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Arduino Unveils New Nano Family of Boards

Arduino Unveils New Nano Family of Boards

It’s Maker Faire Bay Area and that means new flavors of Arduino! The Italian boardmakers announced today a new family of affordable, low-power “Nano” sized microcontroller boards based on powerful Arm Cortex processors that may give you pause before buying another Chinese knockoff — you get Arduino quality starting at $9.90 for the Nano Every, […]

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Aluminalis: Our 16-legged Walking Creature

Aluminalis: Our 16-legged Walking Creature

“Let’s build something creepy, Dad…”, my teenage daughters said. We had no idea this creepy crawly creature would utilize our machining skills to the fullest.

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Back in the Maker Shed: Arduino Nano

Back in the Maker Shed: Arduino Nano

It’s been a while but we just got a new shipment of Arduino Nanos back in the Maker Shed. What’s an Arduino Nano? Read on to find out more.

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The Eye-Pod Victrola

The Eye-Pod Victrola

The folks at Steam Gear Lab made this wacky fully-functional Eye-Pod using a 1st gen Nano. Steam Gear Lab has broken the chains of small electronics obsolescence. Behold! The Eye-Pod Victrola! From MAKE magazine: Check out MAKE, Volume 17: The Lost Knowledge issue! Buy your copy in the Maker Shed Subscribe to MAKE Access the […]

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Conveniently sized MIDI controllers

Conveniently sized MIDI controllers

Most commercial MIDI controllers are unnecessarily large and awkward – certainly not designed to be on ones lap while soldering/bending/wiring/coding. Hopefully Korg’s upcoming line of “nano” devices can fill that void. Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music runs through the slated features – nanoKEY: 25 keys, transmitting either as MIDI notes or (via a separate […]

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