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CoasterBot Part I

Jameco and Make Zine are holding a contest to build a “CoasterBot,” a mini robot development platform using CD/DVD media as the main body components. I signed up, and this will be my first post documenting my progress. I have my chassis ready so far, and plan to use my Arduino.
In the Make: Robot build newsletter [...]

DIY RGB Ambient Lamp Kit

My new kit uses an Arduino clone that I designed that I am calling “StackDuino”. For this project I designed an RGB Led board that displays various colors. The RGB board screws on top of the StackDuino.
This kit will be home brew. I will be posting the Eagle Board files shortly for anyone interested.
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Contest Winners

The winners for the Fun with Arduino contest are… drum roll please….
1st Place – Joylite Maze
2nd Place – io Bridge Internet Controlled Christmas Lights
3rd Place – LED Cube
Honorable Mention:

Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
7 Segment Display
( I am going to put together something for a prize for the Honorable Mention)

Thank you everyone who participated. We [...]

Herbert The Beginner’s Robot (Build It!)

Contest entry by Annie (note: was submitted within the deadline, I wasn’t able to add to the blog until today)
In September of 2009 I found myself in a learning mood.  Throughout my life I have been fascinated by everything: science, math, history…you name it, I love to know about it.  In September I decided I [...]

JoyLite Maze (Build It!)

Contest Entry by Joe Cochran
In another project, I created a way to control a 8×8 RGB Matrix using an Atari Joystick. While waiting for one of the components to arrive, I had an idea that a maze could be constructed on the RGB Matrix and a user could go through the maze with a joystick.

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