Arduino...

[Fabio FZero]

The music geeks are all over this too. There's a cross between two
open-source hardware project -- Arduinome = Monome + Arduino -- that's
generating some very interesting results.

http://flipmu.noisepages.com/work/arduinome/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzBfXTAE1ss&feature=related

- FZ

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 23:04, Stewart C. Russell <scruss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 11-02-12 21:57 , William Park wrote:
>>
>> Do you have something for "show-and-tell"?
>> I'm curious as to how this is different from Heathkit of old days.
>
> It's different in that there are thousands of very active users with an
> incredible community online. Unlike the Heathkit, anyone can make an
> Arduino-compatible - the designs and code are open source. There are
> tiny Arduinos (Solarbotics Ardweeny, barely larger than the AVR
> microcontroller itself), wearable Arduinos, and specialized ones for
> applications like model aircraft and scale railway.
>
> If there's a sensor or protocol out there, someone's at least tried to
> get it working with Arduino, and documented the results. Things I've
> done with it so far include:
>
> * made a clock from a GPS unit salvaged from a remaindered MS Streets &
> Trips kit and a Nokia phone display
>
> * built a GPS logger that logs to microSD every second
>
> * attempted to (hey, not everything works first time) read the signals
> broadcast by a home power meter
>
> * made soft drinks containers of the world play the national anthem of
> their country of origin. Did I say they had to be *sensible* applications?
>
> I haven't been this keen on programming for decades. It's enormous fun.
>
> If you're looking for the modules themselves, Creatron at College &
> Spadina have them.
>
> cheers,
>  Stewart
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