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Arduino Laser cut gear clock

Laser cut gear clock with ChronoDot using Arduino

This summer, my hackerspace LVL1 (in Louisville, Ky) got an awesome laser cutter http://fslaser.com/40w-deluxe-hobby-laser-engraver-and-cutter.  LVL1 is an awesome community of creative folks that like to build stuff.  You can always check out what we are up to at http://www.lvl1.org.  If you like instructables and making stuff, you should see if there is a hackerspace in

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SPI electronic device

Using an Arduino to Control or Test an SPI electronic device

There are many electronic devices that use the SPI  bus, or Serial Peripheral Interface bus, for communications (e.g. various sensors, LCD displays, digital potentiometers, D/A and A/D converters, wireless transmitters and receivers, audio volume controls).  The devices receive data serially from a microcontroller using a 3-wire set-up that includes a chip select signal (usually titled

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Arduino Regulated Light

Solar Powered LED/Ultracapacitor Arduino Regulated Light

This instructable primarily shows how to control the charging voltage from a solar panel to an energy storage device (capacitors in this case). I showed how to construct the light previously http://www.instructables.com/id/Human-Powered-Light-from-my-book-Doable-Renewab/ Step 1: This solar panel can produce up to 18 volts, but my capacitor bank should never receive more than 15 volts.  I

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Arduino based camera trigger unit

Arduino – based camera trigger unit

I developed the camera trigger unit in order to synchronize various events and actions during free-flight experiments with hawkmoths in the wind tunnel described in a previous post. More specifically, the goal was to trigger multiple high-speed cameras and have LEDs that indicate the exact timing of electrical stimuli delivered via a miniature stimulus chip

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Reactive Observant Vacuous Emotive Robot

R.O.V.E.R.: Reactive Observant Vacuous Emotive Robot using arduino

R.O.V.E.R. is an autonomous robot. He was built and designed as an interactive art installation specifically for the MAT EoYS 2013. He navigates the space with a heat array and bump sensors and interacts with attendees. When R.O.V.E.R. recognizes that a person is present he plays a song. If people are still visible and how

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Smallsword Choreography Shirt usnig arduino

Smallsword Choreography Shirt usnig arduino

Stage combat is the art of theatrical violence.  Rather than resembling fencing, stage combat is choreographed like dance for aesthetic and theatrical effect as well as for safety.  Over years of choreographing and teaching others stage combat choreography, I realized that one of the most difficult aspects of teaching someone choreography is the necessity of

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