Tag Archives: Arduino

Great Googlie Mooglies! Kickstarter funds Arduino work-alike based on Freescale Kinetis K microcontroller (ARM Cortex-M4)

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

Kickstarter, a funding force of nature in the cyberscape, is funding the small-scale production of an Arduino-like development board based on a Freescale Kinetis K microcontroller (ARM Cortex-M4 processor core inside). More than 500 backers have pledged nearly $23,000 $31,000 … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: Sparkfun unleashes mobile, robotic potato cannon and tears down a digital caliper (How do those work?)

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Once again, the guys at Sparkfun in Boulder, Colorado are having way, way too much fun. First, they have a new $15 digital vernier caliper to sell you. But they don’t just show you one for sale, they tear it … Continue reading →

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Want an inside look at one company’s approach to production board-test fixtures?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Sparkfun is a relatively small electronics company located in Boulder, Colorado that sells small-quantity parts and boards to the hobby, experimenter, and prototyping markets. Out of the 1300 products the company currently sells, about 300 are small, board-based products designed … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: Webcam + Open-source video code + Arduino Uno microcontroller board + pan/tilt servo make automated face-tracker, prove the power of an apps-centric world

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

Presented for your consideration: This very cool video from Sparkfun (the 21st-century version of Heathkit) shows how you can use a surprisingly small about of custom code and an open-source video software toolkit, a Webcam, an off-the-shelf Arduino Uno microcontroller … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: Are you smarter than an 8-year-old?

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

Just how complex are the ideas behind System Realization? Not so complex than an unusually talented 8-year-old Mini Maker named “Super Awesome Sylvia” doesn’t get it. Today’s video shows Sylvia explaining, assembling, and demonstrating an LOL (Lot’s ‘o LEDs) shield … Continue reading →

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Friday Video (Bonus): Make Magazine shows you how to use an Arduino SBC to cast Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Kim Kardashian, and Charlie Sheen into TV oblivion

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

Make Magazine’s Matt Richardson has used a $25 Arduino processor board with a $25 Nootropic Design Video Experimenter mezzanine board (a “shield” in Arduino speak) to build a device aptly called “Enough Already!” that parses the closed-caption information in the … Continue reading →

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