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How-To: Arduino Interrupts

How-To: Arduino Interrupts

In a basic Arduino sketch, if you want to take action based on the status of a digital input pin, you’d check the state of the pin repeatedly until a particular condition is met. However, as your sketches become increasingly complex, you’ll find that it’s not always the best way to do this. EngBlaze posted […]

Open Modular Controller Framework

Open Modular Controller Framework

If you produce music using a computer and off the shelf gear isn’t cutting it for you, check out FuzzyWobble‘s Framework For Making Affordable & Stylish Modular Controllers instructable and build yourself the controller you’ve always wanted. Under the hood he’s using a Teensyduino to act as native MIDI/USB/HID device, while the exterior is laser […]

Gorilla Glass

Gorilla Glass

Reportedly, fully 20 percent—some 200 million—of the world’s mobile devices incorporate a clear cover made of Corning’s Gorilla Glass brand toughened aluminosilicate glass. Depending on the particular test used to make the determination, Gorilla Glass is seven or eight times stronger than the common soda-lime glasses used, for instance, in most windowpanes.

RGB POV in a Tube

RGB POV in a Tube

I love this RGB POV in a tube created by rucalgary. There are 64 RGB LEDs spinning around on an aluminum frame, spun by a motor picked up at Princess Auto for $20. I control everything via an ATMEGA1284p microcontroller, as it was one of the only micros that had the memory space I needed […]