The past couple of nights I have been working towards having the BAM, a pintograph, up and drawing. Last night was the night; mostly.
I did run into one issue. The motor was not responding to control via the L293D, … the rest of the story. . . “B.A.M. Update – It Lives!”
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This is a quick update to the hardware for the BigArtMess (BAM). I was going to give it a little classier name, but I like it.
I was a stumped for a couple of days as what to use for … the rest of the story. . . “B.A.M. update to the update”
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The other night I was puttering around, looking in my box of goodies to see what I brought to play with. I usually grab a few items and then see what inspires me along the way. Tonight it is two … the rest of the story. . . “Simple, scrolling, RTC clock”
No tags for this post.I am working on a larger clock project mentioned here before and it has finally moved up in the queue to being worked on.
The plan is to have 72 WS2818 LEDs to mark the minutes and hours. Each minute … the rest of the story. . . “Crazy Clock Stories”
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Here is the latest project (shinny penny) that caught my eye. I have been working through this one there seems to be a new idea at each step.
Idea and planning:
My daughter wanted some colored blinking lights for her … the rest of the story. . . “SweetPea’s Pretty Blinking Lights, The Beginning”
My Wife puts up with all of my fussing and tinkering, so this year I decided to put some of it to good use. To show her how much I care and hey, I can do tinkering for her too. … the rest of the story. . . “My Valentine”
No tags for this post.Early on in my adventures in the Arduino / micro controller world one of my goals has been to usher an idea from paper, to breadboard, to protoboard, to real PCB board. After a long night of soldering, I decided … the rest of the story. . . “From breadboard to here ya’ go. . .”
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