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February 12, 2009
HomeBrew Robotics Club presentation on making Beagle Board robots
This slide deck is a good resource for anyone looking to build a robot based on TI's Beagle Board:
At the Homebrew Robotics Club in Silicon Valley, on Nov 19, 2008, Nathan Monson introduced the BeagleBoard, focusing on the hardware and software features that make it popular among robot hobbyists.
Building Robots with the BeagleBoard -- HBRC, Nov 19, 2008 [via Texas Instruments on Twitter]
Posted by Brian Jepson |
Feb 12, 2009 05:30 AM
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February 11, 2009
Open source hardware club ships Gumstix-based handheld
Open source hardware club ships Gumstix-based handheld - huh, sort of a build to order BugLabs...
An open source hacker community has launched an online store to sell home-made gizmos, including a GPS-equipped baseboard (pictured) for the Linux-ready Gumstix Verdex processor module. GizmoForYou builds custom gadgets according to members suggestions, and sells the open-spec devices online, says the group.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 11, 2009 07:09 PM
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February 9, 2009
Inside the Elphel open source camera
LinuxDevices has published a paper that goes deep into into the open source (hardware and software) Elphel cameras:
Foreword: -- This paper describes the recent imaging advances by Elphel, supplier of open source (hardware and software) cameras to customers that include Google (for select Street View and book scanning projects). It should interest imaging engineers, fans of open source, and those curious about open source hardware.
The paper was written by Dr. Andrey Filippov, the Russian physicist who founded Elphel in 2001. Filippov has contributed many papers to LinuxDevices through the years, as regular readers will be aware.... Filippov includes a fairly mind-boggling description of the image compression algorithms used in Elphel cameras. He provides instructions for calculating the number of electrons each of your camera sensor's pixels can hold before welling over, and then provides a javascript calculator to use that "full well capacity" FWC figure, along with several other specifications, to determine the effective bit depth of your sensor...
Elphel camera under the hood: from Verilog to PHP
Posted by Brian Jepson |
Feb 9, 2009 05:30 AM
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February 4, 2009
Remixed Drawdio
Nice Remixed Drawdio (originally developed by Jay Silver & adafruit industries). The kit is also available in the Maker Shed and moving fast!
As a simple gEDA/PCB example I did a remix of Drawdio using the ladyada schematic. The documentation file contains plots of the schematic and pcb layouts, embedded datasheets of all components used, BOM and component lists. Line items in the BOM and component list hyperlink to the appropriate datasheet. The tarball contains the schematic and PCB source files.
John, the maker of this remix is hardcore on the open source hardware tool front "You can't create open hardware with closed EDA tools" -- how many folks here use gEDA for PCB'ing?
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 4, 2009 10:10 AM
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Blinking LEDs with the Beagle Board
One of the things that drew me to the Beagle Board was that it has a whole bunch of easily accessible sensor interfaces sticking right off its expansion header. All you need to do is solder on some kind of connector (I went for the Arduino-esque female headers as shown in the picture above).
Once you've done that, it's a matter of figuring out what to do with them. What mystified me about the Beagle Board was just how the heck you talk to these pins. Linux supports all the popular sensor interfaces: general-purpose input/output (GPIO), Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C), and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).
I was tempted to plug the Beagle Board right away into a bunch of sensors I had laying around, but was hindered by the fact that the Beagle Board uses 1.8 volt signaling (I'll tackle that issue in a future post). To get started, I just wanted to blink an LED, which meant I needed to figure out how to use GPIO with Linux on the Beagle Board.
I checked out Table 17 in the Beagle Board system reference manual to figure out which physical pin corresponded to which GPIO port. I wanted a pin that was close to one of the ground pins (27 and 28) on the expansion header, so I went for GPIO_168 (pin 24).
One thing I'm still not clear on is the meaning of the options (A, B, C, and D) in Table 17. It seems that when I request the GPIO port, I get it no problem, so I'm guessing that the operating system is taking care of "setting the mux control register in the OMAP3530."
