Category Archives: How to

Writing Your Own Arduino Libraries

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Socialhardware

Here at Nomi Design we have a fair amount of experience writing Arduino Libraries. So we thought we would share with the world our techniques for writing code into  simple , clean, and easy to use Arduino Libraries. First of the question … Continue reading →

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How to: Bread Board Arduino…

Posted on April 30, 2012 by krazatchu

Having a couple of Bread Board Arduinos handy can really make prototyping quick and painless.  And while the Bread Board Arduino has pretty much been flogged to death in every way, shape and horse, we’re posting our rendition as reference … Continue reading →

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Face Detection and RC Servos

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Socialhardware

Yesterday I gave a guest lecture at the Korea National University of the Arts  in an Arduino class taught by my friend Uram Choe, an amazing mechanized sculpture artist.  As seen above, if you like metal working, gears and motors, you … Continue reading →

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LocoMotion: MMA8453 with Interrupts…

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Socialhardware

In the previous post about the MMA8453_N0m1 library we talked about how to get the stream of raw XYZ data back from the accelerometer.  In this post we will be getting into some of the more advanced features of the … Continue reading →

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How to: Compiling the Arduino Bootloader…

Posted on April 1, 2012 by krazatchu

A project we’ve been recently working on requires a custom Arduino boot loader.  Working in an incremental fashion, the first step is getting the stock Arduino boot loader to compile with the latest WinAVR libraries and current Arduino 1.0 IDE.  … Continue reading →

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CNC Half Nuts: The Smell of Melting Plastic…

Posted on March 24, 2012 by krazatchu

After cutting down the Y axis screw for the CNC gantry router project we had a short piece of 3/4 inch Acme leadscrew remaining that was just long enough to drive the Z-axis.  Buying an ACME tap to make a … Continue reading →

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6DOF Arduino: Compass & Accelerometer

Posted on February 27, 2012 by krazatchu

This Arduino library is a mixed bag containing a number of functions to facilitate rapid sensor integration between a three axis compass and a three axis accelerometer.  Where speed is required, function math is 8.8 fixed point, while non-performance functions … Continue reading →

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Side Project: CNC Gantry Router

Posted on February 22, 2012 by krazatchu

A friend brought over some plastic to CNC mill about a week ago and we got talking about  CNC gantry routers and the currently in development DC Servo Drive.  Eventually as all things go, we talked ourselves into the idea … Continue reading →

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Toaster Oven: Reflow SMD Soldering…

Posted on February 15, 2012 by krazatchu

There’s a special place in my workshop for the toaster oven, that place is on the workbench.  Using an toaster oven to reflow circuit boards is both fast and easy. When you find an oven on sale at Walmart for … Continue reading →

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Shake, Rattle & Roll: The MMA8453Q & Arduino

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Socialhardware

So we finally finished putting the polish on our latest Arduino library designed for use with the MMA8453Q Accelerometer and its siblings the MMA8451 and MMA8452.  This library gets you going with the basics on this accelerometer and it also … Continue reading →

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