source code and schematic included - Link.
Related:
Solenoid concert - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 12, 2008 07:00 PM
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HOW TO - Arduino Analog Gauge
Another thorough Arduino article up over @ uCHobby - this time covering the details of interfacing and modifying analog gauges.
In this article I describe the simple setup and explain the code to drive analog meters using PWM outputs from an Arduino and the LCD Smartie program. I also replace the meter face to show the proper scale. Replacing the meter scale is very easy to do with most meters and can really ad some style to your project.Aah the comforting motion of a bouncing meter needle -Link
Related:
DIY - USB analog gauges -Link
From the pages of MAKE:
The Net Data Meter from MAKE:11 p.133 -Link
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Feb 12, 2008 01:31 PM
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