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Atmel AVR Propeller Clock

“Each time the PCB passed at 12h00 a hall effect sensor sensed the magnet and generated an interruption. At this time, we have to check the counter to see how many ticks had been passed from this rotation since the last rotation, took this value and divided it by 360. This calculation then gives you the time between each degree.”

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Fractals on Xilinx FPGA

“The project intends to accomplish all computational tasks for the fractal sets using the embedded PowerPC 440 RISC CPU, ultimately for characterization of the CPU-based processing performance. If, in the end, the computational performance lacks significantly for the intended application, selected computational tasks might still be offloaded from the CPU to hardware-based processing.”

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Design Different: Art Robotica

“Art Bots are autonomous machines that paint or draw on a canvas, sheet of paper or a surface of some kind. Systems that utilizes this concept are currently used widely to create generative or algorithmic art. Some Art Bots that were created, walk around the surface of a canvas and paint a composition predetermined by the image or video they use as reference.”

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Interactive 360º Light Field Display

This project puts any conventional POV to shame by using a different method for tricking our eyes. This 3D display uses an anisotropic spinning mirror to project images from a separate camera that is outputting video at 5000 FPS. An FPGA is used to conquer the raw speed used by this display system.

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Robot Burns Grass To Make Art

This robot has a flamethrower attached so that it can draw any vector graphics on a lawn by torching the grass in its way. Build details are a bit scarce, but the pictures speak for themselves of what this thing can do.


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Drawbots – Simplistic Design

Here's a throwback for today: Drawbots. These were introduced in 2001 at a Maker Faire in NYC. Draw bots have 3 crayons or pens as 'legs' and a motor in the top to move the bots via vibration. They show how a little electronics know how and some creativity can lead to innovation that even kids can enjoy.


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