Arduino - RobotShop Blog

Posts Tagged ‘Arduino’

Arduino is a Hit, Why?

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

At RobotShop we know that the Arduino is very popular among roboticists, hobbyist and professionals alike. Its success is mainly due to the openness of its design, and its utter ease of use. Also, the fact that it is an affordable platform that can be programmed using an Open Source easy-to-use IDE gained the support of a large and very active community. This make it very simple to get started with the Arduino thanks to the wide variety of projects and learning material readily available.

In order to know more about its great success among hackers and the public in general, we invite you to read the recent Wired article about the reasons for Arduino’s Success.

Arduino Duemilanove

Be Sociable, Share!

Tags: Arduino
Posted in Domestic and Personal Robots, Microcontrollers | 1 Comment »

Virtual Breadboard – Free Arduino Simulator

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Virtual Breadboard is a free circuit prototyping software that has readily available hardware and software simulation tools. It can simulate various hobbyists microcontrollers including the popular Arduino, and the Parallax Basic Stamp.

As shown below, this software not only simulates the Arduino hardware but also runs the software in the virtual microcontroller.

Virtual Breadboard - Arduino Demo

See the video here: Virtual Breadboard – Arduino Demo

This could become a tool of choice for roboticians building and testing custom circuitry for their robots.

Via Hack n Mod.

Be Sociable, Share!

Tags: Arduino, Parallax
Posted in Microcontrollers, Software | 5 Comments »

New Microcontrollers and 32 Bits Category at RobotShop

Friday, June 11th, 2010

32-bit-Microcontrollers

RobotShop blogs will have a new Microcontrollers category which will showcase the new corresponding products available in our online robot store (for example, the 32 bit microcontrollers here).

Think back, we recently introduced you to the domino FEZ microcontroller by GHI Electronics.

To mark the arrival of the store’s new 32 bit category and the blog’s microcontroller section, we’re offering you an interesting comparison between the leading manufacturers of microcontrollers via Google Trends:

you can see a real trend in the interest of Arduino, especially since the end of 2006, beginning of 2007.

arduino, basic stamp, basic micro, picaxe, pic microcontroller

Arduino-trend

Second comparison: arduino,freescale,nxp,microchip

Arduino-trend

Watch this great video presentation of Arduino on the BBC too: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8063975.stm

Be Sociable, Share!

Tags: Arduino
Posted in Microcontrollers | 1 Comment »

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:

Be Sociable, Share!

Tags: Arduino
Posted in Kits, Microcontrollers | 1 Comment »

New Arduino Wi-Fi by AsyncLabs

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

We have just received two new flagship products in our online robotics store.

They are the Arduino WiFi BlackWidow by AsyncLabs (large version, which is compatible with Arduino shielding standards)

Arduino Wifi BlackWidow Asynclabs

and the Mini Arduino WiFi YellowJacket by AsyncLabs (miniature version for small robots).

Mini Arduino Wifi Yellowjacket

These two new releases from our manufacturer, Asynclabs, are Open-Source, just like Arduino.

They have Wi-Fi so can connect and control robot prototypes via a computer (like Rovio or Spykee).

Be Sociable, Share!

Tags: Arduino
Posted in Kits, Microcontrollers | No Comments »

HTC G1 truckbot: a robot tank

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Truckbot HTC G1

Two web engineers, Tim Heath (Python specialist) and Ryan Hickman (who works for Google Double Click) have developed a mini tank which operates with a mobile phone running on Android.

The HTC G1 phone that sits on the tank robot directs the small vehicle which currently possesses limited mobile functions. Right now it is controlled by a laptop which gives instructions to the HTC. But the two friends want to turn the telephone into more than just a simple remote control. It will become the autonomous brain of the project in the future.

The most surprising thing about its story is the cost of the material to build a Truckbot: just 30 dollars.

Here’s the breakdown: 16 dollars for Arduino software-hardware, 3 dollars for the Micro servo, 0.25 dollars for Hex inverter, 4 dollars for HTC USB breakout board, 3 dollars for the mini breadboard, 4 dollars for various electronic components.

Tim Heath Ryan Hickman

via wired

Be Sociable, Share!

Tags: Arduino
Posted in Prototypes | 1 Comment »

Arduino kit to levitate objects

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Arduino

Semageek displays a setup to perform “magic” with an Arduino Kit.

Arduino is an open-source robotic and electronic project (micro-controllers) for both hardware and software platforms.

An object is levitated using the magnetic field produced by a magnet.

In order to keep the metal in balance (in this case, the dart below), the trick of the project is to properly calibrate the magnetic field in order to obtain a “floating” object.

The RobotShop Blog is your source for up-to-date robot news and robot reviews from the experts

Posts Tagged ‘Arduino’

Arduino is a Hit, Why?

Virtual Breadboard – Free Arduino Simulator

New Microcontrollers and 32 Bits Category at RobotShop

Arduino Cheatsheet V.02B: the Arduino cheatsheet

New Arduino Wi-Fi by AsyncLabs

HTC G1 truckbot: a robot tank

Arduino kit to levitate objects

RobotShop feeds

Categories