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This is the second list in a five part series where we list the Greatest Hits of the Project14 as part of the first Makevember celebration on the element14 community in honor of the third Makevember event. Makevember is an event that encourages everyone to spend 5 minutes a day working on projects to make things for the fun of it. The idea of a Greatest Hits compilation is borrowed from music. On a Greatest Hits compilation you'll see 20-25 songs in no particular order and you'll notice a lot of gems missing if you're at all familiar with the artist's work. In the spirit of Makevember its not about whose project is "best", won prizes, and it is not a ranked or ordered list. It's a celebration of the effort, the learning, the fun, the creativity, the skill, and the entertainment that you have provided to make this program possible.
We'll be releasing parts of the 25 54 greatest Hits of Project14 throughout Makevember and by the time we have finished this list, you'll have a representative sample of all the great work that's been done by the community members in support of this program. The purpose is not to exclude but to celebrate, and the hope is that the 25 54 projects selected are representative of everything that's been going on around here since things got started.
Here is the second batch (Projects 16-20) of the 25 54 Greatest Hits on Project14:
- Project 20: Walky the Biped Robot by genebren
- Project 19: 300g BOT by mcb1
- Project 18: DIY Test Equipment: Mini Air Jet by rsc
- Project 17: Self-adjusting clock with e-display by kk99
- Project 16: IoT Magical Wand by dixonselvan
The following Greatest Hits have been added to the list:
- Project 016: Hello My Name is...In Lights! (with instructional video and all required files!) by makethingstoday
- Project 017: Converting an existing effect pedal to operate a second effects unit using a resistive strip sensor. by ipfreely
- Project 018: Smarthab: Remote Sensing and Control .iv Software Design by phoenixcomm
- Project 019: Smart Clock over Cloud by fyaocn
- Project 020: Saving Sleep with PocketBeagle by vlasov01
Check out more Greatest Hits from the element14 Community:
- Greatest Hits (Projects 26-21)(Projects 021-026): Project14 | Makevember 2019: Weekly Winners: 54 Greatest Hits (Projects 27-21) plus (Projects 021-027)!
- Greatest Hits (Projects 20-16)(Projects 016-020): Project14 | Makevember 2019: Weekly Winners: 54 Greatest Hits (Projects 20-16) plus (Projects 016-020)!
- Greatest Hits (Projects 15-11)(Projects 011-015): Project14 | Makevember 2019: Weekly Winners: 54 Greatest Hits (Projects 15-11) plus (Projects 011-015)!
- Greatest Hits (Projects 10-6)(Projects 06-10): Project14 | Makevember 2019: Weekly Winners: 54 Greatest Hits (Projects 10-6) plus (Projects 06-010)!
- Greatest Hits (Projects 5-1)(Projects 01-05): Project14 | Makevember 2019: Weekly Winners: 54 Greatest Hits (Projects 5-1) plus (Projects 01-05)!
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| Project 20: Walky the Biped Robot |
Walky the Biped Robot, the first element14 project from genebren , was 16 years making, and the unanimous favorite of our community member judges. The project began as a way of paying it forward with the precious time he had with his son. In those days, he spent a fair amount of his time building projects in the hope of getting his son interested in engineering This earlier incarnation of Walky the Biped robot did not have the most graceful set of legs. Its body was cut or machined out of scraps of plexiglass and glued together. Metal control rods, with swivel ball joints transferred the servos movement to the feet and legs. The control board consisted of an ATtiny12 processor, a resistor, and a capacitor. Having lost any code and the schematic, he started out by tracing out the old controller, built on perf-board, and generated a schematic.
The old robot having long been disassembled. genebren made plans to resurrect Walky and make it a platform for future experiments, leading to fully autonomous operation. His initial goal was to give the robot awareness to manage edge and object detection, while accepting control from a R/C controller.
The 1940 Laws of Robotics (by Isaac Asimov and John W. Campbell)
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| Project 19: 300g Bot |
This project started life as a challenge. The local Robot Club (who spend time on everything except robots) was looking to get back into robots since they had a sumo ring.
They talked about making something small and decided on the 300g class.
It allowed for new and younger members to make something which could compete, and wouldn't cost a fortune, or require lifting gear.
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| Project 18: Mini Air Jet |
Mini Air Jet was chosen because it got some serious respect from our community member judges because its a simple solution that solves a unique project, and looks good in its custom enclosure! rsc works with some small thermocouples and Hot-Wire/Hot-Film devices in his labs and relies on some "crazy equipment" to test and calibrate these devices. Hot-films are very sensitive to the air flow direction, and it's difficult to move a big fan around keeping the air flow at accurate angles. So, after trying straws taped to little fans and other sometimes successful ideas, he designed a small hand-held air jet for this purpose. The case was designed using AutoCAD, and printed on a SeeMeCNC H2 Delta 3D printer.
