November 20, 2010 – Hacked Gadgets

Name the Thing Contest – 158

Alan Parekh November 20, 2010 8

Thanks to Protostack for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing aÂ USBASP AVR Programmer to the winner. The AVR programmer is based on the Thomas Fischlâ€™s USBasp design and connects to your computerâ€™s USB port. “Some of the features include: Support for AVRDude from version 5.2 onwards Allows you to to read or write the microcontroller EEPROM, firmware, fuse bits and lock bits Support for Linux, Mac OS

Complex Hacks

Indoor Temperature, Dewpoint, Humidity and Pressure Monitoring System

Alan Parekh November 20, 2010 2

Jee Labs has some interesting modules that can be used as cool building blocks or if you want to build your own based on their ideas you can because all of the design details have been released. This Indoor Temperature, Dewpoint, Humidity and Pressure Monitoring System is a great example of what can be done with a few of these modules.