Wireless Arduino Programming

August 14, 2008 by Chris
In what is probably a fairly obvious and easy thing to do with Xbee, we have the arduino wireless programmer. This is a pretty cool idea because it clears up the mess of wires around your project and is very simple integrated into your project.


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The AVR NTP Clock

July 23, 2008 by Chris
This project uses the NTP protocol for requesting a timestamp in order to keep the clock synchronized with the internet. It is essentially a tcp/ip client that has been beefed up to do some cool stuff. An AVR micro is used for all the processing. All schematics, software & references are there.


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Nintendo Mouse

July 2, 2008 by Chris
The standard NES controller has been made into mp3 players, walkmans & plenty of other random yet incognito devices. This time it has been made into a fully fledged computer mouse. Check out the project write-up to see how it's made.



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Twitter LED Scroller (Arduino)

May 21, 2008 by Chris
For all you out there who are in love with twitter this project is for you. Build a dot-matrix display of your twitter updates which scroll on by. Source code, schematics & lots of pictures await you in the project write-up.



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USBtiny - ATmega USB Converter

April 13, 2008 by Chris
This project is very useful for anyone who wants to get started using USB for programming instead of that clunky old parallel programmer. Using creative programming the author of this project managed to convert between parallel & USB using the ATtiny microcontroller.



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USB Battery Pack

February 8, 2008 by Chris
There are a plethora of small gadgets anymore that are usb powered; from usb missile launchers to usb drink coolers. This small battery pack allows you to use these gadgets on the go, anywhere you like!



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