Month: October 2009

Speeding up Arduinos…

Speeding up Arduinos…

Good Instructable for the advanced folks out there, your code won’t be portable, but you’re advanced, so whatever :) RazorConcepts writes– Arduino is slow? What? This instructable will show just how slow a part of Arduino is, and how to fix it. It’s true – more specifically, Arduino’s digitalWrite command takes a considerable amount of […]

Noisebridge visit – Amazing hacker space in San Francisco, CA

Noisebridge visit – Amazing hacker space in San Francisco, CA

Here are some photos from my visit to Noisebridge, an amazing hacker space in San Francisco, CA. Noisebridge is an educational non-profit corporation, 501(c)3 public charity status. We provide infrastructure and collaboration opportunities for people interested in programming, hardware hacking, physics, chemistry, mathematics, photography, security, robotics, all kinds of art, and, of course, technology. Through […]

How-to Tuesday: Arduino 101 Accelerometers

How-to Tuesday: Arduino 101 Accelerometers

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Today, I am going to show you how easy it is to connect, and use, a Memsic 2125 Accelerometer from the Maker Shed. This sensor is able to detect tilt, acceleration, rotation, and vibration with a range of ±2 g. It can be used for making balancing robots, game controllers, musical instruments and more. I’ll get you started…what you do next is up to you!