What do you use to measure sizes accurately? A pair of calipers of course! And what would you use if you need accurate measurements as input for a computer program? Again, a pair of calipers. Most digital calipers have a … Continued
Arduino
Connecting an RGB LED strip to Carambola
Interfacing RGB LED strips to an Arduino is easy: it’s been done many times so often it’s a matter of downloading the correct code library and you are ready to go. These plug-and-play code libraries do not exist for Carambola, … Continued
Stripe: Arduino prototype
At Nut & Bolt I try to start prototyping as soon in the design process as possible. For me, it helps visualize what the end result is going to be. Also, having one or more prototypes works great as a … Continued
8devices Carambola
Lithuanian company 8devices has come up with the Carambola, a small circuit board (35 x 45mm) with a 320MHz processor, some memory and a built-in Wi-Fi connectivity. It runs on a flavour of Linux: OpenWrt. Now you might think this … Continued