Here’s another video from last weekend’s RepRap adventure!

This time Graxe describes the communications and controller boards, how they work and what they do.  He’s using a bootable USB drive that contains all the software needed to work and communicate with the RepRap.  Graxe also explains how one loads a file for printing and what type of files are excepted.  Better lighting this time around… still in 720p goodness, enjoy!

More RepRap Adventures! from Morgellon on Vimeo.

BIG thanks go out again to Graxe for coming down and sharing the RepRap goodness!

Looks like Massimo Banzi, one of the co-founders of the Arduino was interviewed this week on FLOSS Weekly.  A great interview, I highly recommend you jump over to the FLOSS Weekly site and give it a listen!

Go download the interview at FLOSS Weekly:

• http://twit.tv/floss61

Saw this pop up on Evil Mad Scientist Laboratory’s Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/EMSL) and thought it was worth sharing.

Looks like there is a new Arduino in the works… the Arduino Mega?!

Arduino Mega

Here are the “reported” specs… but please keep in mind, this is not official and I could be totally wrong!

The Mega is an Arduino processor ATMEGA1280

• 128KB of Flash
• 4KB RAM
• 4KB EEPROM
• 53 IO
• 4 HW UARTs
• 14 PWMs
• I2C bus
• 16 Analog Input pins

According to the original post, the release date of the Adruino Mega could be March 26th… so keep your eyes open if you’re interested!

It looks like all this buzz and excitement was generated from a post in a Portuguese language forum. Here’s a link to the original Portuguese post: http://lusorobotica.com/index.php/topic,675.msg5625.html and here’s a link to the page translated! http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Flusorobotica.com%2Findex.php%2Ftopic%2C675.msg5625.html&sl=pt&tl=en&history_state0=

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 kind enough to drive down and share all his awesome gear with me.  I decided to take a bit of video last night, as he was unpacking.  The video is a little dark, as it was an impromptu session.  The battery was almost dead, so the video cuts out near the end.

Adventures in RepRap Land from Morgellon on Vimeo.

Fear not… after a trip to the Chinese buffet, we plan to return and do more electronics work.  We also plan on taking some more video and pictures… hopefully a little better quality this time around

WOW… Back from Outerz0ne and managed to catch up on sleep!  I had a fantastic time with all the wonderful people attending Outerz0ne.

I’ve finally uploaded the video of my talk, so go check it out! You may notice that the few slides I use look very similar to the Phreaknic slides.  That’s because they are the Phreaknic slides.  I forgot to pack up my laptop power cord and since it’s kinda old, the battery life is non existent.  Luckily, Jeremy and Brian (two FANTASTIC guys that were sharing the room with me and Irongeek) had an extra EEE PC they let me borrow.  I managed to download the PDF of the slides from my server, a small bit of code, the arduino IDE… and throw “something” together.

*Duino Punk! Manifesting Open Source in Physical Space from Morgellon on Vimeo.

Now that Outerz0ne is over, we should be getting back to a more “daily” feel.  I received some conductive thread and some temperature sensors the day before Outerz0ne, so I’ll be doing some basic projects with them soon!

I’m also working on some LillyPad based projects, to create some wearable electronics.  I’m starting to get the needlework down and I have acquired a sewing machine… now I just need to learn how to use the sewing machine…

Stay tuned, more projects soon – Morgellon out!