The second episode of AVR television is out! That’s right, an entire “TV” series devoted to a microcontroller, it doesn’t get more exciting than this – well, for us… In this second issue of AVR TV, we present the new AVR32 microcontroller: the UC3. We take a brief look at the features of this new […]
Ladyada writes – Looks like Atmel is doing a promotion. I paid $79 for my STK500. Now you’d get 2 top-of-the-line microcontroller dev boards for less than the price of one. Super useful for those strange times when you need to do some HV programming or want to prototype something fast! AVRDEVKIT1-ND from DigiKey, its […]
This is awesome, reallife xeyes! – [via] Link.
Alex writes in with some Synchronizing fireflies (LEDs) – This is a simulation of fireflies. Each firefly is represented by a tiny microcontroller, an LED and an LDR. After some time of flashing chaotic they synchronize and flash all at the same time. instructables : Synchronizing Fireflies – Link.
If you’ve ever forgotten to set your camera’s clock or adjust the time for daylight savings time, you probably know what a nuisance it is to manually correct your photo’s timestamps. Joe Maller addressed this problem by writing a few AppleScripts that allow you to shift and reset dates and times for album photos in […]
We had nothing to do with this contest, but we love it! Videothing is having a contest for folks who have/build the new Cellular automata video synthesizer kit! We’re so excited about the new video cellular automata kit from MAKE magazine, that we’re going to hold a contest to see who can make the coolest […]
Jan Cocatre-Zilgien shows you how to make a skin temperature transmitting device in the latest Citizen Scientist – Any parent who has had to take care of a feverish child at home knows what a source of emotional stress and anguish it can be. This is magnified at night, as fever often tends to get […]
