Category Archives: Arduino

Lira, another mini arduino controller

Posted on March 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Oh yeah, another arduino.  So what is so special about this one?  Well its developed by Adafruit, and its pretty small.   They are not selling it yet, but its got allot of pinouts for its size.  The board itself can … Continue reading →

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The RoBoMe

Posted on March 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

Stumbled on this one on kickstarter , a project to build a robot for cutting grass and light snowplowing. Yes I know that this already exists, but what is interesting is the retired gent is trying to build one on … Continue reading →

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Irrduino, watering your lawn with an arduino

Posted on March 25, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting project on building an automated watering system with an arduino.  Me, I don’t value my grass that much, but I do my garden. http://joeshacks.blogspot.com/2012/01/remote-control-sprinklers-irrduino.html     Irrduino

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The $5 Arduino Clone

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Seen this written up a few different ways, but this article is nice that is explains why you would want to do this, and the cost savings. http://hwstartup.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/how-to-build-a-5-arduino-clone/

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TimeWriter, printer for graffitti

Posted on March 20, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting project, its like a homemade giant inkject that you can walk along a wall and “print” out a message.  Guy uses paint that will dissolve in rain.  Also using an arduino to controll the whole thing.  Not much info … Continue reading →

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Ahh.the simple stoplight project

Posted on March 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

Taken to a arduino (atiny).  I remember this being one of the first more complext circuits I covered in beginning years of college. http://www.instructables.com/id/ATTiny85-Traffic-Light/

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Secure the Cloud with an Arduino

Posted on March 14, 2013 by robertwilkie

This is cool.  The author uses an arduino to basically keep the private keys for his AWS servers and do the signing to log in.  If I read this correctly that is.  In other words, it working like a smartcard … Continue reading →

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Arduino tells you when “you have mail”

Posted on March 14, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK its been done before.  This is a little different at is uses a magnet as the sensor and an arduino clone for the controller.  Nice thing about this arduino (called montieno) is its really small and has built in … Continue reading →

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Arduino Phone Home

Posted on March 13, 2013 by robertwilkie

A new Arduino shield is out for GSM (Cell Phone).  It looks pretty neat TILL YOU SEE THE COST!  Its almost 70 euro, which is like 120 US dollars.  For that much I can get alot of stuff and just … Continue reading →

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How to design a professional arduino shield

Posted on March 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Just a warning but the author spells like me.  Anyways, this is a nice intro on how to lay out your own arduino shield that you could then send to a shop to build. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-your-own-Professional-arduino-sheld/?ALLSTEPS

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