I tested my new video camera. Maybe I don’t play so well but the quality is quite good. Here is a sneak peak!

I just finished the design of the circuit that will make Ardoscope come true. Still without a guess about what Ardoscope could be?

I have a new project on the way. It will be little bigger than my last ones thus it will take a little more time.

I only say one word, Ardoscope, try to find out what that could be

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I already wrote my first Arduino program. It’s really simple but fun

What it does is that every time somebody visits my website, a LED light blinks once in my room, and I get a warm feeling of a visitor

How to do that:

• Burn this code to your Arduino.
• Connect a LED light to pin 12 and ground it.
• Connect your Arduino to your web server through USB.
• Log in to your web server and type: “sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0″.
• Add this PHP code to your website header.
• Enjoy!

In case this doesn’t work; try to solve your problem or comment this article and I will try to help you.

Today I got my new Arduino Diecimila that I ordered yesterday. That was a quick delivery.

I like the simple Arduino programming language. It’s much more easy to program than C but still as functional as C.

For those who don’t know, Arduino is a physical computing platform based on a simple I/O board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer. Currently shipping versions can be purchased pre-assembled; hardware design information is available for those who would like to assemble an Arduino by hand.

http://www.arduino.cc

Prepare now, more fun projects are to come

I was searching the Internet for a schema to make a simple AM-radio and I found this cool video at MakeZine.

Here is a PDF with the instructions.

Here is a short video to show you how the POV is working.

As you will probably notice, the camera refresh rate is much faster than me. This should not be a problem once the POV is on a fast enough motor.

Today I received the the 330Ohm-resistors and bright blue leds I ordered. Each led has now it’s own resistor and that makes that all of them are equal bright all the time.

So now I removed the old leds and replaced them with new ones and moved them to the board so they can be on a straighter line. Now the leds are connected in a way that I don’t need the mirror()-function any more. That makes the program faster and more synchronized. I also changed a bit the led()-function as I noticed that every led()-function was followed by an wait()-function and implemented some more characters.

Here are some new pictures and the new code.

This week I’ve been working on a POV. It’s my first microcontroller project ever and it has been very interesting. The microcontroller I used is an Atmel ATMEGA16 programmed with an Atmel AVR Dragon.

The next step is to make it turn arround on a motor and calibrate itself automaticly with help from a base-placed IR-diod. I have even talked with a local company that will hopefully provide me with a bluetooth module to make posible dynamic text change from mobile phone or any other bluetooth device.

For those who don’t know, POV stands for Persistence Of Vision.

Here are some pictures and the code.

This is my first post, more to come!