Category: Arduino

  • Commodore Wi-Fi Modem

    A fairly major project I’ve been working on for the past few months is finally wrapping up.  It’s a Wi-Fi “Modem” for the Commodore 64.   Click here for details.

  • First PCB Designs!

    Finally got around to something I’ve always wanted to try:  I designed my own circuit boards for the first time ever (not counting acid etching in high school) and got them made! I designed the boards in Fritzing, which is an intuitive schematic capture and PCB layout tool, and had the boards printed at OSH…

  • MicroView Demos

    Happy New Year!  I’ve been playing around with the MicroView over the holidays.  It’s an amazing little Arduino-compatible thingee with built-in OLED display. It was launched on Kickstarter last year (to runaway success).  After numerous delays, I finally got mine (actually, Sparkfun sent me a whole extra set for my trouble, so kudos to them).  You can…

  • Ghostbusters Costume + Proton Pack for Halloween

    Ghostbusters Costume + Proton Pack for Halloween

    This summer was the 30th Anniversary of Ghostbusters, and the movie was re-released in theatres for a limited 1-week run.  I took my son Andreas (age 8) to it, and he loved it!   Mind you, he had heard of Ghostbusters plenty of times before from me, and had even played the games (PC and Commodore…

  • Using SoMo by SonicWear as a MIDI Controller

    I’ve been working with the SoMo by SonicWear, a cool little device that generates sound through movement, and I had some input into its design.  SonicWear is a Toronto-based startup, and the project itself originated with Loretta Faveri at OCAD University’s Social Body Lab. The main target platform for SoMo is Max/MSP on a Mac, but I was…