#Sensor
34 postsGlitch in the CounterProductive Button – June 28 to July 4
CounterProductive downtime between June 28-July 4
Read postIdea 079 - Gorilla water quality monitoring device
Citizen science water quality monitoring device
Read postIdea 075 - Birdnet festival mesh network
A mesh network of birdhouses that chirp messages to each other using audio for the physical layer of the network
Read postIdea 072 - Reminders for basic body needs
A sensor that can tell you when you are hungry or dehydrated, and other basic human needs
Read postIdea 071 - Levitating 3D Mouse
Using magnets coils to levitate the mouse in the air, and 9 degrees of freedom sensors to detect motion
Read postIdea 069 - One Liners
All the bad one liner ideas that wont get developed into anything
Read postIdea 066 - Tilt Pacman
Use a accelerometer to control pacman on a LED Matrix
Read postIdea 062 - Music festival dancing painting robotic marionettes in a million parts
A robotic marionettes that dances and makes generative art during a music festival
Read postIdea 050 - Tessellating Illuminated Origami Wall Sculpture
Origami Sacred Geometry + Individually addressable RGB LEDs + Wall Sculpture + interactive
Read postIdea 048 - The beat of the crowd - badge
Radio badge that pulses when other badges are nearby
Read postIdea 044 - Bio Punk Conference badge
A convention badge
Read postIdea 043 - BACnet MSTP Testing conference Badge
A convention badge for BACnet plugfest that is useful for testing
Read postIdea 029 - SproutSwipe
Use cell phone sensors to create a filtered list of suitable plants for a space then show the plants using Augmented Reality. Dating app for plants
Read postIdea 023 - Light painting rod
A programmable strip of LEDs that can be attached on a rod for light painting.
Read postIdea 004 - Universal Serial breakout board
A USB to Serial port board that supports many different physical layers. TTL 3.3v, 5v, RS232, RS485 2wire and 4 wire. DB9, DB25, Screw down terminals, etc
Read postIdea 002 - Keyboard Flute
An electronic flute PCB the size of a ruler with hot-swappable keyboard switches, a MEMS mic for breath control, and an ESP32.
Read postTrip to Shenzhen 2018
Two days at the Huaqiang Road markets in Shenzhen and the pile of LED strips, switches, and Pi cases I came back with.
Read postNotes from May 2017
May 2017 links: ESP32 sniffers, a giant laser-cut Bulbasaur, an 8-bit computer from scratch, Big Poop Data, and the BLACK 2.0 paint.
Read postMushroom growing kit and automation
Growing an oyster mushroom kit and over-engineering it with an ESP8266, DS18B20 sensors, MQTT, and Twilio alerts.
Read postDay 96 - This is a not bomb
A sous vide PID temperature controller box with LEDs, seven-segment displays, and a relay. Not a bomb.
Read postLife tracking Dec 2013
December 2013 life-tracking dump: app usage, Vancouver movement map, steps, sleep, house temperature, and BC Hydro use.
Read postIntroduction to Home automation with the Raspberry Pi - Sunday November 24th 2013
VHS workshop on Raspberry Pi home automation: read temperature, motion, and door sensors, log them, and switch relays.
Read postGeoGramOne - GPS tracker to Google maps
Reflashed a GeoGramOne GPS tracker board to POST coordinates to a web server and plot them on a Google Map.
Read postReporting the system stats of a Raspberry PI to COSM with python
Python script that pushes Raspberry Pi CPU, RAM and disk stats plus an Arduino light reading up to COSM.
Read postRaspberry PI and the GPIO pins
Setting up a Raspberry Pi headless, wiring the GPIO pins to an LED and a magnetic door switch, and pushing readings to COSM.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - Software
Software progress on the POV globe with a frame buffer class, bluetooth serial loading, and an ADXL345 accelerometer.
Read postStatus update Feb 15
Mid-February update: Ray Gun Revival launched, a Maker Faire spin-art rig in planning, and the outdoor sensor logging sunrises.
Read postWhat I did in 2010, Year end review
Year-end review of 2010: lockpicking, QR tags, GPS tracking, wheatpaste Marios around Vancouver, time-lapse videos, and SkyZoo.
Read postPlaying with app inventor for android
Building a simple sensor-reading Android app with Google App Inventor, and the features I wish it had.
Read postArduino Infrared, Blue Robot challenge, Burning man and superman
Working on the VHS Blue Robot IR beacon challenge, plus notes on WordPress 3.0, Burning Man, and upcoming Vancouver events.
Read postInteresting Friday
Friday roundup of Vancouver events, science talks, an Arduino-Android toolkit, and other links from the week.
Read postArduino + Maxsonar EZ1 + Processing
Visualizing Arduino MaxSonar EZ1 distance data in Processing, drawing coloured arcs that change hue with range.
Read postARDUINO and MaxSonar EZ1
Hooking a MaxSonar EZ1 ultrasonic rangefinder to an Arduino, debugging noisy readings, and finding the wiring mistake.
Read postFlower plug
A bathtub plug shaped like a flower that shifts from pink to deep purple once the water hits a safe temperature.
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