$17 Arduino-based nikon IR intervalometer + code
This is a project that allows me to take pictures at any (reasonable) interval. This allows the photographer to create time lapse movies with a digital slr. This is an arduino-based project that should...
View ArticleChristmas gifts for geeks (pt 4) Arduino Edition
Introduction - just in case you haven’t renewed your geek card for the past year (decade?) Arduino is a term that refers to a microcontroller on a board that has certain hardware and software...
View ArticleMissed out on Sparkfun free day? Buy it anyways!
So, like many of my readers I spent the morning watching firefox time out on sparkfun’s website. Eventually the clouds parted just in time for me to see the ticker go from 70k to 98k, to 100k. Just...
View ArticleSparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Challenge
I just got back from the Sparkfun AVC. It was a blast! I shot a lot of video, but that will take a while to get processed edited and uploaded. In the meantime here are the things I thought were cool on...
View ArticleHow to ‘piggyback’ driver chips on Ladyada’s arduino motor shield
I really like the motor shield from adafruit industries. It is simple and it allows me to plug it in and start playing quickly. I usually have giant machines in my head, and the shield just wasn’t...
View ArticleCheap Monome built from a toy and and arduino – bliptronome
I’ve watched the monome videos for quite a while now, and I’ve really enjoyed them. I love how the unlabeled device looks so useful in someone else’s hands, but I know it’s really tough to learn. I...
View ArticleBuilding the Bliptronome v0.1 and 0.2
So here is the followup to my last Bliptronome post. As I said I bought a bliptronic-5000 from thinkgeek over christmas break and was working on it back at home. I didn’t have very much for spare parts...
View ArticleGeek gift guide for 2011 – electronics geeks
_Electronics geeks Hello, world! This is the second geek gift guide post. The first was more general, and this is specifically showing gifts aimed at electronics geeks. Keep your eye peeled for a few...
View ArticleMacro photography focus stacking rig
The main reason for building this as opposed to a sliding sled is that you can do what is called "focus stacking" with this. Macro photography will sometimes have an area of the subject that is in...
View ArticleDIY Rotary turntable
I have wanted to build a rotary turntable for quite a while. With it I can shoot 360 degree product shots, I can set the camera up on it and shoot panoramas. I can use it with my timelapse setup to put...
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