So I knew that GPIO_168 corresponded to physical pin 24, but I didn't know how to get to it. I came across some Linux documentation in the AVRFreaks Wiki that spelled it all out for me: as you'll see in the example, all you have to do is use the Linux shell to write some commands to some pseudo-files in the /sys directory ($PORT is the port number):
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
| echo $PORT > /sys/class/gpio/export | Open a GPIO port for writing |
| echo $PORT > /sys/class/gpio/unexport | Release the GPIO port |
| echo "high" > /sys/class/gpio$PORT/direction | Take the port high |
| echo "low" > /sys/class/gpio$PORT/direction | Take the port low |
To try this out on a Beagle Board, you'll need to have gone through the Beagle Board tutorial on getting the Angstrom Linux distribution running. Once you are done with this, you will have Linux running on the Beagle Board, and you'll be able to interact with it using a serial terminal (for example, minicom on Linux, screen on Mac OS X, or HyperTerminal or PuTTY on Windows) and type commands into it.
So log in to your Beagle Board as root, and enter the following program into a file called strobe_gpio:
The vi editor is included with the Beagle Board, so you can type vi strobe_gpio, type i (to get into insert mode), then paste the program in. Next, press Escape (to get back into command mode), and type ZZ to save the file. This should drop you back into the Linux shell. (There are many vi tutorials in the universe if this is proving to be troublesome.)
Next, type chmod 755 strobe_gpio. Then, insert an LED as shown (short end into pin 28, long end into pin 24) in the picture at the top of this post. Try the command ./strobe_gpio 168 and you should see the LED blink.
This is definitely not an effective demonstration of the full power of the Beagle Board, but it is a first step in getting it to talk to sensors and other microcontrollers.
Update: Boireau Laurent has posted some more information about how this works in the Beagle Board Google Group, along with a suggestion that the community create a "beginners site with such simple or more complex exemples, with shell scripts and small C programs, demonstrating 'hello world' capabilites, and basic interaction with LEDs, buttons, timers, interrupts, serial, SPI, I2C, PWM, interfacing a webcam, using the NEON or the DSP". I'd find such a site incredibly useful!
Posted by Brian Jepson |
Feb 4, 2009 05:00 AM
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February 2, 2009
Tweet-a-Watt, A twittering power meter VOTE!
The "Tweet-a-Watt, A twittering power meter" project that Limor Fried and I designed was selected as a "top 50" design for Greener Gadgets - if you like this project please vote for us. Last week we released the how-to, schematics and source - and have live charts!
The response to this year's Greener Gadgets Design Competition was phenomenal. Entries came in from all over the world, and we were thrilled at the display of creativity and (deep) green design thinking. We've just published the Top 50 Semi-Finalists, and wanted to send this email to express our appreciation for your registration and participation. Congratulations to the designers who made it this far, and thanks to everyone for signing up and for sharing your designs with GreenerGadgets. We invite you now to visit the Top 50 Gallery at www.core77.com/greenergadgets and to vote for your favorites. Tell your friends, leave comments, and help the judges decide which entries will make it to the stage for the live judging at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City on February 27th. Thank you again for entering, and good luck to the Top 50!
Project links:
Tweet-a-Watt, Build a wireless home-power monitoring system.
Soldering, schematic and more...
The data parser...
Data collection...
Resources...
Download (source)...
See it live!
Twitter/tweetawatt
Charts, we have them!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 2, 2009 07:50 AM
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January 31, 2009
Drawdio round up - BZZZ BEEEP BLOOP
If you've never seen a kid make a Drawdio - you're missing out. I get asked all the time what's the best kit to build with a son and/or daughter and the Drawdio is my #1 pick. Drawdio is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you draw - it's a very simple musical synthesizer that uses the conductive properties of pencil graphite to create different sounds. The result is a fun toy that lets you "draw" musical instruments on any piece of paper. If you're old enough to remember Bill Cosby's "Picture pages" it reminds me of Mortimer Ichabod marker.
Back to Drawdio - It's less than $20 (It's $19.50) and there's one day left on our 10% sale so you can pick one up with a nice discount. Use the code 2009OX on check out to get 10% anything in the Maker Shed. Developed by Jay Silver and Adafruit it's a great kit that might spark a lifetime of science and engineering for a kid (or adult!).
I gathered up some of the links, videos and photos of Drawdio in action - check'em out and if you make one post up what you draw (and record video while you draw!). Oh, one more thing - it's an open source hardware project! Don't want to buy a kit, you can make your own!
More:
- Drawdio paint brush.
- How the Drawdio was invented.
- How-to Tuesday: Drawdio meets Unruly.
- Drawdio kit makes music while you draw.
