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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


The power of sharing
I just published a derivative to a project on Thingiverse.com (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:18918). I love sharing designs! This is...

Philippe Chretien
Mar 10, 20122 min read


Upgrading the Thing-O-Matic
I may be building a Prusa Mendel, my Makerbot Thing-O-Matic is working full time on my projects. I just received an Aluminum Build...

Philippe Chretien
Feb 23, 20121 min read


Building a Prusa Mendel 3D Printer
Last week I received my Prusa Mendel 3D printer kit from Makergear. I started to build the kit yesterday and after 5 hours here what I...

Philippe Chretien
Feb 13, 20121 min read


Bicycle Quick Release Headlight
I published a new thing on Thiniverse.com http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13877 This thing is a quick release bicycle headlight using...

Philippe Chretien
Nov 23, 20111 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


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


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


Open Hardware Summit
This was my first time at the ohsummit. The day was filled with great quality talks from speakers of all disciplines. I first want to...

Philippe Chretien
Sep 15, 20112 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


Build an Arduino Clone (Part 2) – 3 Axis Accelerometer
I just received a adxl335 triple axis accelerometer breakout board from sparkfun.com. I decided to test it on my custom Arduino board....

Philippe Chretien
Mar 12, 20112 min read


LED Matrix and Arduino
Light Emitting Diodes (LED) are everywhere. There is a good reason for that, we love them! Most of us are using LEDs to communicate...

Philippe Chretien
Mar 7, 20112 min read
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