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Stonehenge – A Robotic Digital Clock
Posted January 26, 2011 by Chris
This robotic clock seems to combine old school thought with cutting edge robotics technology. Every minute the robot updates the clock by moving one number away and replacing it with the actual time. The write-up doesn’t have many details on exact specifications, but the basic theory is pretty obvious.

USB AVR programmer – No FTDI
Posted January 10, 2011 by Chris
For those of you looking to build your own AVR programmer, here’s a DIY avr usb programmer that doesn’t require the FTDI chip at all. This is extremely helpful and cost cutting for anyone in the AVR world. Take a look at how this guy did it!
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