Cornell University has just completed their ECE 4760 Designing with Microcontrollers Final Projects. There are lots of great projects, this 3D Laser Scanner by Ryan Dunn and Dale Taylor looks to be a flexible scanning system. Code and schematics are provided so that you can learn from their project. "Our project implements the hardware necessary for a laser triangulation 3D scanner as well as a PC user interface for
If you want to go under the sea, this Parallax Submersible ROV project by Richard will allow you to go where most electronics don’t want to go. With a goal of looking at the bottom of a lake in Michigan and watching some fish I think this project will do very well. "This ROV is tethered to the surface with a 6 conductor Ethernet cable and nylon support line.
This DIY Subwoofer Project Build shows that it is truly possible to make a sub that looks (and probably performs) better than lots of the stuff you would find in your local electronics shop. The use of leather and high gloss plastic panels really add to the high end finished look of the speaker. "The box itself will be built of MDF board. I chose MDF because I can
NerdKits demonstrates how make a Microcontroller Real Time Clock using system Crystal Oscillator by using system interrupts. "This project demonstrates a minimal piece of code that shows how to use interrupts, as well as the ATmega168’s onboard Timer/Counter modules, to divide the 14745600 clock cycles per second down to just 100, and to keep time accurately in seconds."
You may remember the interview we did with Roger Smith a few years ago. This time Roger is demonstrating how power can be transmitted about 10 feet through thin air using tuned coils. Of course this would not be practical for normal power transmission since even during this demonstration Roger takes a poke from the resonator coil. 🙂 It would be interesting to see one of these scaled up
This Guitar Bot has a real interesting sound. What would be cool is an iPhone app that would allow rea time interaction with the musical device. "GuitarBot is an electrified slide guitar that is versatile, responsive and easy to control, with high-quality sound. Now in it’s third iteration, the instrument consists of four independent single-stringed slide guitar units controlled by a motorized belt that moves a sliding bridge. The
Justin Schunick, Mark Hollenbeck, Luke Shaheen, Scott Gillette and Glenn Black from Northeastern University have created one of the coolest sensor system I have seen in a long time. It uses a PIC 18F4550 microcontroller and an array of simple sensors that are made out of copper plates. It can detect hand movements in 3space all around the tops of the sensors to provide an accurate position indication. At
