In the Maker Shed: LoL Shield for Arduino
The LoL Shield for Arduino from the Maker Shed is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino. All the LEDs are individually addressable, so you can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid.
Arduino
As the preeminent tool for makers, Arduino is a versatile platform that covers almost every type of creative making. With its simple-to-use coding language and fun programming concepts, Arduino enables users to create modern electronics with ease. From beginner level projects like flashing LED lights to more advanced builds such as interactive robots, there are an endless number of possibilities when it comes to building projects with Arduino. Whether you are new or an experienced builder in search of fresh ideas, these posts will provide interesting Arduino tutorials and unique ideas that may spark your creativity and motivate you take on any type of maker project!
DIY thermal imaging for under $200
I love the detailed build log for a el-cheapo thermal imaging project. One of the first things we heard when we started talking to firefighters about the potential for a heads-up display was “give us more and cheaper access to thermal imaging.” Being the tinkerers that we are, we thought we’d try to cobble something […]
Loveduino, a heart-shaped Arduino board
Over at Make: Japan, Takumi Funada posted this lovely Arduino-compatible Loveduino board.
Image deblurring using inertial measurement sensors
Interesting paper from Neel Joshi, Sing Bing Kang, C. Lawrence Zitnick, Richard Szeliski at Microsoft Research, describing how they mounted 3 gyroscopes and a 3-axis accelerometer on a DSLR to record the camera’s motion while a picture is being taken, and used that data to automatically deblur the resulting image at the software level. From their abstract:
New in the Maker Shed: MicroSD card breakout board
The MicroSD card breakout board from the Maker Shed makes logging data with your Arduino really easy. Simply connect 4 wires to the digital pins of your Arduino, along with +5V and GND, and you will be reading and writing data to a micro SD card using the SDfat library. Features Onboard 5v->3v regulator provides […]
In the Maker Shed: XBee & Xbee Adapter kit bundle
The XBee & XBee Adapter Kit bundle from the Maker Shed is designed to make adding wireless point-to-point or mesh networking to your next project a lot easier. The kit includes an XBee, the XBee adapter PCB, and all components necessary to build the adapter. This kit is really easy to build, even if you’ve […]
Make a networked face sensor with Processing
This Codebox explores how to use a web server to collect sensor data from a Processing sketch. As an example, we’ll use OpenCV to periodically detect and report number of faces that appear in your webcam’s field of view. You might use something like this at a conference or art show to see how many people are interested in a particular session or exhibit. Using this data feed, you might then create a mobile app that would show you where the most people are at a conference at any given time.