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Servo and mechanics in action

Workshopshed

A quick video of the servo and mechanism all connected up. I've spotted an interesting issue with these positional servos. When they power up the driving software has no idea where the servo is position so it will send the signal representing the cen...
- 12 Apr 2015
Review 6: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - LINUX Distro with SSH support

Jan Cumps

I've been able to connect to the SAMA5D4 with SSH and SCP. This post describes the steps I took to get there.They are a redo of what peteroakes shows in his SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Tips and Tricks #1 - Getting Displays up and Running video,mixed...
- 12 Apr 2015
Review 5: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - TCP/IP running

Jan Cumps

I've blogged about my first steps with the kit, Review 1: Unboxing and First Steps.The second review was on cross compilation on a Windows machine: Review 2: Building the Libraries from Source This time I connected the board to my home...
- 11 Apr 2015
MagicHat - 6 - Heart beat detection

amgalbu

After building the heart beat sensor, it's time to process the output signal to get the actual heart beat The heart pulse signal that comes out of a photoplethysmograph is an analog fluctuation in voltage, and it has a predictable wave shape...
- 9 Apr 2015
MagicHat - 7 - Force Sensing Resistor

amgalbu

Reading patient's heart rate is the first step to get a more useful physical parameter: blood pressureThe idea I want to develop in this challenge is to tighten the finger until the sensor is no longer able to read heart beat. At that point, the ...
- 8 Apr 2015
[ExM] #3 First attempt on Arduino Yun

nikil511

I Just received Arduino Yun.There was some delay due to Greek customs, as it was send from the US, but element14 took care of it, along with the expensesThanks! :-) So I power up YUN with a micro usb cable, and search for wifi. Found...
- 8 Apr 2015
Identifying Keys

crjeder

Crucial to my design is the ability to detect and identify keys. The potential solutions are divided into following categories: wireless, wired and explicit. The later means the user explicitly states „this is key #11“ through some interface. This is...
- 7 Apr 2015
A place in the cloud Post #1 - Overview and what I did over Easter.

Former Member

Hi All, My project synopsis for those who didn't see my application is quite basic in its theory. What I intend to do is create an IoT message bus and transaction system.I will either roll my own, or something off the shelf with RabbitMQ and...
- 7 Apr 2015
1958 Turntable from the Black Forest - 9: Autonomous Servo Lift

Jan Cumps

I've made a Digital Light Organ Enchantment for my Perpetuum-Ebner turntable last week.To add a little cyberpunk touch to it, I'm creating a servo lift that will pop out the light effects when there is music.www.youtube.com/watchI've titled it an aut...
- 6 Apr 2015
Enchanted Objects Design Challenge - Back on the straight and narrow

Workshopshed

The basement and extensionHans and the woodcutter assembled the planks to form support frame for Matilda's mechanics. The woodcutter liked the minimalism of the wooden design, "everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler...
- 6 Apr 2015
Happy Easter!

crjeder

I wish everybody a Happy Easter. Thanks Element14 for this cool competition and to all patient readers and to the helpfully and skilled participants.Unfortunately there was not much progress on the competition from my side. But as an status update: I...
- 5 Apr 2015
As The Sunsets...

RParkerE

As the sunsets on the genie's home, he is curious as to what time it is, since he forgot to buy a clock. Silly him . Fortunately he had a smart home, and all he needed was internet for his house to tell him the time! But how? Well just say the m...
- 5 Apr 2015
Multimeter Inbox 2: First Experiments

kidiccurus

The arrival of parcels is always exciting for me. Even if it is just an Amazon box containing an audio cable, I still get a little excited, so naturally, when this arrived at my door, I was VERY excited. The box arrived within a few days of the ...
- 5 Apr 2015
Enchanted Objects - Enchanted Clock (#3)

dwinhold

Hello everyone, So I have been programming the Arduino for enchanted clock I'm building (Work in progress). I am still having issues with the SAMA5D4 Xplained, I may have to change to an RPi if time starts to get tight. I really don't wa...
- 4 Apr 2015
Enchanted Cottage CAD models

Workshopshed

I've uploaded the OpenSCAD models for the Watt's linkage mechanism and also modelled the wooden parts although those were actually cut by hand. https://github.com/Workshopshed/EnchantedObjects
- 4 Apr 2015
Review 4: Digital Continuous Rotation (360°) Servo Part 2

Jan Cumps

In Part 1 I reviewed the servo and made a test bed for prototyping. I'll continue with some stats and measurements.www.youtube.com/watchDead Band The continuous servo has a range of angles, around 90, where it doesn't rotate. Calling Ser...
- 4 Apr 2015
Review 3: Digital Continuous Rotation (360°) Servo Part 1

Jan Cumps

The Enchanted Objects kit includes a TinkerKit Servo Module.That servo motor is not your common 180° angle adjustable unit. It's something special. Digital Continuous Rotation (360°) Servo It's a SM-S430R continuous rotation type (htt...
- 3 Apr 2015
The kits are here, Its Time to start

iayanpahwa

I received my kits today, Finally I can start with my first module of Enchanted Wardrobe. It would be around the Yun.P.S the servo is quiet big, I got an idea to use it wisely ,@STAY TUNED! for more.Thanks Element14 once again...
- 3 Apr 2015
1958 Turntable from the Black Forest - 8: Digital Light Organ Enchantment

Jan Cumps

We're entering a new chapter for the Perpetuum-Ebner turntable. The practical things are sorted out and the once defect table spins again.Time for some enchantment. I'm going to build a light organ. Digital Light Organ There are a num...
- 2 Apr 2015
Enchanted Typewriter - Planning

Former Member

Last week I wanted to publish a flowchart of the process of building the enchanted typewriter. However, since I'm organizing an exciting event for next month, I've been quite busy and couldn't do it. I have a bit of time now, so let&...
- 2 Apr 2015
MagicHat - 5 - Blood pressure sensor

amgalbu

I made some modifications to the original circuit I talked about in my previous post and made it on a bread board. Here is the resulting circuit I placed my finger on the sensor, and I got a quite clean signal The signal is 200 mV ...
- 2 Apr 2015
Review 2: Atmel SMART SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra - Building the Libraries from Source

Jan Cumps

I've blogged about my first steps with the kit, Review 1: Unboxing and First Steps. Since then, I've been trying to set up a tool chain that can build the SAMA5D4X Explained Software Package from source (yes, it took me 9 days to g...
- 1 Apr 2015
Enchanted Objects - Enchanted Clock #2

dwinhold

Today was the arrival of the Arduino Yun, thank you very much to all our sponsors. So Chrystal and I have been busy cutting out a clock and programming the Arduino and LED cape. In order for the clock to keep time we are going to have a sensor d...
- 31 Mar 2015
Smart Key Hooks – The Design

crjeder

Let's recapitulate: My Enchanted object consists of a sheet of brushed stainless steel with 5 hooks to hang keys. Magnets are used to stick notes to the board. In this blog post I will (try to) design the application as good as possible. Hopefully th...
- 30 Mar 2015
Yun has arrived

Workshopshed

Many thanks everyone
- 30 Mar 2015