 Viktor sent in this great 3 Axis Accelerometer project that he is working on, it is based on the Freescale MMA7361L. He is using a Microchip’s PIC16F887 for the brains of the system. Watch the video to see the board in action. “The direction-sensing is accomplished by Freescale’s MMA7361L, which is a three axis low-g micromachined accelerometer in a tiny (14 pin LGA) package. The advantage of this
If you like stair lighting as much as I do you will want to have a look at this. Geert built his RGB Stair Lighting using an Arduino Uno and TI TLC5940m PWM Chips. He uses 3 of the TI TLC5940m chips to allow to control 3 channels of light on each of his 12 stair steps. Geert now has some cool lights on his stairs and his next step is
This Interactive Mirror project by OpenGadgets is based on the IOIO Microcontroller which looks like it is very flexible. A 32X16 pixel matrix display is mounted behind a 2 way mirror, this display is connected to the IOIO microcontroller and talks to the Android phone using bluetooth. With the current implementation you are able to send things such as low resolution pictures and video to the display. There is
  If you have ever had a motorcycle you know that being seen by other motorists is always on your mind. Pete Mills recently purchased a motorcycle and installed a custom brake light to combat this issue. His DIY Motorcycle LED Brake Light was inspired by a flashing brake light of an ambulance. His design flashed quickly when it is activated and then goes on solid. There is also
Geocaching is getting very popular. AJ and Brian sent in this cool Geocache Box they built with Invisible Infrared LED inside. This box has a secret number that can only be seen with a bit of ingenuity, in this case since the numbers are shown with IR LEDs the numbers are not visible to the naked eye. But if you look at it through the viewfinder of camcorder or
 If you are working on a vision system project that needs to track something your life just became a bit easier. Willem Schwalb just sent in a link to his open source software tracking system, Open Vision Control that can be used to control things such as automated turrets. You can also see lots more videos of the system in operation here. “Open Vision Control was initially created
 If you need to control some motors wirelessly this Wireless Motor Controller project by PyroElectro might be just the thing to get you kickstarted. The project uses SN754410NE chip to drive the motor and a XBee module to make the project wireless. “The purpose of this project is to build a system that can independently and wirelessly control two DC motors. To do this, the system will need
