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My Arduino Projects and Ideas

* accelerometers - cheap sources inc Wii controllers
* jogging logging (a la Nike+ device)
* gyro juggling clubs
* Serial communications with rxtx Java serial library
* Java desktop apps to communicate with arduino hardware
* Bluetooth and ZigBee for wireless comms with arduino
* general purpose data logger

Parts Salvage

Tamagotchi LCD screen

Using mobile phone parts: Consider the almost throwaway object of an old broken mobile phone - a decent battery, an LCD screen, a keypad, a speaker, backlights, bluetooth capabilities, on-board memory, etc. A great cheap source for interesting hardware.

Using TV/VCR remote controls

Using old VCR displays

Using old PC peripherals

Links follow....

Arduino - HomePage

Arduino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arduino playground | Main / HomePage

The World Famous Index of Arduino & Freeduino Knowledge

An evolving index of knowledge for Freeduino and Arduino compiled from the WWW.

MAKE: Blog: Intro to the Arduino - Weekend Project Podcast

mp4 | hd-appletv | youtube | blip | itunes | pdf Joe Grand and Bre Pettis have joined forces for another Awesome Electronics Workshop to introduce you to the Arrr-duino! In this tutorial, you'll learn the basics of programming...

arduinoMAKE07.pdf (application/pdf Object)

A beginner's guide to accelerometers

Nike+iPod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ZigBee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

hand-soldering teeny tiny chips! - Instructables - DIY, How To, craft, tech

Have you ever looked at a chip that's smaller than your fingertip, and has no pins, and wondered how you could ever possibly hand-solder it?

InformIT: Masters and Slaves: Roles in a Bluetooth Piconet > Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum

Bluetooth.com | Overview of Operations