Category Archives: Arduino

book of e-textiles: Open SoftWear

Posted by beeta on 23/01/2012 Comments Off

Open Softwear is a book we have had for a while now but I haven’t had time to tell you about it at all. The authors of the book are from Malmö University and have tested all of the projects at the book in their courses there. The book is quite new and its second [...]

New revision 3 boards of Arduino Uno and Arduino Mega 2560

Posted by beeta on 07/12/2011 Comments Off

Arduino team has published new revision 3 boards of Arduino Uno and Arduino Mega 2560 at the beginning of December. These boards are also available in Finland. Revision 3 of the board has the following new features:  1.0 pinout: added SDA and SCL pins that are near to the AREF pin and two other new [...]

Uutiskirje 22 / Newsletter 22

Posted by beeta on 04/12/2011 Comments Off

Talvitervehdys Arduino-tiimi kasvattaa tuotevalikoimaansa jatkuvasti, ja nyt onkin tarjolla uusi versio Mega 2560:sta. Mega 2560 rev. 3 on myynnissä nyt joulukuun alusta. Langattomaan kommunikaatioon on täysin uusi Wireless SD shield, joka on yhdistelmä Xbee-shieldistä ja proto-shieldistä. Samalla valmistaja on laskenut Xbee-shieldin hintaa. Tämä näkyy tietenkin myös meillä! Muistathan tilata joulupaketit ajoissa. Jouluaikaan posti ruuhkautuu ja [...]

New products from Arduino team

Posted by beeta on 20/07/2011 Comments Off

Arduino team has brought out new products to widen the selection. The first releases are the Arduino Ethernet and the Arduino ADK. The Arduino Ethernet combines a regular Arduino board (Uno) with the Ethernet Shield into a single board. There is also a POE module to help you power your projects. You can use PoE [...]

E-textile

Posted by beeta on 20/06/2011 Comments Off

I’ve been inspired of e-textiles for some time now. Now we got a new category for e-textiles and LilyPad in Paeae Store as well. It will grow if anyone else than me is interested of those, if not, perhaps I just do some projects of my own. We will see. LilyPad boards we have had [...]

LilyPad!

Posted by beeta on 15/06/2011 Comments Off

You know the LilyPad, don’t you. It’s a board and a series of electronics especially designed for wearable items. How is it different to (other) Arduinos? Well: it’s thinner, nicely coloured, round and a very simple design. It doesn’t have USB though, so you have to plug it to your computer with something else. Otherwise [...]

Links: Arduino Documentary, toys in use etc.

Posted by beeta on 10/06/2011 Comments Off

Been so quiet lately, sorry for that. The life is hectic with so many things in it, but isn’t it like that for everyone. At least some times. Here are some nice links I found recently. Hope you find at least some of these helpfull or fun. ^^ About Arduino: What, how, who and why. [...]

Uutiskirje 16 / Newsletter 16

Posted by beeta on 01/12/2010 Comments Off

Hyvää joulun aikaa! Joulun kunniaksi tarjoamme Getting Started with Arduino -kirjan alehintaan vain 11 euroa ja värilliset Arduino Duemilanovet alennushintaan vain tasan 20 euroa kappale. Uudemmasta Uno-kortista huolimatta Arduinon lippulaiva ja suosituin tuote Duemilanove on edelleen loistava ja erittäin toimiva mikrokontrollerikortti. Muistathan tilata joulupaketit ajoissa. Joulunaikaan posti ruuhkautuu ja tämä vaikuttaa myös meidän toimintaamme. Jouluaatoksi [...]

Play Zork with a typewriter

Posted by sivu on 01/11/2010 Comments Off

By some definition, a machine is good if you can play Zork with it. Here is a classic typewriter which is controlled by a piece of Arduino software and yes, you can play Zork with it.

New Arduino products

Posted by sivu on 26/09/2010 Comments Off

We are very excited that the Arduino team finally announced the new Arduino Uno and Arduino Mega 2560 yesterday! Arduino Uno Replaces the Duemilanove. Biggest change is that FTDI usb-to-serial chip is replaced with ATmega8 which provides lower latencies and Arduino finally has his own USB Id. Arduino Mega 2560 New Mega version that has [...]