MAKE announces the availability of the Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS. This kit includes the only Apple-approved serial interface cable having a DB9 serial connector on one end and the iPhone connector on the other. As MAKE describes it: Exclusively in the Maker Shed, the Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS makes […]
Category Archives: Arduino
Arduino releasing new ADK, ethernet and sensor dev boards
According to the Arduino Blog they are in the process of releasing several new boards, including an Ethernet Board, Mega Sensor Board and Mega ADK. The Arduino Ethernet combines a regular Arduino board with the Ethernet Shield into a single board designed to power your internet of things projects. It has the ability (if fitted […]
What do you want, Arduino to cook for you too?
Well, yes, if you’re Lower East Kitchen you do. For the past four months they’ve worked tirelessly on designing a DIY sous vide kit. And now they’ve built the prototype! The device uses an Arduino to control a heating element under the cook pot. The Arduino monitors a temperature sensor and uses a solid state […]
One Wire Digital Temperature DS18B20 + Arduino
There are alot of Arduino + temperature sensor tutorials out there, but what makes this one different is the use of the DS18B20 sensor. Each DS18B20 has a unique 64-bit serial code, which allows multiple DS18B20s to function on the same 1-Wire bus. Thus, it is simple to use one microprocessor to control many DS18B20s […]
Read an Arduino via REST and upload value to Thingspeak
Thingspeak bills itself as “an open application platform designed to enable meaninful connections between people and things.” The graphic above demonstrates how dynamic temperature level readings can be made available on the internet via Thingspeak. In working with the Thingspeak API Sirleech has developed code he calls RestduinoThingspeak. It’s a Python script to read a […]
Arduino oscilloscope uses ROS code
Ros.org presents this project tutorial demonstrating that a simple oscilloscope can be implemented using the Arduino. They write: In this tutorial, we will be making a poor man’s oscilloscope using the Arduino’s ADC (analog to digital converter) and rxplot. We will set up a publisher which will forward the analog values from each of the […]
Light painting using an Arduino-based PegBoard
Wulfrano Moreno is a photography enthusiast who heard about light painting photography using an iPad. Not having an iPad, he learned of the Peggy2 Board from Evil Mad Science and decided to give it a try to producing light painting effects. After building the Peggy board, he used PeggyDraw2 to transfer an image from the […]
EasyMSP 0.8.3 Beta1 released
Matthew Burmeister writes to inform us of the release of version 0.8.3 Beta1 of EasyMSP. As covered in our previous post, EasyMSP allows MSP430 users to run Arduino code with few modifications.
Tutorial: getting started with OpenFrameworks
Lidev found this tutorial on Getting Started with OpenFrameworks and decided to try his hand at interfacing two potentiometers with OpenFrameworks using the Arduino. For details on lidev’s code check out his webpage.
Arduino driving CGA display
András Veres-Szentkirályi found an old CGA monitor and wondered whether it could be repurposed for use with an Arduino. He noted that CGA monitors use inexpensive DB-9 connectors, the signals are TTL (0-5V digital), the clocks are in the range of cheap microcontrollers (HSYNC is 15,75 kHz, VSYNC is 60 Hz), and yet 640 by […]
Pen testers build a better mousetrap
Netragard is a security company that provides anti-hacking services (penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, web application security testing, etc) to its customers via the realistic reproduction of threats. In a recent assignment the client specified that the test could not use social engineering or physically access client facilities. With their work cut out for them, Netragard […]
Arduino/solar augmented model monorail train
Brothers Joe and Justin Kopacz designed this futuristic model train layout using an Arduino as the brains of the engine. The J & J Monorail runs on batteries augmented by solar to power the Pololu 298:1 micro gear motor, controlled by an Arduino Uno. View the project video and download the PDF of their project […]
Papilio FPGA Shield for Arduino
Jack Gassett is developing an open source project to build an Arduino Shield with a Xilinx Spartan 3A or Spartan 6 FPGA. The shield will provide the ability to program the FPGA from the Arduino. To illustrate the project’s potential, an example of an open source software core for the FPGA will also be developed […]
Tutorial: Arduino and the SPI bus
Tronixstuff has posted a great tutorial explaining how to use the Arduino and the SPI bus. This detailed tutorial is presented in two parts. Part 1 presents the basic theory on the serial peripheral interface (SPI), including examples of using the eals with a Microchip MCP4162-series 10k rheostat and an Analog Devices AD5204 four-channel digital […]
LeafLabs conference call
MP3 download LeafLabs makes a 32bit Arduino compatible board called Maple. The board comes with a 72MHz 32bit STM32 ARM processor, and lots of extras like integrated LiPo battery charging. They shot us an email about the new Maple Mini. It had a snarky note in regards to our chipKIT coverage: while Microchip is getting […]
Build a physical CPU load meter
Keegan from KSplice built this project which measures CPU load using an ammeter, Arduino and a resistor and some code. Basically, he runs a Python script on the Linux box which communicates load info via USB to the Arduino, which in turn displays the relative load on the analog ammeter. You can get the Arduino […]
Japanese PossessedHand uses Arduino to move your fingers
Researchers at Tokyo University in cooperation with Sony have developed the prototype for a device capable of moving the fingers via electro-muscular control. Known as the PossessedHand, the device uses an Arduino to control 28 wrist-attached electrode pads which painlessly stimulate hand muscles to accomplish regular movements. This initiative holds potential not just for musical […]
Driving a pinball DMD with an Arduino
Pinball machines are experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Whether resurrecting a vintage machine or building your own, issues with control of a visual display can arise. One form of display used in some modern machines is the plasma dot matrix display (DMD). Adam Preble presents this video and article on his experiences driving a DMD […]
The Verbalizer: open source dev board for Google’s voice search
BreakfastNY has posted details on how to build The Verbalizer: your own open source Arduino based microphone dev board for use with Google’s Voice Search for Desktop. They write: With Google announcing the launch of Voice Search for desktop, we couldn’t help thinking that there was even more fun to be had with talking to […]
Wireless networked AT keyboard
Creative technology student Pieter Pelt and Hybrid Worlds present this project detailing how to connect an old AT style computer keyboard to a PC via Arduino and Xbee modules and using the Teensy PS2Keyboard library. Using Xbee allows for keyboards which are not only wireless, but also networked so that several keyboards can be meshed […]