Open Heart V2.0

January 5, 2010

It’s finally being released publicly. After selling out of Open Hearts months ago, I’ve got many V2.0 kits coming in. Version 2.0 has: Higher quality blue PCB! Brighter and larger red LEDs! Pre-made cable! Pins all in a single row. Sew-able pads connected by default. Same price! Seriously, everything about this kit is better. It [...]

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LoL Shield, now with a Beta Library

January 1, 2010

Wow, 26C3 was so many levels of awesome. Have I ever mentioned how much I love hackers? They are the coolest group of people on the planet. Read on for a software update, pre-order information, and contest details.

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On My Way to Berlin

December 25, 2009

Open Heart v2.0 PCB I’ll be attending the 26th Chaos Communication Congress (26C3) in Berlin, Germany. I’ll be there from the 26th till the 4th, so if you are going to be there, then stop by and say hello. I’ll have all of my kits on hand, even ones I’ve not announced yet. I’ve got [...]

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My Development Process – Part 2

December 22, 2009

Well, the great news is that the shield works! I’ve got some basic software up and running, but a full library will be coming in the future. You can go ahead and check the beta software out here. I’ll have some of these in a kit form at 26C3, so you can buy one of [...]

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My Development Process

December 11, 2009

One of the nice things about working for myself, is that I’m able to do random things as they strike me. Yesterday morning I woke up wondering how many LEDs I could fit on an Arduino shield. This isn’t the first time I’ve wondered that, but it is the first time I decided to give [...]

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Atari Punk Console Kit

December 8, 2009

I’m now officially announcing, and taking orders for my new Atari Punk Console Kit. I’ve been running workshops with these for some time, and have gone through three PCB and component revisions before I settled on this one. I’ve already helped people make 100 of these, most of which I was there for. So I [...]

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Now I’m Full Time

October 2, 2009

Video by jeanbaptisteparis at Maker Faire RIYou can expect to see a bunch more of this in the coming months.As of Monday, I am a full time hacker/maker/artist/circuitbender/etc. After a full year of planning, I was able to pay off all of my debts, save up some money, and quit my day job. So the [...]

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Workshops at Maker Faire RI

September 15, 2009

Signup here to make this. I’ll be running a couple of workshops in RI this week/weekend for Maker Faire RI. You should stop by if you are in the area. Both of mine are on Thursday. I’ll be running a circuit bending workshop, and an Atari Punk Console workshop. I’ll also be running the soldering [...]

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My Ugly Camera

May 17, 2009

Photo by Chris Conners At the last Noise Night, Chris stopped by and noticed my camera. He thought it was interesting, so he took a picture. Since the camera has already made to Make, Dig, Gizmodo, and Boing Boing, I thought I should write up a bit of information on the camera’s story. Back in [...]

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HeartChuck

March 26, 2009

I just got an email from David Findlay with a really neat project with the Open Heart kit. Just check out the YouTube video: He’s combined the Wii Nunchuck with the Open Heart, and it looks great. He has a nice writeup on his blog, including a link to the code. Great build David! Even [...]

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