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My New Base4 Clock In Action
My new Base4 Clock in a trendy Montréal Co-Working space!

Philippe Chretien
Sep 21, 20171 min read


Hacking The Fibonacci Clock
Many people write me asking if it would be possible to add/modify the clock color palettes or change the lamp mode display. Of course it...

Philippe Chretien
Jan 11, 20165 min read


The Fibonacci Clock In The Classroom
Here is an awesome story from England involving my Fibonacci Clock project. A few days ago I received a message from Mr. Elliot Malkin, a...

Philippe Chretien
May 29, 20151 min read


Fibonacci Clock on Kickstarter
UPDATE: The Fibonacci Clock is now live on Kickstarter! I have 30 days to fund this project … head up to Kickstarter to support me! I...

Philippe Chretien
May 4, 20154 min read


Making a Fibonacci Clock
Soon I will launch a Kickstarter campaign to fund the Fibonacci Clock project. This clock uses the Fibonacci sequence to display time...

Philippe Chretien
Apr 24, 20151 min read


Wobbly Circles – CNC project
I just finished building a CNC kit from Shapeoko and started cutting stuff. I needed a simple project that would be a bit more...

Philippe Chretien
Oct 18, 20141 min read


Score Display Box
A few years back I built a Quiz Buzzer System for my mother. She loves it but she is still keeping track of scores using a pencil and a...

Philippe Chretien
Aug 15, 20143 min read


Motion Detector Box
The initial goal for this project was to build a project enclosure out of wood. I initially had no idea what project I would do with it....

Philippe Chretien
Mar 21, 20143 min read


The hack a day effect
On November 24th of this year I published an article on my blog on how to build an RGB lamp controlled by RFID tags. I first announced...

Philippe Chretien
Dec 18, 20132 min read


RGB Lamp Controlled by RFID Tags Built As An Arduino Shield
Making the Scary Monkey project with my son has been a lot of fun so I decided to make another project for the kids. I built an...

Philippe Chretien
Nov 24, 20134 min read


“Scary” Stuffed Monkey
Last month we went to the zoo with the kids. We played fair games and won a few cheap stuffed animals. They were so crappy we decided we...

Philippe Chretien
Oct 9, 20136 min read


Astronomy Picture Of the Day on your Android
The specifications are: The application should allow the user to read the Astrophotography Picture Of the Day published by NASA at...

Philippe Chretien
Jul 11, 20121 min read


2012 Venus Transit
We had a perfect weather all day long and 15 minutes before the transit started, dark clouds rolled in and ruined the show! I got these...

Philippe Chretien
Jun 5, 20121 min read


2012 Venus Transit
A quick reminder … Don’t miss the last Venus Transit until 2117! It starts today (june 5th) at 22:09UTC. Venus will be visible against...

Philippe Chretien
Jun 5, 20121 min read


Quiz Buzzer System
Last Christmas I built a Quiz Buzzer System for my mother. She is a big fan of television quizzes and love to organize some with her...

Philippe Chretien
May 30, 20121 min read


First custom PCB
This is my first working printed circuit board. I used the toner transfer method to draw the traces on the copper board. The purpose of...

Philippe Chretien
May 16, 20121 min read


Keypad & LCD Display
While I was still trying to figure out what to do these 10 keypads, I received an LCD Display I ordered on eBay. It’s friday, I have no...

Philippe Chretien
May 11, 20122 min read


Cheap Keypad and Arduino
I just received a package of 10 flexible keypads I bought on eBay for 15.88$, shipping included. Having a keypad in your project opens so...

Philippe Chretien
May 2, 20122 min read


Tweetbot … the code
You can now find the code of the twitter robot on my github at: https://github.com/pchretien/tweetbot Feel free to fork … copying is not...

Philippe Chretien
Apr 17, 20121 min read


Playing With The Beaglebone
I just received my Beaglebone and started experimenting with it. The Beaglebone is a low cost, single board Linux computer with tons of...

Philippe Chretien
Apr 6, 20121 min read
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