Sensorbase datalogger
Sensorbase.org is an open data repository run by the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing at UCLA. It’s a database of sensor databases. You can upload datasets to it, and you can browse other datasets...
View ArticleUsing an Accelerometer to Sense Which Way Is Up
ITP just got some nifty flat panel mounts that can rotate 360 degrees. They’re very easy to move, it takes only one hand. When I saw them, I thought, “what good is a rotating mount if the content on...
View ArticleMultiple time stamp checks on a microcontroller
Sometimes you need to manage multiple events with a microcontroller that all require different timing. For example, you might want to control a servomotor (which requires a 20 millisecond delay),...
View ArticlePhysical x Wonderfl
Shigeru Kobayashi, who made Gainer and Funnel, has made yet another nifty tool for physical computing: physical x wonderfl. It combines Gainer, Funnel, Firmata, Arduino, and Wonderfl. What are Gainer,...
View ArticleA Few Good Reasons Why Peter Knight Rocks
Peter Knight works with Massimo and Alex and co. at Tinker.it. He’s written some great AVR code, which is useful in Arduino. For example: Secret Thermometer takes advantage of the ATMega’s internal...
View ArticleNode.js on the Arduino Yún
Recently, Federico Fissore added node.js to the package repository for the Arduino Yún. Here’s how you get node to communicate with the Arduino processor on the Yún via the Bridge library. To do this,...
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