Posted April 29, 2014 by Chris

"The Challenge: To design and build a sequencing control system for 64 solenoids that control a mixture of UV tonic and air into a manifold of pipes to be pumped around a structure. This was for a team participating in the Luxcity Project."

Posted April 28, 2014 by Chris

"This instructable will guide you through all of the steps to in order to create a one-of-a-kind beer pong table complete with cup detecting RGB pods, automatic ball washers, a 32×12 ping pong ball LED grid, side LED rings for spectators and an RF interface to communicate wirelessly with a PC!"

Posted April 27, 2014 by Chris

"Here is one of my favorite projects! This was a simple Atmega microcontroller based logic Analyzer which I redesigned around very strict limitations. The limitations were that I wanted it to fit inside of a nintendo gameboy, run on 4x AA batteries like the gameboy and use the battery contacts, battery compartment, power switch and screen location from the gameboy itself."

Posted April 26, 2014 by Chris

"Who says that cool things can’t be made using bubble gum and Popsicle sticks. 🙂 This PIC Microcontroller Based Writing Robot is much more than a collection of gears, drinking straws and string, watch the video as David who built the robot is able to make the robot draw with a pen."

Posted April 25, 2014 by Chris

"If you search for Blinkenlights on video.google.com or youtube you will find a really interesting documentary about the Blinkenlights project. I saw this video a few years ago, but when I saw it again now recently, I ignited on all my sparks. I had to make my own small scale version."

Posted April 24, 2014 by Chris

Time for another PyroEDU Lesson, this time we’ll turn our focus to microcontrollers and Communication with a PC in our new course: An Introduction To Microcontrollers. Here’s an overview of the lesson:

"Most microcontrollers operate in an environment where they need to talk to other computers. In this lesson, we will use serial communication with our laptop to send commands to our microcontroller."

Posted April 23, 2014 by Chris

"The objectives of the FailureBot project originated simply as ‘build a line-following robot’. However, it somehow evolved into a 3-year robotics experiment. My first attempt to build a robot was such a complete failure that I jokingly called it ‘FailureBot’."

Posted April 22, 2014 by Chris

"Arduino shield for controlling something without touching the controller. Great for Touchless Gesture User Interface experiments, artistic expression and game controllers. Does not use special parts, just a bunch of CMOS chips connected to an ATmega328 in the form of an Arduino Uno board."

Posted April 20, 2014 by Chris

"In 2005 I spent a few months playing around with a persistence of vision (POV) circuit for a bike wheel. It was my first foray into electronics and micro-controllers so, while it worked, it was a hack."

Posted April 19, 2014 by Chris

"This keyboard was commissioned by a couple of friends of mine from back east (NJ) who are avid Scrabble players. Most of the keys are made from real Scrabble tiles that were all hand-beveled (truly an exercise in patience/masochism!) and built onto a USB, clicky, mechanical-switch keyboard."