- DIY Drawdio.
From the Maker Shed:
Get 10% off your order in the Maker Shed, use code "2009OX" at the time of checkout - Happy Chinese New Year! (Sale ends midnight, Jan 31st!)
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 31, 2009 07:00 AM
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January 30, 2009
Picture of the XO-2 OLPC
Leaked picture of the upcoming XO-2 OLPC via netbooknews.de. The next OLPC is being reported to be an open source hardware project too...
It appears that the very first photo of the next-generation OLPC XO 2.0 low-cost laptop has finally emerged on the Internet, showing us some of the things we should be expecting. In addition to that, it looks like Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the One Laptop Per Child project, has confirmed that the next-generation XO laptop is going for a different design and marketing strategy. To be more specific, the upcoming laptop, which could be released sooner rather than later, will be meant to provide users with a book that can be a laptop as compared with the first XO laptop, which was meant as a laptop that could be a book.
Update: The OLPC press folks emailed back... I asked "will the OLPC be open source hardware"... They said--
That's definitely the intention of everybody at OLPC. However, when you outsource as much as OLPC does, it will be a challenge to persuade partners to open up their intellectual property.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 30, 2009 06:30 PM
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January 28, 2009
The new OLPC XO-2 will be an open source hardware project?
This is pretty much the biggest news of 2009 - I am going to email the OLPC folks confirm, but according to this article - The new OLPC XO-2 will be an open source hardware project... Just to recap what that means... the source, the schematics, the PCB files, the firmware, the CAD files, everything will be available and commercial use is OK. If it's true, this is extremely exciting, I'd love to see the best company that can make these at the lowest price / highest quality flourish.
With the XO-1 now being deployed in the field, interest is turning to a follow-on project: the XO-2. This will be a $75 dual-screen device that's held like a book. You can also turn it around and use one of the screens as the keyboard.
"The first generation is a laptop that can be a book; the next generation will a book that can be a laptop," he says. "That's the switch.
One important thing about the XO-2 is that we're going to do it as an open source hardware programme. The XO-1 was really designed as if we were Apple. The XO-2 will be designed as if we were Google - we'll want people to copy it. We'll make the constituent parts available. We'll try and get it out there using the exact opposite approach that we did with the XO-1.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 28, 2009 06:00 PM
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January 25, 2009
IDEO + Bug Labs BUGbase user interface project
Dave Vondle from IDEO wrote in to tell us about a cool project they are working on with Bug Labs. From their introductory post:
We're thrilled to be working with Bug Labs to make this great product even better. We are also prototyping a new, open way of working that we hope will combine the expertise of Bug Labs engineers, IDEO designers, and the BUG community throughout the design process.
This is a quick project with a focused objective: re-envision the interaction with the BUGbase, specifically the display and buttons. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts about the current BUGbase interface and your ideas for making it better. How are you using your BUGbase interface? How do you wish you could use it? In return for your feedback, we'll be regularly posting updates on our progress, as well as the end results. We, of course, welcome your thoughts at any point.
They've got a few concepts up (one of them is shown in the video at the top of this post), and have gotten some good feedback. BUG+IDEO Deep Dive Exploration : BUGbase UI
Posted by Brian Jepson |
Jan 25, 2009 01:00 PM
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January 20, 2009
How-to Tuesday: Valentines LED display
This week I am going to be making the Open Heart kit by Jimmie Rodgers. It's a great open source kit that uses a technique called Charliplexing for lighting up the LEDs. Why? Charlieplexing allows you to control each LED's state individually. All you need to do is create a simple program and upload it to the Arduino and you have a really cool animated LED display. Don't worry about how to generate the code, Jimmie has made a great Flash interface that does all the coding for you. All you have to do is cut/copy/paste to the Arduino IDE and the LEDs will start running the animation.
The Open Heart is an LED matrix of individually addressable LEDs. It can be used to create a broach or bag light with highly customizable animations. It can be configured so that you can temporarily attach it to fabrics with headers that you simply push through, or you can configure it to be sewn into a project using conductive fabric for a more permanent setup. I have also created a simple flash programmer that you can design animations with, and it will generate the Arduino code for you. That way you just copy, paste, upload, and enjoy.
You can pick up your own Open Heart kit in the Maker SHED. You can get your Arduino there too!
