Arduino theremin-like musical instrument
Alberto made a really nice Arduino based theremin-like musical instrument, schematics and source on the site – photos & more.
Open Source Hardware
Motor Party! Arduino motor shield preview
I’m very excited about this forthcoming Arduino motor shield, it can drive 2 hobby servos as well as up to 2 steppers or 4 bidirectional DC motors. Zooooom, zeeerk, zoooom, zeeerk! – Link.
uDuino: A very low cost Arduino compatible development board
Tymm writes – Arduino boards are great for prototyping. However they get rather expensive when you have multiple concurrent projects or need lots of controller boards for a larger project. There are some great, cheaper alternatives (Boarduino, Freeduino) but the costs still add up when you need many of them. This is a way, after […]
Bug Labs – “Hiro P” BUGbase
Mehrshad sent in an update about the first round of BUGBase units, he writes – We’ve just uploaded a few photos of the “Hiro P” BUGbase to the web. We had originally planned to issue an announcement on Monday morning before we opened the Bug Labs store (which opens at noon EST on Monday), but […]
RoboChumby
Over the holiday Bunnie made a robo-Chumby, he writes – The final control paths for the system thus looked like this: sensors -> chumby server app -> UDP packet -> 802.11 wifi transmitted over 10’s of meters -> client client app -> phidget driver -> USB -> phidget board -> solid state relay -> RC […]
Arducopter: Arduino helicopter control
Jason @ Hackzine write – A recent Arduino -vs- Basic Stamp discussion over on the DIY Drones site really caught my eye. Jordi makes a nice argument for the Arduino, showing off the current state of his Arducopter, which you can see in the video above. Built using a low cost electric heli, an Arduino […]
Maker movement gaining recognition
Tim over on O’Reilly’s Radar rounds up some recent coverage on the “Maker movement”, he writes – There have been a number of stories in mainstream media recently recognizing the “Maker movement” exemplified by our own magazines Make: and Craft: and online sites like Etsy and Instructables. (Disclosure: O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures is an investor in […]
