After wondering what all the fuss about Arduino was I thought I’d buy one. And of course the first thing i did after the flashing LED was use one of the PWM examples to drive the output transistor of my intelligent vibrator on breadboard. the result is the this video.
(brings new meaning to “Arduino Inside”)
What’s slightly more important is it took about 20 seconds to do this little example and flash it to the uC with the built in bootloader. I may have to port everything to one of these things since it is so damn easy to use. However it does give you that hollow feeling that maybe the code you are implementing isn’t all that streamlined and it was all a little too easy. A bit like going to the supermarket and not supporting your local corner shop.
19/05/2008 at 05:11 am
Came across this site the other day, and I applaud your efforts. By the way, it was Slashdong that pointed me here, if you’re interested.
I’ve got a an idea for something related which could leverage your vibrator, but would require a control interface to it, preferably wireless, and most preferably, Bluetooth or Zigbee. The idea I have in mind would use your intelligent vibrator as a reward for good behavior. Currently determining what I would use for bad behavior…
22/05/2008 at 06:41 pm
I have been thinking about this for a few days. Are you meaning that the person with the remote control simply decides when the “user” gets to go over the edge that the electronics should hopefully be dangling them over?