Jiimmie has a great set of instructions available on his website. One of the great things about this open source kit is the ability to hack and mod it how you like. Let's get started making my version of the Open Heart.
What you need:
The Open Heart kit comes with everything you need except for an Arduino to control the LEDs. The kit was designed for use with any Arduino compatible board, but any micro-controller with the right programming can control the LEDs.
- Open Heart Kit - Available in the Maker SHED
- Arduino - Available in the Maker SHED
- 9Volt battery pack
- Brass tubing - Any small diameter metal tubing will work
- Small metal box - Any small box will do.
- Paper
- Epoxy
- Scrap wood
Tools you need:
- Soldering Iron
- Drill & drill bit - drill bit should be the same diameter of the tubing used
- Hot glue gun
- Dremel tool with cutoff wheel
- Arms of Assistance - Make you own
- Fume extractor - Make your own
- Miscellaneous hand tools - screw driver, needle-nose pliers
Step 1: Build the Open Heart
Start by adding all the resistors. There are (6) resistors that need to be soldered to the PCB. There is plenty of space to add them all at once.
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jan 20, 2009 08:46 AM
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January 19, 2009
Hello Blink!
Everybody seems to be messing with Arduino lately. So today was my chance to give it a go. Jimmie Rodgers of Willoughby and Baltic helped me set up the software on my laptop at Noise Night. It was incredibly easy, and he helped me to understand that the IDE for the 'regular Arduinos' is different for that used on the Minty POV and Brain Machine.
Stephanie, one of my Programming students had a piece of code running on her laptop and wanted to test it with four LEDs. We set up a breadboard with the LEDs, and she got her program to run. She had it going Cylon style, where the light would pass from side to side. After she left, I noticed the breadboard sitting on the table, still hooked up to the arduino, so I figured I would give it a whirl. I plugged it into the USB port, fired up the IDE and saw her program run.
Then I decided I wanted to mess with it on my own, so I did a search for "Hello World Arduino" Hello World is usually the simplest program you can run in a computer language. I wanted simple, so I could understand what it was doing. I found the code, which is also in the Help Menu under something or another, but I couldn't find it easily. I recalled that Jimmie had told me that Blink is the first program you want to run.
I copied the code and pasted it into the script window. Then I had to figure out how to get it to the board. I hit the Compile window, which looks like a play button, and saw that it compiled. I tried changing a few things, and broke it.
Earlier, Stephanie had some basic problems as well, such as not spelling the variable names exactly the same throughout the code. Hand typed code is case sensitive, so it's important not to mess with it too much. When we were debugging her code, I put some comment marks ( // ) in front of the lines that were throwing the errors. Eventually, we figured out that the problem was capitalization.
After compiling, I saved the file, and then downloaded it to the board. I was very happy when I saw that one LED blink. After about a half a minute, I got bored, and started messing with the code. I tried changing the duration of the blink and pause, and then I made each of the four LEDs do thier blinky thing.
So now I have made an Arduino blink. There is so much more that can be done, but it all has to start someplace. This step for me has been a major block. For some reason, I haven't been able to get it going. But now it is going. Hopefully others may find this moment useful. If you do, let us know in the comments. Take some photos and video of your experimentations and add them to the Make Flickr pool.
Posted by Chris Connors |
Jan 19, 2009 03:00 PM
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Bright built barn
Here's a house that announces its energy efficiency (or lack thereof):
With large intentions, its mission is to demonstrate an alternative method of building that allows levels of flexibility and sustainability beyond the reach of typical residential construction. This building requires NO FURNACE, even in Maine, and provides owners with real-time, easily understandable feedback of energy use through its "mood ring" LED fixtures. An off-the-grid option is also in the works.
Even better is the design philosophy:
The BrightBuilt project is unshakably committed to two overarching concepts:
Sustainability as a goal, and
Open Source Collaboration as a method to reach that goal.
More at Inhabitat and the Brightbuilt blog
Posted by Luke Iseman |
Jan 19, 2009 10:00 AM
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January 12, 2009
Illuminato - stylish deluxe Arduino-compatible
Matt of Liquidware brings us the elegant and able-bodied open source Illuminato - an Arduino compatible featuring 42 I/O pins, Atmega645 (2x code space of ATmega168) and chic white LED backlighting -
Great standout details on the board such as the side-mounted reset switch and symmetrical layout in black/gold. More videos, info, and insight to the development process over on his blog.
