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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


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


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


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


Stars Trackers
I posted these two barndoor mounts on Thiniverse a few days ago. One is manually operated while the other is motorized. Manual Stars...

Philippe Chretien
Sep 27, 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


A simple Arduino Task Scheduler (video)
I uploaded a new video to demonstrate the task scheduler in action. In this example I am driving two servo motors, two LEDs and a...

Philippe Chretien
Apr 7, 20111 min read


A Simple Arduino Task Scheduler (1)
My motivation to write a task scheduler framework is to help me faster develop new Arduino projects. In most projects, we repeat the same...

Philippe Chretien
Apr 6, 20113 min read


Wireless Arduino/XBee Remote Control with Compass and Accelerometer
A few weeks ago we played with XBee wireless devices. Last week we played with accelerometers and compass. This week we will put it all...

Philippe Chretien
Mar 22, 20113 min read


Build a Custom Arduino Clone (Part 3) – Add a Compass
This post is the last part of this series of articles (part1, part2) showing how to build a project using a custom Arduino board. To the...

Philippe Chretien
Mar 16, 20112 min read
Arduino LED Matrix – Video
A short video to show the Arduino LED Matrix project in action. #ledmatrix #ledarray #electronic #LED #Arduino

Philippe Chretien
Mar 15, 20111 min read
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