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Arduino RGB LED Mood Cube

Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Arduino-Compatible RGB LED Mood Cube

Arduino-Compatible RGB LED Mood Cube

RobotShop is putting together a series of video tutorials in order to get you up and running with electronic and robotics projects. The first such project is an Arduino-compatible RGB LED Mood Cube. This is basically the high-tech geeky version of a mood light.

The video below illustrates how the cube is made and what components are involved.

For those of you who are already salivating, we suggest you fire-up your soldering irons and get your own RGB LED Mood Cube Kit.

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    4D Systems Arduino Full Colour Display Shields

    Thursday, August 19th, 2010
    4S Systems Display Shields for Arduino

    4S Systems Display Shields for Arduino

    4D Systems has recently released four new Arduino Shields that allow their displays to be easily interfaced with the Arduino (or other shield-compatible microcontrollers). These shields allow the Arduino to display all sorts of full colour images (including cuddly hearts) trough their OLED displays .

    The 4Display shields are available in 0.96″, 1.5″, 1.44″ and 1.7″.

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      Lego Mindstorm NXT Controlled with Arduino

      Friday, July 23rd, 2010

      Clinton Blackmore form the Southern Alberta Robotics Enthusiasts club put together some pretty neat software to control Lego NXT motors and sensors by using the Arduino microcontroller.

      Lego NXT robot Controlled by Arduino

      Lego NXT robot Controlled by Arduino

      As shown in the video below, he is using the Mindsesors Multiplexer for NXT Motors coupled with an Arduino Compatible Seeeduino in order to control a small robot made from Lego NXT parts, read NXT encoders and more. All the required code for the Arduino can be found in the NXT I2C Devices For Arduino Project Page.

      The possibilities that this enables are almost endless.  Especially when considering that now Arduino Shields can be used in order to extend the capabilities of the Lego NXT parts.

      Via Make.

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        Roboblock robot kits

        Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

        RobotShop has received several robot kits from the manufacturer, Roboblock.

        Firstly, the Roboblock Spider Hexapod Kit.

        Roboblock Spider Hexapod Kit

        With 6 legs, this robot comes unassembled. It has 18 servo motors in the legs and can achieve 180 degrees of freedom in total.

        It has a 128 kilobyte memory.

        -Roboblock Quadruped Robot Kit

        quadrupede robot

        Provided with an Atmel ATmega 128-16 CPU and a 128 kilobyte memory like the model before, it uses 12 servos for the legs.

        It can walk like a crab and has 12 degrees of freedom.

        -Roboblock Insect Hexapod Kit

        Hexapod

        It has 6 legs, 18 servos for the legs and up to 12 degrees of freedom.

        Don’t wait, come and visit our store to see all our models.

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          Mindstorms NXT that walks all by itself

          Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

          The video is not recent but it is worth watching.

          This LEGO Mindstorms NXT walks all by itself on two legs like a human being, a little like Petman by Boston Dynamics.

          It shows once again that with LEGO Mindstorms you can do anything, or almost.

          Over to your screwdriver and bolts! :-)

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            GHI FEZ Domino Microcontroller

            Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

            FEZ microcontroller

            We’ve just received in the RobotShop store the Fez Domino microcontroller by GHI Electronics.

            FEZ stands for “Freaking Easy.”

            It’s a microcontroller which can be programmed in Microsoft .NET Micro Framework and is compatible with Arduino Duemilanove shields.

            One of the differences with Arduino is that the FEZ can be used for much more complex projects requiring more memory or computing power, for example.

            In fact, the FEZ is a little like a next generation Arduino…

            Follow us to discover others to come.

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              Roboblock PS2 Remote Control

              Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

              RobotShop has received a Roboblock Zigbee remote control in stock.

              This controller is actually made from a Sony PS2 controller.

              The Roboblock Zigbee remote control is ideal for controlling robots on wheels or legs remotely thanks to its wireless connection.

              It works with AAA batteries sold separately.

              Please note that this product will already have been tested by robotics engineers before it’s delivered to customers.

              Buy it directly on the RobotShop site.

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                Dagu Polymorph Plastic Polymer

                Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

                Dagu Polymorph

                Polymorph

                RobotShop has just received a new product in stock that might please those who are building robot prototypes.

                The Dagu plastic polymer is a non-toxic and biodegradable polyester polymorph element.

                RobotShop is one of only two distributors in North America to distribute it.

                This polymer can be a modeled to take any shape, just by reheating it and by placing it in hot water or in a microwave (for a few seconds).

                Once heated to 60 degrees, the plastic becomes transparent and can be reshaped by hand to take the form you want to give it.

                When it cools, the material is seems like nylon or white plastic.

                This product is ideal for roboticists who can create endless robot ideas.

                Order it on RobotShop.

                Dagu Polymer

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                  Arduino Cheatsheet V.02B: the Arduino cheatsheet

                  Friday, April 30th, 2010

                  Here’s an image to for all budding roboticists or Arduino specialists: the Arduino Cheatsheet V.02B.

                  This chart is yours to print and put up on your wall ; -)

                  The advantage of this type of image is that it shows all the information together: libraries, constants, structures and types of data, operators, etc.

                  The Arduino Cheatsheet was made by Gavin Smith aka “The Mechatronics Guy“.

                  The information was captured in the Arduino Extended reference base.

                  CLICK ON THE IMAGE below TO ENLARGE IT or click here to download the PDF version:

                  Arduino Cheatsheet V.02B

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                    Emotiv Systems: Controlling a Rovio with the brain

                    Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

                    Rovio EEG Helmet

                    Rovio

                    Do you know our Wowwee Rovio Spy Robot, radio-controlled through WiFi?

                    The Rovio can be controlled at a distance via the internet and broadcasts by video and audio streaming. Ideal, for example, if you want to stay in touch with your family on the other side of the world; it can even show you around their place (or vice versa)!

                    Now take this little gem and add the EEG helmet by Emotiv Systems and you’re ready for the future of High-Tech.

                    The EEG helmet uses electric fields in the brain (thoughts) and facial movements to send orders to a computer via Skype which retransmits the instructions to Rovio.

                    This requires a little programming and complete information is available on ExtremeTech.

                    Note that we will soon have the EEG helmet by Emotiv Systems in stock at RobotShop! Stay tuned!

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