The Daily Duino

So, I like to lurk in the #arduino IRC chatroom on freenode.net.  While in there the other day I started talking with Graxe and he mentioned that he would be near my area and inquired if I was interested in the RepRap.  Needless to say, I didn’t hesitate on arranging a meet-up! So, Graxe was [...]

Just noticed (thanks Kevin!) Liquidware released a new *duino clone, the Illuminato! Scanning through the specs of the Illuminato, I was very impressed! 42 Digital I/O pins!! 6 of which can be Analog Layout still supports “standard” Arduino shield too! Code compatibility, works with IDE (backwards compatible with Arduino sketches) Powered by an Atmega645, double [...]

I have seen these on the internet, so I sat down to make my own.  I really wanted the ability to put a programmed ATMega168 on a perfboard and make it do things in small projects without having to use a RBBB Freeduino ($12). I used the documentation from the RBBB Freeduino located here (pdf). [...]

Tags: barebones, breadboard, perfboard, rbbb

Coming off my breadboard and barebones duino, I decided to just build my own.  Wow I suck at wire management. Mine has a few fancy features (other than lots of wire).  For example I have some headers for plugging up an LCD and some for a FTDI cable. I also have some headers for additional [...]

Tags: barebones, droopsduino

Its just like my Diecimilia’s except that when I have a shield on it, its so much easier to change the power supply. (from usb to 9v external) Here is a pic of my new baby along with some other boards.

Several of my favorite Arduino/Freeduino stores have sent us in some giveaways for the con.  We are not sure how we are going to be giving things out, as most are kits, I think we will be giving them out during our talk and during the tutorials going on during the day.  Maybe get a [...]

After watching Citizen Engineer, I wanted to play with a slotted optical sensor, well that and a payphone, a sim card reader, a little vice and other cool electronics things. So I ordered a few from All Electronics. As usual, I had no idea how these things work, so I started plugging in wires and [...]

Tags: breadboard, Freeduino, infrared, nkc, Optical, proto

Well not quite so good, I am still waiting for mine to come in the mail. Maybe today will be the day. Here are some flickr pictures of the Sanguino.

Tags: Sanguino

Mine is in the mail, expect pics and projects as soon as it gets here. Very similar to the Arduino but with a larger processor. More power and more room for your ideas. atmega644P core 32 total general purpose I/O pins (some are multipurpose) 8 analog pins 6 PWM pins 64K flash memory 4K RAM [...]

Tags: Arduino, RepRap, Sanguino