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Power over ethernet? There's a shield for that.

Like making ethernet-enabled Arduino sensors, but hate running wires to power them? Well, rather than building a complicated energy-harvesting system or relying on batteries, you might want to take a look at powering them using the same Ethernet cables that are used to transmit data to them. This can… read more

Codebox: Swat an (arraylist) of targets

The last Codebox showed how to use your webcam to replace your mouse with a magic wand (sort of). In the example, moving your wand into a circular region of the screen caused the emanating rays to change to a random color. This article builds on that example and… read more

Using Arduino with MATLAB

Are you a MATLAB guru? Want to add some physical computing to your project, or experiment with some more advanced mechatronics projects? Then you might want to check out this presentation on the Arduino IO package, and start to get those motors under control. [via Arduino blog] Read the… read more

Tron light show made with Arduino-controlled stepper motors

Kim Pimmel's amazing effects created with a record turntable and some Arduino-controlled stepper motors. I've been interested in taking my Light Study photo series and evolving them into motion pieces. I shot a lot of footage for a VJ gig for FITC San Francisco. So I edited together those stop motion… read more

Playing with the Arduino-compatible Beagle Board Trainer

The Beagle Board Trainer from Tin Can Tools is a nifty daughterboard for the Beagle Board, offering level shifters for the built-in outputs such as GPIO, I2C, and SPI. This enables you to talk to 3.3v and 5v devices (the Beagle Board works with 1.8v signaling). Tin Can Tools… read more

Arduino + Motorcycle = Motoduino!

Heatsync Labs member Rene Sanchez built this kicking motoduino bike computer for his motorcycle, using a bunch of parts from Adafruit, a custom welded enclosure, Makerbotted connectors, and some ingenuity. The resulting device provides GPS coordinates, bearing, temperature (probably always registering hot in Phoenix) to the driver, while still… read more

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