Actions
Forum Thread Details
  • Replies 18 replies
  • Subscribers 408 subscribers
  • Views 1165 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Related

What's your next project?

bradhuffman

What's everyone working on?  I've got a few things on the drawing board at the moment.

 

  1. Take the rocket launch controller from a prototyped stage to a more completed stage with a custom PCB that integrates all the distinct components.
  2. For the .NET crowd, migrate the code to the .NET Micro Framework.
  3. Experiment with controlling my Roomba with either the Arduino or a .NET MF compatible board (Netduino, Fez Panda/Domino, etc...)

 

Those are a couple things that I'm looking to do over the next month or two.  How about you?

  • I'm building a bedroom automation system controled by an alarm clock.

    (see outline here)

  • I am a newbie to arduino (1 year of use) but im learning things pretty quick. I have been planing on making a digital clock for a long time. I will be using a serial lcd and a ds1307 RTC. Im already done with my schematics all i need to do is buy the parts. Hopefully i can write the code properly. I will use a arduino uno, but later i will build a standalone board that runs off a dedicated atmega168.  Fun Fun image

  • I am looking at setting up my UNO32 as the controller for my CNC kit.  Since I mostly want the mill to do a specific task, I felt it would be a good exercise to set it up to take G-code off the USB and then control the CNC axis to do the milling.

     

    If I have time, I will post a blog on my progress.

     

    DAB

  • I'm building an On Screen Display for my UAV project.

    Also LED lighting for my work bench.

  • I'm working on my second Arduino variant, the MEGA_Stick_II, a predecessor to the MEGA_Stick. The MEGA_Stick_II will only be 1" x 3" and still include the on board clock with back up battery, however it will not have the on board FTDI chip or power regulator so it will require a regulated 5v power feed. This makes it much smaller package at a much lower price and more practical for inserting into a permanent project. It will however include a header for the FTDI Basic from Sparkfun for uploading and an ISP header for advanced programing.

     

    The circuit board isn't finalized yet;

    http://www.royalephoenix.com/pe_shop/images/ms2.jpg

     

    I'm not real sure how important it is to have all 100 pins available. I may remove the extra pins that the Arduino software don't utalize.

     

    More info as I get closer.

  • I'm starting to build a body monitoring kit. I'm planning to use this device to capture the sudden change in motion, ambient temperature and noise that an everyday commuter experiences. I guess I could use the data to analyze how it can affect a person's health and stress level. I'm still on my early stage of the design. I hope this works out fine.

     

    - Ren

  • in reply to codewhiz

    i want some tips for preparing science project on the topic of COMPLEX

    MACHINES WITH LIST OF MATIERALS REQUIRED URGENTLY

     

     

    PLEASE REPLY ME

                              AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

                                                                   PUSHKRAJ

    NEMADE

  • For the .NET crowd, migrate the code to the .NET Micro Framework.

     

    if you need .NET Micro Framework board with lot of I/O  up to 55 Pins at chepest price get from

     

    http://www.netmfdevices.com/eshop/products.php?21&cPath=1&sid=70198e2d5f1e12ef69cd68c24a5ec773

  • I have 2 ongoing projects:

     

    1) Replacing the broken wire system that control the drive and gearbox on my old wheel loader. There was two wires: Direction control Forward - Neutral - Reverse and Speed / Gear 1 - 2 - 3. It will be replaced by two servo's and a "tiptronic" -like up/down control. My first project and my first Arduino UNO.

     

    2) A friend need to collect heating data, so i use an arduino for this with a network shield and a swarm of multiplexed temp sensors. Parts of the project is tested on a breadboard, but not complete at all.

     

    Then, on the horizon is a thing that i have saved for a rainy day. I have a dead vintage pinball machine title says Globetrotter, one of the first ones with a microprocessor (8080 or 8048 i think). Wouldn't it be nice to breath new life into it with a arduino or clone plus some creative coding? I have absolutley zero documentation on the pinball machine and its logic so it will be electronic archeology. The displays and everything light up, but nothing else clicks. This might be number three ...

  • Good to see a thread like this!  We have a similar periodic thread on my hackerspace's mailing list and it is fun to see what everyone is making.

     

    I've been working on an Arduino-based device that I can stick on my cube wall to display my status (in meeting, at lunch, working from home, etc).  A 4x20 parallel LCD (reflective STN with backlight off) is the display with the SparkFun WiFly shield for connectivity.  The process is pretty simple: fetch a status message from a web server for the device's configured ID and display it on the LCD.  The server-side software can be updated via various mechanisms like Twitter.

     

    However, as always, the devil is in the details.  I wanted to maximize battery life to hopefully last a work week, so sleeping is must.  In theory, it should have been simple to associate, connect, sleep, wake and repeat.  But in practice I found the WiFly library code would fail to recover in many circumstances.  Often, I wouldn't observe this until after many iterations which made troubleshooting time-consuming.

     

    Anyways, I think I'm finally getting close to having improved the library well enough for robust operation.  Hopefully after the long Thanksgiving weekend, I'll be able to do a successful test run in the office.

     

    Cheers,

    Drew