I mentioned this in the voice command thread…but this thing is so
cool I thought I would throw up a mention in it’s own thread.
It is a development board that has a scripting language and a “mod”
community. People have written tons of libraries and posted board designs.
The USB version is about $35.
There are tons of hardware modules you can get for it…
I just got one in the mail a week ago - can’t wait to make something cool with it – just waiting for a weekend with some spare time!
Have you done anything cool with Arduino yet?
I’ve been fascinated with this little board for a while though MAKE magazine, but I still haven’t got one! I’d be interested to see what fellow TAs are making with it!
I haven’t done anything particularly functional, but I was messing with the
optical encoders that come with ball mice. My long term goal is to make an
armature that would output midi data. Basically along the lines of the DID
(dinosaur input device) they used on Jurassic Park. I’m currently wrestling with
the possibility that it may take 50+ encoders to get all the rotations.
I do plan to get one of the cmos cameras and make a 3d scanner using a
stepper motor and laser. I have all the software written, but getting a really
tight laser line without spending a lot has proved tricky.
I do find it hard to pick just one thing…the number of projects and libraries
makes it overwhelming. Blessing and curse I guess.
Instead of trying to get a thin laser line, try sweeping a dot across the model and using either: a dark room and a long exposure, or just capture a movie. You’d need extra motors and more time, but it will definitely give you the cleanest line possible!
Anybody looked into using opencv and writing something to gen the mesh, while the arduino/motors position the cmos? They mention some blurbs about it in the Machine Learning Stanford videos up on Youtube. I’ve been reading up on opencv, but haven’t looked into it deep enough to order an Arduino yet…
Ben Deda
www.crownandtrident.com