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Arduino Cheat Sheet

Tim Carr - Friday, April 30, 2010

Do you remember those cheat sheets from your school days. Or the ones that you get with computer games? Were you wondering if there was one for the Arduino? Well your wait is over. I came across this great Ardunio cheat sheet and thought you might be is useful.

http://sites.google.com/site/mechatronicsguy/arduinocheatsheet/Arduino%20cheet%20sheet%20v02bsmall.png

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CoLab - Creating Technologies Conference with LiliPad creator Dr Leah Buechley

Tim Carr - Tuesday, May 26, 2009
CoLab is proud to present ‘Creating Technologies’  – a one day conference exploring empowerment and engagement through technology.

Tim from MindKits (that's me) will be there. We all hope to see you there and it's going to be an awesome day with so many fantastic speakers so make sure you come up and tap us/me on the shoulder and introduce yourself (if you can find me in the crowd).

Tim
MindKits Chief Ninja



Our keynote speaker is Dr Leah Buechley director of the  High-Low Tech research group at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab. The High-Low Tech group explores the integration of technology from cultural, material, and practical perspectives, with the goal of  engaging diverse groups of people in developing their own technologies. Leah is a well-known expert in the field of electronic textiles (e-textiles) and she developed a method for creating cloth printed circuit boards (fabric PCBs) and designing the commercially available LilyPad Arduino  toolkit. Her research has been featured in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Popular Science, CRAFT Magazine  and academic publications.

The conference program also include some of New Zealand’s top industry experts, creative artists, technologists and foremost thinkers. They will explore issues and themes of technology and empowerment, including the democratization of technology, new models for participation, creativity and business, technology and gender and e-textiles. 

Please see the attached speaker bios and the CoLab conference info flyer






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Arduino telemetry payload in a class C rocket

Tim Carr - Monday, May 11, 2009
The team over at SparkFun showed a link to this great project which embedded a an Arduino Pro Mini into a rocket and I felt it was worth exploring further. Check out the Arduino Pro's and Pro minis in the MindKits store as they are awesome for embedding in projects that you plan to leave in place for a while, power by battery or need to tuck away in small spaces. They're also cheaper than the Arduino USB boards and you just program them with a USB to serial adaptor which we can supply you too.

 

From the article:
"Yesterday I headed over to a local trotting track with Thomas to meet up with Marc Alexander, Rohan Fernando, and their kids to do a couple of launches with Marco Ostini's class-C rocket fitted with an Arduino telemetry payload. Rohan brought a video camera and Marc brought a still camera, and it was a beautiful day so we got some really good coverage. This was a triple-purpose trip: Arduino development for Practical Arduino, rocketry education for Lunar Numbat, and an excuse to have some fun."

Check out the article for more

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Makezine Arduino Starter Video Tutorials

Tim Carr - Monday, March 02, 2009
The Makezine guys have been busy and have produced a great set of Arduino starter videos which are perfect for introducing yourself to the essentials of building with the Arduino. Pretty much everything mentioned in the videos is available in the MindKits store so knock yourself out and have fun learning!

You can check them out below or on the MindKits.com tutorials page here



And as always if you have questions or need a hand then don't hesitate to contact us.
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Arduino 101 on the MindKits tutorials page

Tim Carr - Wednesday, February 11, 2009
We're always on the hunt for ways to make learning fun so we've updated the tutorials page with some new video links from Make Magazine to get you started with the Arduino USB.

Check it out here at the tutorials page
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