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
Preview of new multisensory cushion controller Here is a preview of new version of the multisensory cushion controller box. Unlike the previous version, which used an... 5 December 2014
Photo Engraving for Sensory Labels We have been experimenting a little more with the laser cutter and tried out a variety of settings for... 28 November 2014
More Engravings for the Boxes using the Laser Cutter A few of the original engravings didn’t turn out as well as we’d hoped, mostly because the line drawing were... 22 November 2014
Prototype Sensory Boxes for the British Museum Collection Each of our co-researchers from Tower Hamlets was given the task of drawing their favourite (or preferred) object from the... 14 October 2014
Test Print with new 3D Printer Here is the first print from the new CubePro 3D printer. It’s a case for an Arduino Uno, using... 15 September 2014