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jan 12, 2009 01:00 PM
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January 9, 2009
alt.CES "Google makes an open source hardware router"...
SD Times Blog says Google might be working on their own router-
For a long time now, Juniper has had one big ol' customer floating its bottom line: Google. It makes sense, as Juniper specializes in gigantically powerful boxes for routing traffic, and Google exists as one giant pool of information in a constant state of flux. Both incoming and outgoing, it's hard to imagine a world where Google isn't the absolute largest generator of traffic on the Internet, no matter what all the monitoring agencies say.Since we are doing "alt.CES" this week, I'd like to propose the following to Google - make the best router design in the world, then make it an open source hardware project - let anyone compete on bringing the hardware to market and adding new features to the design, provided they share it back, it's open source hardware so commercial use is fine. Google benefited a lot from the open source software world, it would be very bold and very cool to have an open source hardware router designed (at first) by Google. Once it's released, may the best made, most cost effective one win in marketplace.
But all of that is going to change soon. According to multiple sources, including one inside Cisco, Google is working on its own router.
Here's post from Lifehacker about an open source firmware project for routers right now... Turn your $60 router into a $600 router. Adam wrote...
Of all the great DIY projects at this year's Maker Faire, the one project that really caught my eye involved converting a regular old $60 router into a powerful, highly configurable $600 router. The router has an interesting history, but all you really need to know is that the special sauce lies in embedding Linux in your router. I found this project especially attractive because: 1) It's easy, and 2) it's totally free. So when I got the chance, I dove into converting my own router. After a relatively simple firmware upgrade, you can boost your wireless signal, prioritize what programs get your precious bandwidth, and do lots of other simple or potentially much more complicated things to improve your computing experience. Today I'm going to walk you through upgrading your router's firmware to the powerful open source DD-WRT firmware.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 9, 2009 08:00 AM
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January 7, 2009
Welcome to Alternative CES -- "alt.CES" - BUGLab modules
Each year over 100,000 people visit the Las Vegas area to celebrate consumer electronics at an event called "CES" - in addition to all of the announcements, press releases and the constant coverage on our favorite gadget sites there's been a dark cloud creeping in, there seems to be a growing resentment among the folks who cover the show - it's just not that fun any more, last year's show was all about giant TVs, and later a controversy about turning those very same TVs off.
I went to CES for years and year and always had a great time, I was attracted to the "weird" section that had Chinese clones and odd undiscovered jewels, it was almost 10 years ago that Danger had a little booth on their own showing the Sidekick, years later the Sidekick became an nationwide best selling phone, it's still one of my favorites. I remember showing friends pictures of the Sidekick, they all thought it was a bizarre little device, and perhaps it was at the time.
So, it's 2009 and on MAKE we cover very high-tech products, mostly in our reviews, green, gadgets and "news from the future" sections - this year we're going to try something new - we'll pick and choose some cool things we see around the web from CES specifically with a MAKE lens, but we'll also post some things we'd like to see or things from the past that would be great to see "CES" style. We're calling this "alt.CES" it's a little parody, a little bizarro world, a little fun and little bit about what's going on in the CES world - we'll have a few posts a day about this, if there's something you see around the web from CES that you think makers would like to check out, let us know.
First up, BUGLabs - last year I think they were the most interesting things at CES and this year they are announcing a ton of new BUG modules... BUGlabs are one of the pioneers in open source hardware - the source, schematics and PCB files are available for their products.
Bug Labs announced five new BUGmodules... Each BUGmodule represents a specific gadget function (e.g. a camera, a keyboard, a video output, etc.) that can be snapped to the BUGbase, a programmable Linux-based mini-computer with four available BUGmodule slots.
The five new BUGmodules are:
- BUGprojector, a mini pico-projector module, incorporating DLP® Pico™ technology from Texas Instruments. With a native resolution of 480x320 pixels, stereo playback and a brightness of 9 lumens, users can project videos, photos and presentations on the go.
- BUGsound, an audio module, providing a flush-mount 20-mm speaker and omnidirectional microphone with hardware stereo codecs and four 3.5-mm stereo jacks for third-party inputs, outputs, headphones and microphones. Use BUG as a portable music player, speakerphone, audio processor or more.
