Robot Video
Peter did some more work on his robot today. He’s got a big battery pack installed so that it doesn’t need a cord. It still has the cable to the Wii nunchuck though. Faith...
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The Robot Part 1
For my science fair project this year I am planning on making a self-balancing robot similar to a segway. Over Thanksgiving break we’ve been attempting to get a basic robot working. We’ve decided that...
Arduinos in Space …
Here’s another cool Kickstarter project. They’re trying to build a 1U CubeSat which contains a couple of Arduinos and a bunch of different sensors. Once it’s launched, you’ll be able to buy time on...
Arduino in The Atlantic
William Gurstelle has a nice short article about Arduino in the latest issue of The Atlantic. He’s trying to give their audience an idea of what maker culture is all about.
Lego Servo Brick
One thing we knew we needed to do with the Arduino is to figure out how to connect it to our favorite building set. It turns out that the servo we have (a Turnigy...
Motor Shield
Peter’s friend Will was over today. One of the things they did was to assemble a motor shield for Peter’s Arduino. An Arduino has a bunch of output pins, but they aren’t powerful enough...
Maker Faire Rhode Island
There was a Maker Faire in Rhode Island last week. We visited on the final Saturday. It was a pretty fall day and everyone was out showing off the things they’d made. For example,...
Button Fade
We made a new Arduino project today. It’s a code to make a light on the Arduino fade on and off by pressing a button. Here’s the circuit diagram. This is the code. int...
ProtoShield
One of the pieces that came with Pete’s Arduino is a ProtoShield. This is a little breadboard that sits on top of the Arduino and makes it easy to assemble projects with several components....
