Arduino...

[Colin McGregor]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Fabio FZero <fabio.fzero-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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

Yes, a number of artistic areas have found ways to use the Arduino.
Here are some examples:

Want to connect an electronic keyboard to an Arduino:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-MIDI-in-shield/

"Smart" clothing :
http://www.instructables.com/id/Programmable-LilyPad-EL-Wire-Dress/

Smart sculpture:
http://www.instructables.com/id/working-progress-n-how-to-make-a-multilayered-a/

Further, since the design is all free there are Arduino knock-offs
available, the most extreme example I know of is :
http://www.instructables.com/id/Perfboard-Hackduino-Arduino-compatible-circuit/
. An Arduino compatible for under $8 (U.S.) ... okay, so it has a
number of limitations the original doesn't have, but for some projects
it would do just fine...

Colin.

> - 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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