Comments on: Why the Arduino Matters

By: klingon

klingon — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:25:42 +0000

raspberry pi…… anyone?

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:18:40 +0000

You should take a look at the Teensy++. It's an arduino variant that let's you build projects that mount as USB devices.

By: Scalesmart

Scalesmart — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:35:54 +0000

I’m very interested in linking an arduino board to a load cell (strain gauge) to produce a low cost weighing system that can connect to a PC. At the moment we would be looking at a cost of around £160.00 and a connection via RS232.
A USB basic scale seems like a cracking idea! I havea customer who would probably want to mass produce this.

By: Facebook Developer

Facebook Developer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:07:20 +0000

Hey nice. I always prefer to know about latest tech info. Thanks for update

By: Rory

Rory — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:05:32 +0000

I can’t believe nobody’s figured this out yet.
This thing’s “VisiCalc” is obvious. It has two (2):
1. A BJ machine. And I think you know what I mean by “BJ” (like, I’m NOT talking about “Billowy Junipers” or “Beef Juggling” or other common “BJ”s).
2. An apparatus for partial-amputee IV drug users. This is a market that, as far as I know, is completely untapped.
This is your world, Greg.
Change it.
(Also, you could make something that automatically pokes – I didn’t include this as a VisiCalc because I haven’t quite figured out yet what it would be *for* – I just feel like I’m on to something – but something that’s more like the Solitaire of this world rather than the VisiCalc (maybe even the Minesweeper – who knows).)

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:16:21 +0000

Hey Randy —
I was super excited about Bug when it was first announced and was inboard for nearly the full weight for an early unit. Unfortunately i’v been less inspired to hack with my Bug in the time I’ve actually had it. Without a ton of modules it’s hard to actually use it for anything. I did recently pickup the Von Hippel though so I can theoretically use it in concert with my Arduino. Maybe that will inspire me to play with it more. I was specifically interested in seeing if I could get Ruby working on there either through a C extension or jruby integration. Do you know if anyone has succeeded on eiher of those?

By: Randy Castleman

Randy Castleman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:40:10 +0000

… and check out Bug Labs (www.buglabs.net), also doing cool things in this space (disclosure: my firm is an investor).

By: mawopi

mawopi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:34:49 +0000

The best part is that forest Mim’s books are still the standard for introductions into electricity and analog circuits. Arduino classes and tutorials are best servd with his books alongside, bringing a nice cultural continuity to the whole affair.
also @Jeroen, Wiring is the predecessor to Arduino, and was effectively replaced in terms of capacity and role by the Mega Arduino this past year.

By: Jeroen

Jeroen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:29:38 +0000

Great post on physical computing. DIY environmental computing will be the next big thing of this century. Ubiquitous computing is already happening. It won't take long until the internet of things is there. If we also manage to make an easy (and cheap) way to harvest our own personal energy, like solar power, I can see true independency ahead of us. Wonder why no one mentions Wiring ( http://www.wiring.org.co ). It is kinda similar to the Arduino platform but has a more powerful chip.

By: Djun Kim

Djun Kim — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:06:18 +0000

The name of the company you refer to in your post was Osborne (not Ozborne) I owned one, back in 1983… I agree that the Arduino, just like the Altair, is hacker crack. Can’t wait to get my hands on one, or two, or a dozen.
Djun