Day: May 2, 2009

WikiBrowser

May 2, 2009 by 33 Comments

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This project is particularly amusing. It doesn’t have a whole lot of practical use, but it makes up for it in style. They have an SD card with Wikipedia from 2003 downloaded to it. This is accessed with a Parallax propeller microcontroller based system and displayed on a small retro looking screen. We like it. We don’t think we would ever actually use it, but we would definitely keep it around.

IPhone Controlled TV Lift

May 2, 2009 by 14 Comments

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[William] sent in this project where he’s using his iPhone to control his TV lift. He’s made a custom PCB with a pic18f122 microprocessor to communicate with the lift. He says it connects to the lift controls via a serial port.  You can see a video of it in action after the break. We really think the shadow turning into an arrow is cool. That was a lucky accident.

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