A Little Simon Clone Named [Nomis]

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[Chris] has been hard at work building his own version of Simon called [Nomis]. Although [HAD] has featured an ATiny Simon clone before, the article does an excellent job explaining how the system works. The ATTiny85 is used to control this game, which, for now is laid out on a simple breadboard. A PCB version of this game has been ordered from [Seeed], so be sure to check back to see the … [Read more...]

Simple robot knows its bounds

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The [Dallas Personal Robotics Group] recently put together a set of tutorials for their members, including the build process of a table-top robot, they call the Tiny Wanderer. The bot can be constructed pretty easily, and is meant as an introduction to robot building. The small servo-driven bot uses simple edge sensors to ensure that it doesn’t fall off a raised surface. The sensors were … [Read more...]