- BUG3g GSM, a 3G mobile radio with SIM card input, enabling BUGs to connect to any high-speed GSM network. Users can place calls, send and receive SMSes or transmit data, opening a world of possibilities for mobile and telephony applications.
- BUGwifi, a dual-function 802.11b/g wi-fi and Bluetooth™ 2.0 + EDR radio, offering yet another wireless data connectivity option for the BUGbase, while providing a gateway to a variety of peripherals such as keyboards, mice, headsets and more.
- BUGbee, a low-powered 802.15.4 radio, enabling BUG developers to create short-range personal area network (PAN) applications for home automation, sensor networks, automotive and more.
These five modules complement the initial batch of BUGmodules, including BUGlocate (GPS), BUGcam2MP (digital camera), BUGmotion (motion sensor and accelerometer) and BUGview (touchscreen LCD). And with the recent addition of BUGvonHippel, a breadboard module enabling users to add virtually any interface to their BUGbase.
This is really cool news, I can finally re-make my location based MP3 player again, the first one was made in 2002 using Macromedia Flash, GPS and Pocket PC, yikes. The way is works... you put in a playlist based on location, so maybe you'll hear "Eye of the tiger" when it known you're jogging up that HUGE hill, or maybe your MP3 player only plays bands in the town you happen to be in...
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2009 01:00 PM
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January 6, 2009
ArduPilot - Arduino compatible UAV controller
ArduPilot - Arduino compatible UAV controller. You'll need a GPS module ($60) and, for all but the most stable planes, a commercial stabilization unit ($70), but still the least expensive autopilot. it's also a 100% Open source hardware project, schematics and Eagle files on the site. This sold out in 7 minutes today, but don't worry, backorders are fine as per Chris. Sparkfun is making another hundred, which should be available later this week. Then more next week to keep up with demand...
This is a Arduino-compatible autopilot board designed by Chris Anderson and Jordi Munoz of DIY Drones. This is a basic navigation-only autopilot that requires a GPS module and separate stabilization unit such as a FMA Co-Pilot to create a functioning Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The hardware and software is all open source. The board comes with all the surface-mount parts already soldered, but requires the user to solder on connectors. Firmware is already loaded, but the autopilot software must be downloaded and loaded onto the board by the user. It can be programmed with the Arduino IDE. All details and instructions can be found at the project's home page.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 6, 2009 02:00 PM
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January 5, 2009
MPGuino: Open source instrumentation
This is a great open source MPG instrument for your car. It's based on the Arduino micro-controller along with a few other sensors. I really like all these open-source projects that are springing up all over the place. Amazing!
MPGuino is part of the OpenGauge instrumentation effort, which was created to make available efficiency instrumentation of all sorts. MPGuino specifically is a Miles Per Gallon gauge for fuel injected vehicles that is based on the arduino platform with some extra circuitry for monitoring the fuel injectors and the speed sensor in the vehicle.
More about MPGuino: Open source instrumentation
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Jan 5, 2009 01:30 AM
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January 1, 2009
New open source hardware business - Robotics, from Chris Anderson, Wired's editor in chief
New open source hardware business start up coming out in 2009 - Robotics, from Chris Anderson, Wired's editor in chief. I'm extremely excited about this.
Update: Chris posted more about the biz model here.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 1, 2009 10:00 AM
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December 21, 2008
BUGvonHippel - New BugLabs module
The sensor module for BugBases is out! - The BUGvonHippel. BUGvonHippel is a breakout board module which includes a female USB 2.0 port...
BUGvonHippel - We've talked about it before, but it's finally here! Named after Prof. Eric von Hippel at MIT who inspired it's creation, the BUGvonHippel further enables developers to create new and interesting "hardware mashups" by connecting their BUG to a universe of other devices and interfaces. Bug Labs will be showcasing the BUGvonHippel with several demos at CES, but it's available now in our online store for $79...The vonHippel module has a female breakout board as well as direct connections to the circuit board for size standard wires.
- Power
- DAC
- ADC
- I2C
- I/O X
- GP I/O
- SPI
- I2S
- SERIAL
- GROUND(x2)
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Dec 21, 2008 06:00 PM
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Weekend Project: Cosmic Night Light - Part 2
Make a glittering LED constellation jammed in resin. This is Part 2 of this two-week project. Thanks go to Kris DeGraeve for the original article in Make: Volume 14.To download The Cosmic Night Light Part 2 MP4 click hereTo...
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