In the past 24 hours – I have been playing with Arduino. It’s a small little computer that is fully programmable. It’s quite fun. Given that I was not very good at electronics – this is a good experience to learn! Resistors, capacitors, modulators.. hmm.
I bought this kit recently from MyDuino – Arduino Starter Kit. It cost quite a bomb – but I must say I enjoyed the projects.
The kit consists of 15 projects – purely for beginners! And in the past 24 hours – I have completed almost half of it! Following is the list of the project:
01 GET TO KNOW YOUR TOOLS an introduction to the concepts you’ll need to use this kit
02 SPACESHIP INTERFACE design the control panel for your starship
03 LOVE-O-METER measure how hot-blooded you are
04 COLOR MIXING LAMP produce any color with a lamp that uses light as an input
05 MOOD CUE clue people in to how you’re doing
06 LIGHT THEREMIN create a musical instrument you play by waving your hands
07 KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT play music and make some noise with this keyboard
08 DIGITAL HOURGLASS a light-up hourglass that can stop you from working too much
09 MOTORIZED PINWHEEL a colored wheel that will make your head spin
10 ZOETROPE create a mechanical animation you can play forward or reverse
11 CRYSTAL BALL a mystical tour to answer all your tough questions
12 KNOCK LOCK tap out the secret code to open the door
13 TOUCHY-FEEL LAMP a lamp that responds to your touch
14 TWEAK THE ARDUINO LOGO control your personal computer from your Arduino
15 HACKING BUTTONS create a master control for all your devices!
Clearly in the next week I won’t have time as I would be busy working, but I shall continue the rest of it by next weekend.
As part of kit, see the video below for the a summary of the things that I’ve done so far:
Here are few pictures for the gallery!
