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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Random project thoughts
I’ve been thinking about doing the soon-to-be-passe Christmas lights synched with music thing. The lights don’t come cheap; it’s $50 or so for a strand of 35. Here’s a stripped-down version from Adafruit for $40: http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/07/18/updated-tutorial-12mm-led-pixels/ More holiday circuits, this … Continue reading
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Arduino-hating: I don’t get it.
I love me some Arduino. I have several. I build pretty much every project around them. Even when I’m building a circuit that doesn’t use the microcontroller at all, it’s very convenient to have a regulated 5V USB power supply … Continue reading
Arduino power control
The digital scale project has been a measured success, as most maker projects tend to be “in the early revisions”. On the one hand, the circuit works dandy when it’s up; step on scale, weight gets transmitted, computer processes and … Continue reading