Tonight's project was not very hard to do, but I wanted to get the NintendoDS to send output to the LCD. I plugged in the NintendoDS screen and the LCD screen the way I've done before in previous tutorials. If you want to know how to wire the LCD you can go here (http://arduino.cc/en/uploads/Tutorial/LCD_bb.png). Plugging …
Project 2 – the Nintendo DS Screen
I said, in the last post, that the second project was actually going to be soldering the breadboard for the distance tracker... I decided to get some help from some EEs to get that done instead of try to figure it all out on my own. Since the Nintendo DS screen is right here...Parts needed:1) …
First Summer Project — Distance to LCD
The first project for the summer is a quick prototype to plug in an LCD screen and a PING))) from parallax to interface with an Arduino [the second project will be to write the code for the AVR and then solder some connectors to a breadboard, plug in the AVR, LCD, PING, and 9V power …
Windows Explorer Folder issues
I inadvertently made a change to my windows explorer so that I could add the command prompt to my right click that way I didn't have to open cmd and cd into the directory that I wanted to run command line commands from... this broke my explorer so the windows+e key would no longer open …
New electronics
I was warned that once I entered the realm of the Arduino (I have the Arduino Mega 2560) that I would be addicted... They were wrong! [not really, but I don't want them to think me weak] -- the truth is that they are very addicting. Once I followed the tutorials by newbiehack.com microcontrollers were …
ArduinoMEGA update
I've been looking at various setups and playing with a lot of electronics. I have a cabinet that is full of my electrical needs so I can play with the portions that I need to to enhance the value of my 3d laser scanner and printer as I push forward.I love my AVR microcontrollers and …
Hardware and Firmware
I started looking at getting an Arduino MEGA just so I could hook it up and begin wiring the test harness for it and plugging it in, etc. I also started looking at the PIC again and seeing if it was viable to skip the Arduino MEGA and take the basics then put the PIC …
Arduino programming
This is the part that I can do well. Arduino programming language stems from C and Java stems from C/C++. Reading the Arduino code has not been very difficult for me. I have a few Arduino and PIC programming books and even a JStamp and Javelin that I could work with if I wanted to.Here …
Lasersaur
http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/I found this and thought it was very cool. However a laser cutter that costs more than my DIY budget is simply not on my radar. ill keep watching the site for more info to see if they get the cost down to something closer to affordable.
Electronics for printer – RAMPS 1.4
I was out looking for more information on the Arduino MEGA and the RAMPS 1.4 system. I thought, at first, they were two separate systems. As it turns out they are the same system: RepRap Arduino MEGA Pololu Shield (RAMPS) PCB - this is good news; even better than before. As it also turns out …
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