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Building a Doodle Bot Kit

Building a Doodle Bot Kit

The Doodle Bot is a simple robot kit for beginners that can draw pictures and write text messages with a pen. Sample code allows the robot to write messages created by the user. The size of the writing can be changed. The Robot is programmed using the Arduino IDE and a USB cable. 4x AAA […]

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A Shook-Up Mouse

A Shook-Up Mouse

After seeing one of those pens that shocks you, I thought about putting something like that into a mouse as a joke. But mixing computers and high voltage is not such a good idea. The idea of using a vibrating motor from an old pager came to mind. So with an old pager, a mouse […]

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X10 Macro Module

X10 Macro Module

One of the most powerful additions to an X10 system is macro capability, where a computer continuously monitors the powerline for trigger signals, and responds by executing a timed sequence of additional X10 commands.

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