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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


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


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


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


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


Twitter Controlled Robot
I presented this project at the 28th Montréal Python meeting. I posted the slides of the presentation in my previous post here. The...

Philippe Chretien
Mar 21, 20122 min read


Montreal Python #28
Today at 18:30h, I’ll make a short presentation at the 28th edition of the Montreal Python. I’ll present my PyGame Wireless Game...

Philippe Chretien
Mar 19, 20121 min read


Atmega328 Vcc pin
I received a comment from “N00B” on my Build an Arduino Clone post pointing out a mistake I made by connecting 5V power to the pin #6...

Philippe Chretien
Oct 13, 20111 min read


The Maker Faire World in New York
Following the Open Hardware Summit I went to the Maker Faire World in New York city. This event was held in the same location as the OHS,...

Philippe Chretien
Sep 24, 20111 min read


Parametric Arduino Case
When you make a project using an Arduino board, you often need a case to attach the Arduino onto your project. This small project is my...

Philippe Chretien
Sep 12, 20111 min read


Arduino Motor Controller Using an L293D Chip
Controlling DC motors is at the heart of many robotic projects. Servo motors are sexy but DC motors are cheap and a lot more useful to...

Philippe Chretien
Apr 22, 20114 min read


Wireless Arduino/XBee Game Controller
For this project, I keep the same controller as in the previous post but, instead of controlling a servo motor through a second Arduino,...

Philippe Chretien
Apr 12, 20113 min read
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