22 May
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Arduboy (and a little retro comparison)

Posted by ashleyelsdon in Tech

I got this last week, which was much sooner than I’d expected to see it. It is tiny. About the size of maybe 3 or 4 credit cards stacked on top of each other. That’s why I thought it would be interesting to see it with a Rex 6000. Of course the Rex has a lot more memory than an Arduino and is of course designed to be a PDA where the Arduino nor the Arduboy is. Even so, it’s an interesting comparison.

When I get some time I’m going to try and see what I can make with the Arduboy as you can code to it via Codebender. So that’s really the next step.

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02 Apr
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Happy Arduino and Genuino Day

Posted by ashleyelsdon in Events, Tech

Interesting that it’s changed now from just Arduino day. I wonder how long before it becomes just Genuino day? I guess it will happen eventually.

So today is a day when people do strange things with small microcomputers. That’s excellent. I might even find some time myself to do something. I had planned to go to an event, but it ended up not being possible sadly, so I will have to satisfy myself with some home tinkering I expect.

19 Mar
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Getting going with the mCookie …

Posted by ashleyelsdon in Tech
mCookie Clock 1
mCookie Clock 1
mCookie Clock 2
mCookie Clock 2

I finally got this stuff to work at long last, and when I did I realised that it is amazingly good fun to play with! It’s awesome stuff and I’m having a great time with it.

My next build will be something with sensors and hopefully audio too. Let’s see how that goes.

23 Feb
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Hello there KeyChainino

Posted by ashleyelsdon in Tech
KeyChainino
KeyChainino

I found this by chance really, but it’s interesting to see just how small things can be. You really can put this on your key chain. I need to sort out an ISP to load sketches to it.

09 Feb
0

Getting the mCookie up and running

Posted by ashleyelsdon in Tech
mCookie Microduino USB
mCookie Microduino USB

One of those tech things that can annoy you by just not doing what you want it to. But, at last I’ve got the basics up and running. It’s a nice kit though, with a lot of possibilities, and that’s what I’m really looking forward to now.

mCookie Microduino OLED screen and parts
mCookie Microduino OLED screen and parts

Especially what I might be able to do with the OLED screen, and also the speakers too.

mCookie Microduino components
mCookie Microduino components

The audio components look good too, and the audio stuff is going to be my focus, although bluetooth could be useful as well.

mCookie Microduino sensors
mCookie Microduino sensors

When I got this kit (quite a while ago now), I got the full range of sensors too.

mCookie instructions

So now I really need to get into reading this and then move forward.