LED Mood Lamp
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve attached PDF files of the pentagon PCB and the motherboard PCB. If I had time to label them and make them pretty, I would, but this was never designed for mass production or...
View ArticleAVR Serial Communications Using XBee RF Modules
I was contacted by Element 14 (Newark.com) recently about doing some product test drives using some of the products from their line card. I took two to three seconds to think about it. I know, tough...
View ArticleRoboStocking – AVR, Servo, Motor, IR Sensor, and BOOM!!! Merry Christmas!
At the office, we decided we were going to have a stocking decorating contest for Christmas. The rules were pretty lax, so I immediately thought of interactivity and electronics and blinky lights and...
View Articlemeltmedia meltHack-A-Palooza V: The Lost Pushbutton
Every few months I organize a hack day at the office, usually on a Saturday. This past Saturday we had our 5th installment of hack/make/tinker day at meltmedia and the turnout was great! Attendance was...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Office Chairiot Mark II – Labor In Motion Again
What is electric, goes somewhere between 15 and 20 miles per hour and has an Ikea chair on it? The Office Chairiot Mark II is the second generation of motorized office chair brought to you by yours...
View ArticleembedXcode: A Better Way to Develop for Arduino on the Mac using Xcode
If you are writing code for your Arduino on a Mac and you’ve previously written code using Apple’s FREE Xcode IDE, you know that the standard Arduino development environment is lacking in...
View ArticleJune 18, 2014 is the National Day of Making
I found out late about this year’s National Day of Making, but I still managed to find somewhere to go and something to make: Local Motors down the road from me is doing an Arduino Build Night,...
View ArticleOffice Chairiot Mark II – Progress Update
It’s been a little while since I posted an update on the latest version of the Office Chairiot motorized office chair (the, “Mark II”). I usually add little pieces of updates to the project site for it...
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