"A very simple solution to a unique problem. The design concept lends itself to other uses. The finished project was tidy and fit for purpose." - Community Member Judge
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| Project 17: Self-adjusting Clock with e-ink Display |
kk99 set out to make a self-adjusting clock, making it work with CET time zone and supporting daylight savings. For the source of time, he used a GPS signal received from a NEO-7M module that had a serial port, a 2.9 inch module with e-ink display, and connected all this to an Arduino Nano. This is a really interesting application of e-ink technology that uses a low-powered Arduino and automatically updates using smart technology. He provides schematics and source code which can be used to expand this project even further!
Simple Power Bot was conceived as a simple solar powered robot capable of harnessing energy from solar panels. Part of this project involved learning more about how an Arduino handled power consumption and whether it could get the voltage and current that it needed from solar power boards. What's really impressive, is the fact that this was snidhi 's first attempt working with solar energy, an undertaking that she was very enthusiastic about. If everything goes according to plan, the Simple Solar Bot would be able to self sustain its energy requirements and be smart enough to go into sleep mode to consume less energy when there was no activity. Adjustments were necessary throughout the process to nail down the right motors to use for the mechanical design. This project involves an Arduino NaNo
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| Project 16: IoT Magical Wand |
In a moment of revelry, dixonselvan muses about the halcyon days of childhood when you fantasized about being a magician who performed magic using a wand, using the phrase "abracadabra", and the magic would happen! Now as an adult, he set about making this fantasy a childhood reality with his IoT Magical Wand project. The IoT Magical Wand allows you to control your home appliances and it can be turned ON or OFF by rotating the magical wand or tilting it towards a particular direction. Proving that any sufficiently advanced technology is akin to magic, he uses IFTTT, Arduino MKR 1000, Node MCU, Arduino Uno, thinger.io, and relay module as the magical elements used to perform this particular brand of magic.
Also on Project14 by dixonselvan:
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| Project 016: Hello My Name Is... In Lights! |
Have you ever wanted to stand apart from the crowd at party or event? Tired of boring name tags that make you feel the same as as everyone else? Well, makethingstoday has a simple project, that's guaranteed to get the attention you deserve. With a Hello My Name is...In Light name tag, you'll make yourself instantly memorable and be forever known as that person with the LED name tag that looked so cool. He's provided a link to the 3D printed parts is provided https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2687490 and given you clear instruction on how you make one yourself using a small arduino, 3 LED lights, paperclips, and a couple of batteries. Its just a really great name tag, that will also come in handy if you are in a room that is not well lit. Who knows? Getting people to notice you is very important in attracting new clients, getting a promotion, and possibly meeting the love of your life who would have otherwise not noticed you!
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| Project 017: Converting an existing effect pedal to operate a second effects unit using a resistive strip sensor. |
ipfreely's project literally rocked! It used levers and linkages to move a sensor which in turn moves a guitar effect parameter which then makes a room start shaking as you rock out. It moved a sound parameter and shook the room when played through a 100 watt stack. His video proof demostrates a Tesla coil and RJM Tone Saver with isolated output.
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| Project 018: Smarthab: Remote Sensing and Control |
From the start, phoenixcomm designed Smarthab with connectivity. Smarthab uses several forms of connectivity: Bluetooth, Zigbee,e WiFi, RFID, and Internet.
And here is what they do:
She'll describe how her Smarthab monitoring and control will be accomplished.
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| Project 019: Smart Clock over Cloud |
Normal clocks run with internal oscillation and the alarm shall be manually set. While the basic function of smart home shall be connected with the internet and reveal more information. This smart clock has no push buttons, all the information is gotten from internet. The SNTP for time synchronization, Sensor data from thingspeak channels can all be shown in LCD panel of the smart clock. This smart clock is an information hub, it fetches information and send command to home automation.
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| Project 020: Saving Sleep with PocketBeagle |
vlasov01 recently read the book Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. It covers many aspects of why sleep is very important for our health and factors related to its quality. Reduced amount of sleep can significantly degrade health, memory, productivity, athletic performance and quality of life. Exposure to light and specifically to blue spectrum of the light before the sleep is reducing amount of sleep hormone (melatonin) and making harder to fell asleep and as result can reduce time we have for sleep. He wanted to start measuring his exposure to blue light over the day. Over holiday season he had some extra time, so he decided to build a wearable device that can log sensor data, monitor blue light exposure and alert me if its level too high and potentially can prevent normal sleep, especially at time close to sleep.
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