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Good easy soldering projects like Bristlebots?

What are some good projects to give to beginners? I want something that involves some soldering, and ideally has some room for creativity. For example, with Bristlebots, everyone c …
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Firsthand experience with Linux AVR IDE

I am looking for some input into getting a good integrated development environment set up for AVR programming under Linux (Assembly and C). My studies gave me some limited practic …
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RTOS for Arduino ?

is there any project of an rtos that works on arduino ?
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Embedded design flow

Sometimes I get unmotivated to finish my personal projects because of a lack of plan on what to do next--should I design a board first, hook up a test circuit, write test code or w …
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Create multi touch display for full light

We have been given a project at uni to create a multi touch display. I've done some research into this and a lot of them call for special film on the glass or use a projector (mea …
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Embedded system scripting

Does anyone have some cool ideas for a use of a scripting language on an embedded system? I'm thinking about the eLua project specifically. Basically, you need a micro with at l …
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How to propose/work on a project for work

They keep me fairly busy at work, and I've got a number of cool projects. We don't have a Google 20% time to work on our own ideas, and we have process improvement engineers and R …
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Looking for a hardware project idea that actually sells

Hi, I have a couple of years experience in designing/developing hardware solutions. It's such a pity that I don't have the creativity nor the time to figure out what a feasible p …
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Cool things to do with a ADSL ethernet Router

Hey, Today I bought a new Wi-Fi modem for my ADSL connection. Now the old UTStar UT300RU ethernet router is unoccupied. I was just thinking for any of you people had any idea what …
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Current Sources - Usage and Projects

I came across this page on building your own current source. What are current sources used for in real-world applications? The only places I've seen them used are textbooks. Do …
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Flocking Robots

For a project we want to create a group of 'flocking' robots. Between 5 - 10 robots to be interacting with each other -> what is the best value robot for this kind of project.
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Arduino Twitters

I'm looking for a list of cool projects that people have made with the arduino that twitter...i have read about plants that tweet when they need watering or pets who have a button …
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What are the best beginner project using an arduino

I'm looking for some cheap beginners projects that show the uses of an arduino. things like turning on and off an LED getting back sensor data ... if anyone has come across use …