The Knock Box is a power strip with superpowers – it turns on your lamp whenever you knock on your nightstand. You get two outlets, individually controlled by knock-knock-knocking on a nearby hard surface. It’s great for hitting the lights when it’s pitch dark, but if an appliance can plug into the wall, you can toggle it! […]
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The Pi is a fine little computer board, though not nearly as good as the Arduino when it comes to I/O capabilities. The beautifully-engineered Gertboard is a plug-in add-on that neatly overcomes this deficiency by giving the Pi access to an ATMega328, but it’s a very complex and expensive solution. An alternative would be to interface
I learned that one of my nieces had an interest in programming. She was working with robotics at high school and has a summer internship where they had Arduinos. I think she was able to borrow an Arduino to experiment with at home but every Maker knows that is not the same as having a
Arduino Débutant et Électronique de Base Kit d'Apprêt Continue Reading
After many happy years as a runner, two years ago I had a problem with my right hip. Unfortunately I had to undergo to total hip replacement surgery. After the operation I made a period of rehabilitation in the use of the leg muscles, through physiotherapy sessions. These sessions consisted of passive movements inducted by
Just as you can concatenate Strings with other data objects using the StringAdditionOperator, you can also use the += operator and the cconcat() method to append things to Strings. The += operator and the concat() method work the same way, it’s just a matter of which style you prefer. The two examples below illustrate both,
Arduino Chaîne Ajoutant Les Opérateurs De Code Continue Reading
Have you ever wondered why smartphones are called smart-phones? Because they are smart, right? They do some works automatically, smartly. That’s the short answer. I was thinking something, even if computers are a lot more powerful than phones, why aren’t they smart! For instance, mobile phones have automatic brightness control system, which is handy and
Hack Ordinateur pour le Rendre Intelligent! Continue Reading
My first meeting with microcontrollers was a few decades ago (you might remember the first Parallax Basic Stamps) but with the Arduino platform it happened more recently, only 6 years ago and although at that time the development boards were quite difficult to find, even then I found it was a very interesting thing. Later
Intro: If you’ve got an Arduino Uno and want to start duplicating projects without having to buy an Uno every time… get ready to live! This instructable will show you how to move your projects (that do not require serial communication) onto a breadboard for prototyping or expansion. If you’re looking for a more permanent
Arduino Projets sur une planche à pain (pas de numéro de série com) Continue Reading
Everlasting flower for your everlasting love. A perfect not-only Valentine’s day gift to your loved one. This mechanical tulip will bloom into any color possible with just gentle touch of your hand. Its six petals will slowly open and light up. When petals are closed they create incredible ambient light with leaf patterns. Step 1:
A Smapler is a circuit dedicated to the production of generative sound created by David Cuartielles and Ino Schlaucher from BlushingBoy.org. The Smapler v0002 -aka Singapore edition- is nothing but an Arduino shield to be used for playing funky stereo sounds. As an extra add-on the Smapler v0002 circuit includes a PS2 connector for you
Le montage d'un Smapler v0002 étape par étape Continue Reading
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