Arduino Uno Pinout ATMEGA128-RFA Pinout ATMEGA168 Pinout ATMEGA328 Pinout ATMEGA644 Pinout ATMEGA 1284P Pinout ATTiny 45 and ATTiny 85 Pinout
Building A Vacuum Forming machine and making your own parts.
Vacuum Forming is a very simple process that can be used to make your own plastic parts. The Video below explains how it works and how to make your own vacuum forming machine. For more details about the machine click here. Examples of what you can do with Vacuum forming: Plastic covers for electronic projects … Read More →
OpenBeam Kossel Pro
OpenBeam Kossel Pro – A new type of 3D Printer Terence has hand-picked an amazing team for his second Kickstarter adventure… The list is as follows: Terence Tam (Leader of the pack) – Openbeam Aluminium extrusion. Amazingly versatile and reusable. Matthew Wilson – Brainwave All in one electronics board for 3d Printers. Made in Seattle,USA … Read More →
The Othermill: Desktop Milling Machine for making PCB’s and lots more
The Othermill: Custom Circuits at Your Fingertips The team at Otherfab has been busy creating an exciting new machine that enables you to make PCB prototypes within minutes. The little milling machine is very compact and can cut all kinds of materials. It’s very versatile and easy to set up. The Video below explains a … Read More →
Raspberry Pi – Alternative to Sumba folder sharing when it’s not working on Windows 7
I’m sure I’m not the only person getting frustrated with sharing files between a Raspberry Pi and a Windows 7 system. There seems to be an issue where Windows 7 enables encryption or something that stops Windows from connecting to the Samba shared folder. Having Windows 7 Home Premium also doesn’t help, it does not include all … Read More →
BeagleBone Dimensions – Pin-out – Case
The BeagleBone board is ARM based PC that can run Linux and Android costing between US$50 – 100. Below is the dimensions of the board and pin layout. BeagleBone cases: Metal Case for one of the Squire BeagleBone boards: http://www.esawdust.com/
Arduino to Raspberry Pi Bridge Shield – PCB’s finally Arrived.
In the first part of this project I described the technical details of the shield After a few weeks of waiting, I have finally receive the first batch of PCB’s I designed and they look fantastic. Here are a few photo’s: So what are the advantages/benefits/pro’s of this little shield? Firstly this shield will protect your Raspberry … Read More →
Spark Core – Arduino + Wi-Fi + ARM Cortex M3 + wireless programming + REST API = awesome.
SPARK CORE – WHAT IS IT? The Spark Core is an Arduino-compatible, Wi-Fi enabled, cloud-powered development platform that makes creating internet-connected hardware a breeze. This little board packs a punch: with a 72 MHz ARM Cortex M3, the best Wi-Fi module on the market, wireless programming, and lots of pin outs and peripherals, there’s nothing … Read More →
Smart Pill Box – Making sure you take your daily medicine
While looking for some information on an ARM based PC called a Beaglebone, I found an interesting project using a BeagleBone board. It’s an automated system that helps track the medication a patient has taken. It uses face recognition combined with a predefined schedule that reminds you when it’s time to take your medication. It can even be combined with an automated pill … Read More →
Arduino MICO shield – Control things from a dial-tone.
Igor Ramos has created a cool little Arduino shield that connects up to your mobile phone and listens for Dial-Tones that it can convert to commands. This is useful for making a nice little automated answering machine for your home or shop. If you are even more creative you can program it to switch on … Read More →
