If you are thinking that this transformer is quite beefy you would be right. Youtube user Photonvids has designed it to be connected to 220V and it has an open circuit secondary voltage of around 4 volts. This means you can safely touch it with your fingers but I would step back if someone [...]
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Thanks to Noah Farrington for sending in his latest project which s a Wave activated Light. To make the magic happen he is using a ATTiny microcontroller, a voltage regulator, an ultrasonic distance sensor and a bright LED. The first version was done with an Arduino but that was overkill for Noah since he [...]
Thanks to Sunny for sending in his latest project, the Raspberry-Pi Automatic Packet Reporting System called the piGate. “I present here, an implementation of an APRS iGate using the Raspberry-Pi. An APRS iGate is an Internet gateway that gates packets from the radio/RF side to the APRS-IS on the Internet (and vice-versa). The APRS-IS [...]
The prize this week is a credit card knife, it has a ton of features to get you out of a jam in a network closet or your next camping trip. This contest will run for one week (October 27- November 2, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, [...]
We have seen Al Linke’s project before. His latest creation is powered by an IOIO Board and uses a large RGB matrix display for the users to see what is going on. An IR proximity sensor shines through the mirror to sense when someone comes close, the display looks great even though this isn’t [...]
Anche se un po’ sotto data, se domani siete dalle parti dell’ “Erasmo da Rotterdam” di Bollate (MI) potreste partecipare ad un workshop gratuito sulla “Stampa 3D, la Modellazione Solida e il Rapid Prototyping” organizzato dalla rivista ElettronicaIn, aperto ad insegnanti / studenti / curiosi. Il workshop riguarda il rapido sviluppo che ha coinvolto la stampa tridimensionale [...]
Hamburg Maker Meeting 2012, which took place last week and involved about 200 visitors and more than 20 exhibitors, has been a fantastic opportunity to meet and share experience regarding several topics, such as 3D printing, hacking, retro gaming and so on. At the Attraktor Makerspace, several projects have been presented and demonstrated by their [...]
Come ogni anno, il 27 Ottobre 2012 si terrà in oltre 100 sedi in Italia il Linux Day, manifestazione nazionale di promozione al software libero open-source. Come non promuovere i fratelli maggiori? Presso alcuni eventi si terranno talk e presentazioni su Arduino e il mondo dell’open-hardware: vi invitiamo a segnalarceli nei commenti a questo post, [...]
On his blog, Stephen Wolfram, worldwide known as the creator of Mathematica (a widespread computational software) and Wolfram Alpha (a knowledge engine), describes his experience at last NY Maker Faire, where he was supposed to give a public talk. One of his sons, Christopher (13 years old) suggested him a very cool way to improve [...]
Even before you send out your PCB for manufacturer you can have a realistic image of the finished populated board! Thanks to Ian at Dangerous Prototypes I think we will start to lots of Rendering 3D PCB even before a soldering iron has been used. Best of all it won’t cost you anything [...]
Today we release the latest addition to the Arduino family: the Arduino Due This board is based on a powerful 32bit CortexM3 ARM microcontroller made programmable through the familiar Arduino API and its development environment. It’s an important step forward for Arduino as it increases the computing power available to Arduino users keeping the language [...]
Google+ Hangouts provide a group video chat with the ability to add apps. [RobotGrrl] created a Node.js web app to control an Arduino that can be added to a Hangout. There’s a Javascript client that runs inside of the Hangout and communicates with the Node.js server running on an EC2 server over WebSockets. The server receives this [...]
This DIY Tin Electroplating process will come in handy if you ever want to protect some copper in a project from oxidizing. Green copper looks great on a roof but not in your projects. Dane from Transistor Man shows us how he electroplated some tin onto some copper buss bars. Other than some [...]
This Automated Drink Fridge would be great in a business or roommate setting where you want to charge people based on consumption without needing a box to deposit money. All it takes is a swipe of a card to get your drink, an email at the end of the day will let you pay [...]
After a years-long wait, an ARM powered Arduino is finally due. The Arduino Due will finally be released this coming Monday. On board the Arduino Due is an Atmel-sourced ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller running at 84 MHz. The Due has an impressive list of features including a USB 2.0 host, compatibility with the Android ADK (lest you still [...]
The prize this week is a credit card knife, it has a ton of features to get you out of a jam in a network closet or your next camping trip. This contest will run for one week (October 19 – 26, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, [...]
Although beer is generally a good way to get people to come to your trade show booth, [Robofun.ru] decided to put a new spin on things. Instead of (or possibly in addition to) giving out beer, they decided to turn 40 Staropramen beer cans into a keyboard. This was done using an Arduino hooked up [...]
If you enjoy drinking tea but forget to remove the tea bag when it has finished steeping this Automated Tea Maker project is for you. There is a tea timer that has been connected to an old CD drive mechanism, when the timer is done the tea bag is removed from the cup [...]
I recently backed Paul Stoffregen’s Teensy 3.0 on Kickstarter. Paul is a contributor to the Arduino project, and is the creator of the Teensy line of AVR-based Arduino compatible boards. Of all of the projects on Kickstarter that I have backed, the Teensy 3.0 was the by far the fastest to ship after the close [...]
This hardware, which was built as a Computer Engineering project by [Bryon] and his classmates, gives you feedback and control of a car though a cellular phone network. It uses text messages to communicate with a control device. This can be pretty much any cellphone, but in the clip after the break they show off [...]
Working with huge companies like Comcast has many advantages for a small firm like Bug Labs. But one of the downsides is they typically like to keep innovative new ideas and initiatives close to the vest. Their dead serious interest in IP and the institutional protections they place on it permeates everything they do. [...]
Ruffletron is a prototype of a wearable musical interface and an experiment in performative interaction. The project has been developed by a textile designer, Lara Grant, in collaboration with the sound engineer Cullen Miller. For prototyping purpose, Lara used a LilyPad Arduino, Maxuino, Osculator and Ableton Live. Project details here. 
SeeedStudio was kind enough to send me a BLE Shield. Designed by RedBearLab and sold by SeeedStudio, the BLE Shield is a convenient way to experiment with Bluetooth Low Energy on an Arduino. Bluetooth Low Energy is a feature of the Bluetooth 4.0 specification, which is aimed primarily at low-power, low-latency wireless applications. Here is [...]
Have you ever wanted a smart home that can automatically adjusts the blinds for you? If so, this project is for you. In this instructable, the author describes his approach to “smart blinds”, by using an Arduino board, an ethernet shield, a motor shield and a couple of sensors. By means of a simple web-based [...]
I recently made the mistake of installing TwelveKeys by NCH Software on my computer. Afterwards, I noticed strange new items the context menus that pop up when you right click a file in Window Explorer. For instance, when I right clicked on a ZIP file, there was a new item, Extract with Express Zip. Since [...]
MakerBot Industries keeps innovating in the 3D printing field. Not very long ago, they unveiled the replicator, a more performant 3D printer that enabled hobbyists to print larger and more complex objects. Now, a few days ago actually, they released the new Replicator 2. It features a larger building capacity, finer resolution and a powder coated steel chassis that makes [...]