Lessons Menu: Lesson 1 – Software Downloading / Installing & Interface Lesson 2 – Basic Code Lesson 3 – Sensors: Potentiometers Lesson 4 – Sensor: Infrared Distance Lesson 5 – Actuator: Servo Motor Lesson 6 – Sensor: Force, Bend, Stretch Lesson 7 – Sensor: Accelerometer, Gyro, IMU Lesson 8 – Actuator: DC Motor Lesson 9 [...]
There is a Kickstarter for this Sip’n Puff Arduino Shield. Check out this project where it is used to control an iPod. The uses are endless but just imagine the usefulness for people who don’t have the use of their fingers for the tasks we take for granted. Thanks for sending this in Bob. [...]
Lessons Menu: Lesson 1 – Software Downloading / Installing & Interface Lesson 2 – Basic Code Lesson 3 – Sensors: Potentiometers Lesson 4 – Sensor: Infrared Distance Lesson 5 – Actuator: Servo Motor Lesson 6 – Sensor: Force, Bend, Stretch Lesson 7 – Sensor: Accelerometer, Gyro, IMU Lesson 8 – Actuator: DC Motor Lesson 9 [...]
Viktor sent in this great 3 Axis Accelerometer project that he is working on, it is based on the Freescale MMA7361L. He is using a Microchip’s PIC16F887 for the brains of the system. Watch the video to see the board in action. “The direction-sensing is accomplished by Freescale’s MMA7361L, which is a three [...]
Programming arduino using your smartphone? Indeed! It is possible if we have the IDE in HTML5. With similar thoughts Tadpol started building a browser based AVR compiler. The project is still open for contribution at Github. Hackers, please contribute! As seen on the screenshot, the current version uses various buttons to input the code. The [...]
3D image input is often a challenging task when it comes to irregular objects like a human body. Here is where an arduino, tilt sensors and a little math comes to the rescue. University of Toronto’s Responsive Architecture at Daniels school created one such blanket. The petals are made up of a conductive material, which [...]
In case you are a hardware-hacker with no care for warranty, open up your Xbox 360 controller, attach an arduino uno to the circuit, program it, and turn it into a modded controller chip, which can be reprogrammed to be compatible with new games too! The parts list and the instructions can be found here. [...]
The next time you want to find out which of your little cousins ate the cookie from your jar, you can use your Arduino and everyday electronics items to make your own lie detector! Materials needed: Arduino, aluminum foil, velcro, wire, a 10 K resistor, breadboard A detailed step-by-step approach is taught here. So snap [...]
Lucid dream is a state in which you can control what you dream. Be it winning a million bucks worth lottery, or dating your favorite cine star, it is possible to control your dreams using these DIY goggles! Simple to build and a nice weekend hack for the bored, these goggles are pretty cost effective [...]
The prize this week is a non contact AC test pen. This pen can be used to test if AC voltage is present in a wire without needing to touch the bare conductor. This contest will run for one week (April 22 – 27, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. [...]
Bruce sent in a link to this cool picture of a very old display in this 1901 picture (top of the tallest building in the picture). It looks to be a primitive 16 segment display. The building is The Great Coal Mine, Coney Island. I wonder what the display was used for? Below [...]
If you like stair lighting as much as I do you will want to have a look at this. Geert built his RGB Stair Lighting using an Arduino Uno and TI TLC5940m PWM Chips. He uses 3 of the TI TLC5940m chips to allow to control 3 channels of light on each of his 12 stair [...]
Lessons Menu: Lesson 1 – Software Downloading / Installing & Interface Lesson 2 – Basic Code Lesson 3 – Sensors: Potentiometers Lesson 4 – Sensor: Infrared Distance Lesson 5 – Actuator: Servo Motor Lesson 6 – Sensor: Force, Bend, Stretch Lesson 7 – Sensor: Accelerometer, Gyro, IMU Lesson 8 – Actuator: DC Motor Lesson 9 [...]
We are proud to announce the MyRobots Connect, an Ethernet-to-serial gateway, is now in stock! With this module you can easily connect your robots to the web by using wireless serial communication via XBee. What is this, why do I care? MyRobots makes it possible for smart devices and connected robots to communicate via the [...]
Lessons Menu: Lesson 1 – Software Downloading / Installing & Interface Lesson 2 – Basic Code Lesson 3 – Sensors: Potentiometers Lesson 4 – Sensor: Infrared Distance Lesson 5 – Actuator: Servo Motor Lesson 6 – Sensor: Force, Bend, Stretch Lesson 7 – Sensor: Accelerometer, Gyro, IMU Lesson 8 – Actuator: DC Motor Lesson 9 [...]
There is a new member in the Neato Robotics family: the XV-21. Beside sporting funky colors, this new model has an improved filter capable of retaining fine dust and particles while maintaining a high airflow, and a unique brush that combines bristles with the original rubber flaps in order to pick up pet hair more easily. Based on these characteristics it is [...]
If you have ever had a motorcycle you know that being seen by other motorists is always on your mind. Pete Mills recently purchased a motorcycle and installed a custom brake light to combat this issue. His DIY Motorcycle LED Brake Light was inspired by a flashing brake light of an ambulance. His [...]
Lessons Menu: Lesson 1 – Software Downloading / Installing & Interface Lesson 2 – Basic Code Lesson 3 – Sensors: Potentiometers Lesson 4 – Sensor: Infrared Distance Lesson 5 – Actuator: Servo Motor Lesson 6 – Sensor: Force, Bend, Stretch Lesson 7 – Sensor: Accelerometer, Gyro, IMU Lesson 8 – Actuator: DC Motor Lesson 9 [...]
Lessons Menu: Lesson 1 – Software Downloading / Installing & Interface Lesson 2 – Basic Code Lesson 3 – Sensors: Potentiometers Lesson 4 – Sensor: Infrared Distance Lesson 5 – Actuator: Servo Motor Lesson 6 – Sensor: Force, Bend, Stretch Lesson 7 – Sensor: Accelerometer, Gyro, IMU Lesson 8 – Actuator: DC Motor Lesson 9 [...]
We don’t have much personal experience with DOF hardware, but this Arduino library which reads and compensates for three-axis magnetometer and accelerometer data looks very impressive. It should work for existing hardware, but there’s also a demo design using a Honeywell HMC5883L compass and a Freescale MMA8453Q accelerometer which you can build yourself. Unfortunately these come [...]It’s surprising what lengths people will go to in order to bring functionality to their smart phones. In this case, [Tadpol] wanted a way to develop for his Arduino on an iOS device like an iPad or iPhone. He figures it’s possible to rewrite the IDE as HTML5, but since that’s a pretty large mountain [...]
Google is at it again and is giving us a peek at another mind-blowing project! Project: Glass, from the Secret Lab Google X aims to create an augmented reality mobile interface that will enable us to get on-the-go information by superimposing it on top of our field of view. The goal is to augment our perception of the world by overlaying [...]