Jimmie is taking pre-orders for his “Open Heart” Arduino LED matrix kit. He’s also posted a convenient flash-based designer for creating your own charlie-plexed animations. – Open Heart kit Related: HOW TO – Arduino charliplexed heart
The Midiator kit converts a Playstation 2 controller for MIDI use Supports official PS2 controllers, cheap knockoffs and wireless controllers Analog joysticks control pitch bend and several controllers (or whatever you want them to do) Buttons either trigger notes or toggle controller signals LCD and menu system for mode switching (controller vs. note triggering) and […]
The Noise Toy kit is fun to use, but if you’re like me – leaving that little “PROGRAM” port unused will drive you crazy. With little knowledge of AVR programming beyond some fun with Arduino, I taught myself how to upload and hack source code for it. Read on to see how the deed was […]
You’ve read about it – now you too can follow your own pet vegetation on twitter! – The Botanicalls Twitter kit includes all the hardware you need to create a networked communication system for your plant. A moisture sensor placed into the soil will send information to simple electronic detection circuitry you solder together yourself. […]
I just got a firsthand look at the Arduino Pocket Piano from Critter & Guitari. Looks like much future fun – expect to see more on it soon.
Evil Mad Scientist Auxiliary member Fightingsquid built this aesthetically pleasing Peggy board display. Nice use of multiple LED sizes. Possibly a relative of the 8-bit blooper? – Peggy kenkaika set on Flickr In the Maker store: Peggy v1.0 Kit
The Noise Toy kit by Loud Objects is an easy build that delivers some impressive bit-bleeping goodness. After some simple soldering, you’ve got an excellent little synth-noise generator that can double as a programmable experimenter’s board – great for those interested in microcontroller sound synthesis. Next week, we’ll go into more detail regarding such programming […]
