Oil Delivery from Rix Took a photo of this today, as I liked what it said on the side of the lorry: 7 January 2025
3D Printer Overhaul The 3D printer that I originally bought around 2014 was a Prusa i3 MK2. I chose the self build,... 28 October 2024
Lighthouse Project A recent commission was for a garden lighthouse. It had to be tall, and light up automatically when dark.... 25 September 2016
Update of Interactive Cow for MERL Last week we added the ‘smell machine’ to the cow. This device is custom made for the cow, and...
Motorised Route Roller A project I have been working on lately is motorising a ‘route roller’, which is a device which allows... 28 August 2016
Interactive Cow for MERL The latest project I am working on with Kate is the interactive cow for MERL. As part of their... 30 July 2016
Flickering lamp This example shows how to control a mains lamp using a 240V relay board and an Arduino Uno. The... 15 December 2015
ATTiny85 Programmer The other project for this weekend was a really simple ATTiny85 programmer ‘shield’ for an Arduino Uno. This board... 6 December 2015
Digital battery tester for 9 V battery This weekend’s programme consisted of several new projects (battery tester, switching mains lights using a microcontroller, an ATTiny programmer...
Driving a stepper motor with an ATTiny85 Tim Sunerton is currently a student in the Art Dept at The University of Reading and wanted to power a... 21 May 2015
Visual Programming for Arduino ModKit have produced a visual programming environment for Arduino devices, based heavily upon the Scratch project at MIT. The... 10 April 2015
Sensory Labels We had our showcase events last week at the British Museum in London, where our group of co-researchers from... 19 February 2015