electronics

The Arduino Dev Board [Sticky]

October 6, 2006 - 7:10pm — Shadyman

Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board, and a development environment for writing Arduino software.

Arduino can be used to develop interactive objects, taking inputs from a variety of switches or sensors, and controlling a variety of lights, motors, and other outputs. Arduino projects can be stand-alone, or they can be communicate with software running on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP.)

For more information, visit Arduino.cc

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The Daily Hack

March 23, 2009 - 6:39pm — Shadyman

http://www.dailyhack.net/

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Breadboards and Un-Etched PCBs

May 14, 2007 - 11:51pm — Shadyman

While at the Smiths Falls Amateur Radio Club Flea Market, I picked up a bunch of breadboards and unetched PCBs from a goodie-bag dealer (one with little bags of misc parts for a set price).

Microchip 16-bit Embedded Design Contest Kit

April 28, 2007 - 5:27pm — Shadyman

Woo! I got my contest kit for the Microchip 16-bit Embedded Design Contest.

Nokia 3310/3330/3390 LCDs (with PCD8544 Controller)

April 18, 2007 - 6:13pm — Shadyman

I recently bought two Nokia LCDs from eBay seller talktalkmobiles, and each came with a free Torx-8 screwdriver.
The screens come from Nokia 3310, 3330 and 3390, and have built-in Philips PCD8544 controllers.