S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #3 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/TTMP_0003_10FEB13.mp3 Highlights from this week’s science, engineering, and technology news: –3D Printed Prosthetics on the Cheap –Redbox Instant Video Streaming –Camera module for Raspberry Pi –Killing an Ethernet Controller with a Packet of Death For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog or follow along on Twitter @mbparks. Or listen on iTunes. Music by Halloween,…
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There Be Microorganisms Here: S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #2.
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Here is a quick tutorial on getting two-way Bluetooth communication up and running on Arduino and and Android smartphone using the SeeedStudio Bluetooth shield. I am also using an Android app called Bluetooth SPP to handle the serial communication from an Android phone to the Arduino. Rudimentary, but for testing purposes is a great tool….
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The Pilot: S.T.E.A.M. Podcast #1.Highlights from this week’s science, engineering, and technology news: White House OSTP announces National Day of Civic Hacking Intel to stop manufacturing desktop motherboards Software Defined Radio Challenge Nintendo Miiverse smartphone app: A harbringer of things to come? For more tech news follow along on Twitter @mbparks. Or listen on iTunes.Music by Halloween,…
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Arduino Esplora I have been tinkering with the Arduino Esplora. The Esplora is quite a bit different, in terms of physical layout than your normal Arduino microcontroller. It resembles a rather standard video game controller in it’s layout. Also, there are a number of onboard sensors already onboard the circuit board and are multiplexed to…
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PreambleEngineering is an important and learned profession. As members of this profession, engineers are expected to exhibit the highest standards of honesty and integrity. Engineering has a direct and vital impact on the quality of life for all people. Accordingly, the services provided by engineers require honesty, impartiality, fairness, and equity, and must be dedicated…
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Dangerous Prototypes Bus Pirate Using an forked version of the Open Logic Sniffer (available here) you can setup a Bus Pirate to act a digital logic analyzer. Not a substitute for a dedicated logic analyzer, but can do the trick if necessary. Amazingly enough the client runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris. There…
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In the last post we looked at testing new I2C devices using the Bus Pirate when prototyping a new design. In this post we look at making a more permanent implementation by interfacing the MCP4725 Digital-to-Analog Converter to the Raspberry Pi. Just as last time, we will be driving an LED. Some notes about our…
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“That the passing of our friend the horse is only a question of time […] however much the breeders of the [horse] may strive to arrest the progresses of public opinion in the adoption of this view […] and there is little room to doubt that they will ere long have to accept the inevitable,…
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