Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY. Displaying images / animations on the matrix - quick hack. The Word Clock - Arduino version. Major updates - A much better enclosure for this clock has been designed - check out Last month I wanted to build a special gift for my beautiful wife, Megan.
She has a teaching background in English, so what better present to make for her than a clock that uses language to tell the time for her desk at work. The original project that I created used a Microchip PIC microcontroller (16F877), because that's what I had in the garage. Since I published it ( quite a few people, including my next door neighbor (Thanks Mikal) have asked me why I didn't use an Arduino.
Having never used one, my automatic reaction to Mikal was 'Whats a one of those?? " I have to admit right from the start that the Arduino is a beautifully engineered piece of work - While I am used to the PICs, because I have been playing with them for years, I do admit that there is a certain level of 'unreachability' for the beginner because of the requirement that specialised programmers be purchased or built. VirtualBreadboard > Home. The World Famous Index of Arduino & Freeduino Knowledge.
WineM lights, a BlinkM predecessor. BlinkM Hello, Video Guides, Example Code. This is a BlinkM: BlinkMs are “smart LEDs”, a type of smart interface component.
A BlinkM consists of an ultrabirght RGB LED backed with a microcontroller with built-in knowledge about 24-bit color spaces, color fading, and color pattern generation. All in a package 0.6” wide. You talk to it over I2C, a serial protocol spoken by many different things. (Arduino speaks it, as do Basic Stamps, and your PC) And you can have over 100 BlinkMs on the same serial bus, each individually addressable.
BlinkMs are available from SparkFun (US) and Little Bird Electronics (AU). Video Quick Start Guide A video version of the BlinkM Quick Start Guide. Playing with BlinkMTester A demonstration of one of the example Arduino sketches “BlinkMTester”, which lets you exercise a BlinkM by typing simple commands to the Arduino. Exampe Code There are a couple of examples of how to talk to BlinkMs all zipped up in BlinkM_Examples.zip. More examples will be added periodically. And More. BlinkM & Arduino 3D models. Here’s a really quick 3D model of BlinkM, if anyone needs it.
It’s accurate to ~0.1mm. - blinkm.skp — BlinkM SketchUp model - rgb_led_piranha.skp — Piranha RGB LED SketchUp model And here it is plugged into the awesomely done Arduino Diecimila model by Jon-Paul from the Google 3D Warehouse. Arduino chip sticker label. I’ve been working with a super minimal Arduino setup recently.
After seeing Alex’s awesome Arduino/ATmega breadboard header, where he notes there’s no room on the PCB for pin labeling, I wondered if it would be possible to make a small sticker that goes on the ATmega chip, labeling the pin names. Here’s my first attempt: And in use: This was created by printing on a full-page sticker then laser cutting it to shape. I could have also just cut out the sticker with scissors, or used regular printer paper and double-sided tape. Processing y Arduino. A Beginner’s guide to making an Arduino Shield PCB. (This tutorial has gotten really popular recently, and I’m very pleased that so many people are interested.
I learned all of this stuff while working on my first PCB. If you’re interested, I’ve started to sell the most recent version of my Arduino ProtoShield. Bionic Arduino – Introduction to Microcontrollers with Arduino. Bionic Arduino is a set of four 3-hour classes in November 2007 hosted by Machine Project and taught by Tod E.
Kurt. It is an introduction to microcontroller programming and interfacing with the real world using the Arduino physical computing platform. It focuses on building new physical senses and making motion with the building blocks of robotics, using Arduino as a platform. In the class, participants are shown and experiment with the Arduino’s capabilities and learn the basics of common microcontroller interfacing, such as: digital output to control lights and LEDs, digital input to read switches and buttons, analog output to control motor position or LED brightness, and analog input to read sensor inputs. The class assumes no previous electronics knowledge, though it does assume a little programming knowledge. Tarjeta de visita USB casera y multiuso. Nos os perdais ésta estupenda tarjeta de visita o presentación diseñada y realizada por Ramiro Pareja.
Tiene el tamaño de una tarjeta de crédito convencional pero con la peculiaridad de que está hecha en un circuito impreso y además dispone de un pequeño PIC corriendo a 32Mhz. Lo más simpático es que su diseño permite romper dos esquinas de la PCB y así poder conectarla al puerto USB de cualquier ordenador. Una vez conectada, será reconocida como un pendrive o memoria USB y arrancará automáticamente un pequeño archivo (autorun.inf) que lanzará un currirulum, presentación o cualquier documento que se necesite. Una impresionante e impecable forma de impresionar al departamento RRHH de cualquier empresa!