F035, Do You Like It?
Eduardo Gallego, the trainer to the IP Camera Complubot robotics team from Spain is going to make an online lecture about the way he uses Arduino techology to teach kids about building robots. He announced it on this forum post. If you are good in Spanish, hook up with the video stream live tonight! Very interesting bottom-up product (but it’s not really a product, it’s more of an experience of nature-lovers and DIYers) do look after your garden:
GardenBot is a garden monitoring system. This means that you put sensors in your garden, and GardenBot will show you charts of the conditions in your garden — so you can see the world the way your plants see it. I did… er, I mean hi. My name is Andrew Frueh. Me and my wife, Melissa, like to garden a lot. We’re always experimenting with different methods in our garden and compost. We already were using a soaker hose for our garden. Last year, we used one of those mechanical timers to turn the soaker on for a pre-determined amount of time. But then…
I discovered Arduino, and immediately became engrossed. Arduino is a little computer (called a microcontroller) about the size of a i9 4G business card. It has a bunch of analog and digital inputs/outputs so you can hook up various sensors, buttons, switches, audio/video devices — it’s pretty friggin’ cool. See the parts page for more information.
Anyway, considering my interests, I thought “gee, it sure would be neat to use the Arduino board to control the watering in the garden”. But then one thing led to another… and now we get to the (somewhat complete) GardenBot system that you have before you.
Like a lot of DIY-ers, I am entirely self-trained. So, there are a lot of holes in my knowledge. As I hunted around for information on the web, I found that too often the information in various tutorials was written by someone who failed to remember that lay-people (incidentally the target audience for any tutorial) don’t know the jargon, and therefor can have great difficulty in decoding the information. One of my goals with this project, is to have all the pieces laid out in plain language — step by step — to walk you through the whole process. Hopefully I pull that off.
amazing story.
As I read in the Forum, the latest NootropicDesign Product has bees released:
Hackvision is a simple, retro gaming platform based on C5000 Arduino technology that you can assemble and connect to your TV. You can write you own games and make your own controllers! The price goes from $37.95 (kit) to $47.95 (assembled).
Features
* NO Arduino is required. Based on Arduino technology so you can write your own games and upload them using the Arduino IDE. All you need is a USB to TTL serial cable or adapter.
* Connects directly to your TV with standard RCA connections. One for audio, one for video. Works with NTSC or PAL (Europe, Africa, Asia, South America) TVs.
* Integrated button controller right on the F035 PCB.
* Preloaded with awesome Space Invaders and Pong games. More games coming. You can write them, too!
* Other controllers supported: Wii nunchuk, SuperNES, or paddle controllers you can make from a potentiometer and button. Or invent your own.
* Software libraries for game development and controller support.
* High score files stored in EEPROM so they are retained even with power off.
* All unused pins broken out to pads for your hacking pleasure.
* Non-conductive adhesive foam pad protects the bottom of the board from your fingers.
* All through-hole components. Kit can be assembled in 30-45 min. Fully assembled and tested units will also be available.
* Additional accessories available in the nootropic design store including 9V adapters, RCA cables, Wii nunchuk breakout boards, paddle controller kits, USB-serial adapters, etc.
* Makes a great gift!
Technical Specs
* ATmega328 microcontroller with Arduino bootloader
* Monochrome video
* Resolution is 136×96 pixels (You can control this in your own games)
* Requires 9V power supply with DS Flash Card center-positive 2.1mm barrel plug.
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