Now we’re talking! This is great! Open Source Hardware on New Hampshire Public Radio’s “Word of Mouth”! The Italian design firm Arduino makes one of the hottest circuit boards used by gadget builders today. Since mass production began two years ago, the company has sold about 50,000 units – not bad for a small start-up […]
Have an oscilloscope, have an Arduino – you need this! The Arduino ClockShield via Ladyada. The latest incarnation of the Dutchtronix AVR Oscilloscope clock, the Hardware 3.1 Enhanced kit, uses the Atmega328p AVR with twice the code space. Using a 1KB bootloader (Arduino compatible) makes 31KB of application space available. This extra code space makes […]
IDEO labs shows you how to connect the Arduino to the Nokia 770– In the vein of Arduino-controlled espresso machines and Lego bots, we’ve been playing around with Flash and the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. With its flexible Linux-based OS, the Nokia 770 is great for rapid prototyping. Plus, you can snag one on the […]
Phil Endecott has done a bit of hacking with the Linksys NSLU2 “Slug”, the low-power network storage device which runs Linux under the hood. His SlugPower project is a switched outlet that can be controlled from the Slug. This enables his print server to power up the printer when it needs to be printing, and […]
If you built a kit in the Maker Shed at Maker Faire Austin, you might have gotten some help from Jimmie Rodgers, the creator of one of the newest additions to the Maker Shed Store, the Open Heart Kit. It’s an array of LEDs that you hook up to an Arduino, and can be programmed […]
These two new kits from Sparkfun debuted at Maker Faire Austin this year, and I can say from playing with them that they’re really cool. If you’re interested in getting started with soft electronics or the LilyPad Arduino, the worlds first sewable microcontroller, give these a whirl: Lilypad E-Sewing Kit The LilyPad e-sewing kit contains […]
LEMUR fall classes are starting off soon… Have you ever wanted to build a robot or an interactive art installation? Have you ever wondered how LEDs, sensors and motors work? Through collaborative exercises and the development of in-class projects, you will learn how to program and prototype with an Arduino microcontroller. This class is geared […]
