Smartphone DTMF remote control interface
Check out this handy DTMF remote control interface from EmilioFicara. Turn relays on and off with sound.
Arduino
Modkit at Cambridge Mini Maker Faire
Ed Baafi has been working up Modkit, a great new interface that combines the language Scratch with the ability to write programs for the Arduino. Like Scratch, Modkit provides the user with clickable and expandable code blocks. When you have the program the way you want it, you send it down to your Arduino board and test it out. All those fussy semicolons and syntax are handled automatically, no typing required.
Fritzing adds support for Propeller, Wiring, Basic Stamp, and more
[W]e are introducing further microcontroller alternatives into the Fritzing ecosystem. In the new release, due tomorrow, you will already get this sweet array of choices. Besides the Arduino and its variants Mega and Nano, you can now use Modified’s pico, mbed, Wiring and Wiring Mini, Basic Stamp, Propeller
FabISP: A simple AVR programmer you can build yourself
Prototyping systems such as Arduino use a bootloader to make it easier to upload programs to them.
Arduino on an FPGA
The folks over at Gadget Factory have implemented an Arduino-compatible avr8 processor on an FPGA, called the Butterfly Wiring-Arduino IDE.
SparkL Motion, an Arduino-powered ribbon necklace
Jen Savage of Alpha One Labs combined her software and sewing skills to make this SparkL Motion ribbon necklace.
Day table made of wood, tracks light
Alex Schlegel built this most excellent day table.
