This is one of those small, 1-2 evening projects. I was playing Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch (and highly recommend it if you haven’t played it yet), and decided to make a small prop. I actually wanted to make a small contraption with sound for some time now, and kept looking around for amRead more about Super Mario – Coin Box[…]
Idea We got a hamster, yay! 🙂 His name is Piontek (which means Friday in Polish), and the cute furry ball loves running in the night, so this idea came naturally. It may not be a first of such projects, but I wanted to make my own – build one exactly as I want it:Read more about Hamster Wheel – IoT Tracker w/Twitter integration[…]
First of all, it was great to see the interest this project has generated. Thank you everyone! It’s a humbling and very motivating experience, seeing people’s reactions, reading through the feedback, both praising and suggesting changes, makes me want to create more things 😉 This project has been featured on a number of websites:Read more about Smart Game Board – Updates[…]
Idea The idea for this project was born from a conversation with a friend – he was wondering if creating such game board could help in teaching kids how to play Chess. And I loved the fact that both making the project, as well as then playing using it sound fun 😉 And what aRead more about Smart Game Board – Completed![…]
Software Having everything assembled and tested (all the connections), I started with writing libraries for the LEDs, sensors and handling overall game board state. Then came the game logic (Checkers). Nothing really surprising, and if you’re feeling comfortable with C++ this should be a fairly straight forward step. I wanted to organize code efficiently, soRead more about Smart Game Board – Software and testing[…]
Few days ago, late in the night, as I was lying on a bed with night stand lamp turned on, I felt too lazy to get up and reach to turn the light off… If only there was an easier way to turn electronic devices on or off. Maybe by clapping? They say all brilliantRead more about Knock-Knock Switch[…]
Electronics In this post I’ll try to describe the main components: LEDs for indicating the game/board state and showing possible moves, Hall effect sensors for detecting if a piece is on the board at a given cell, Miscellaneous:Â power rail, connections to Arduino, etc. Parts list Arduino MEGA – Buy on Amazon We’ll be usingRead more about Smart Game Board – Electronics[…]
This project was born from an idea that it would be helpful to have some kind of light/indication on desk at work as a hint for colleagues telling whether we’re currently busy with something critical, or they can freely approach and ask questions if needed. While there are available solutions we could buy for ~$50, it’s moreRead more about LED Showpiece[…]
I wanted to try something new – pull the data from car, and see what cool things can be done with it. The design for this project was inspired by TV show Knight Rider, with more modes, reading data directly from the car (through OBD-II port). Built in multiple modes: pre-defined animations, animations dependent onRead more about OBD-II Car lights[…]
Another game has been going viral recently – Piano Tiles. I tried playing it, and it sure is entertaining, but there’s no way I can beat some of my friends, they’re just too good (Sunny, I’m looking at you 🙂 ). Not willing to throw in a towel that easily, I employed robots to doRead more about Piano Tiles – Arduino Hack[…]