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Simple Project Development & Rapid Prototyping Using the BlackBerry PlayBook

BlackBerry are telling us that their PlayBook is the simplest device to interface with Arduino. We thought we'd take a deeper look and from the looks of this project, they're not far off.
Build an Arduino powered radar with a cool green radar fader screen.

 

 

 

From the site:

BlackBerry.com Blog

The Arduino board uses an IR range sensor to find targets. The IR sensor is placed on a servo to scan the area of interest (e.g. kitchen). The data is sent to the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, on which we’ve built an application to present a sonar map and look for movement. If movement is detected, the application will sound an alarm and take a picture. The video above shows the system in action.

 

Build It With MindKits Kit:

Arduino
Servo
IR Sensor

 


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