The Ultimate Microcontroller Pack from the Maker Shed includes everything you need to dive right into the world of microcontollers. The 100+ components allow you to complete nearly any online tutorial without having to source individual parts. Everyone from beginners to advanced users will appreciate all that the Ultimate Microcontroller Pack has to offer.
The Parallax Serial RFID Card Reader, from the Maker Shed, is a great way to add hardware based authentication into your next project. This easy to use board requires only 4 connections to your PC or Arduino. The RFID Reader Module can be used in a wide variety of hobbyist and commercial applications, including access control, automatic identification, robotics, navigation, inventory tracking, payment systems, and car immobilization.
If you’re in Portland, OR for the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, come to the expo floor and check out the Maker Shed. We’ve got a whole bunch of stuff for sale here; Arduinos, Mintduinos, Mintronics Survival Packs, Netduinos, books, and more.
This kit includes the Arduino Uno, the incredibly popular Getting Started with Arduino Book by Massimo Bansi, and all the components needed to go through the examples in the book.
More and more books keep being released about our favorite little microcontroller, the Arduino. Apress offers a new one tomorrow entitled Arduino Robotics. Written by Josh Adams, John-David Warren, and Harald Molle, it’s is a monster 628 pages…
Wish there were an easier way attach an Arduino to a breadboard? The Boarduino, from the Maker Shed, makes it easy! The low cost and small size makes it perfect for embedding into your projects. Full Arduino compatibility lets you use the latest IDE and code.
The makers of the Video Experimenter Shield for Arduino have used their product to create an instantly updating word cloud from over-the-air television closed captioning data. The NTSC video is passed through the shield and the Arduino sends the closed captioning text to the computer via serial. The cloud is generated by a Processing sketch, which makes words larger if they’re spoken more frequently.
