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Scientific instrumentation and computing hardware
Latest news in scientific computing and development of low-cost hardware for laboratory instrumentation. The pages in this section contain links to web sites with DIY instructions for building hardware, specialised components and open-source or low-cost software, with a focus on Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
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Internet Graphical Interface for Arduino: " This App Note describes how to implement a web temperature dashboard for Arduino Ethernet. It is intended to show you how the Memory-Map concept works in the practice and the way in which it can help you to improve your Arduino projects with some few simple modifications. The system shown consis... By: nearbus Continue Reading
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You can purchase some macro lenses for your phone camera but with a bit of work and a spare LED lens you can make your own. Only thing to make sure is that the LED lens is high quality so that there aren’t any bubbles or other imperfections in it which would cause image distortion. ASCAS shows us how it is done in his LED Lens converted to Macro Photography Lens Instructable.
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The best thing about the Raspberry Pi is that, besides being an excellent educational device, it can double up as a very capable headless server - now even more so with the increased memory.
Contrary to popular belief, not every server task requires lots of processing power. For example, if you wish to download files and share them with users on the network irrespective of their operating...
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When you want to print a 3D object you run into problems if there is a part that has nothing below it. The hot, soft filament coming out of the extruder will droop with gravity if not given something to rest on while it hardens. The solution is to use a second material as a support. But then you’ve got to find a way to remove the support structure when the printing is done. That’s where...
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Number four in our daily line-up of Hardware Innovation Workshop prototype contest entries is the LumiGeek LED4DIY family of RGB LED control shields. LumiGeek recently made a big splash, online, for their part in the collaboration (with Autodesk engineers Arthur Harsuvanakit and Evan Atherton) that produced this beautiful one-off 3D-printed sound/light reactive speaker set:
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Hacker Phame has taken a low powered Raspberry Pi mini PC, which is available to purchase for around $35, and added a pimped up cooling system creating a water cooled Raspberry Pi mini computer.
To re-cap the Raspberry Pi mini computer which is manufactured in Wales, UK, is equipped with a a 700 MHz ARM11 processor, which can safely be overclock it to 1 GHz if desired.
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The Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and BeagleBone are all low-cost controllers that are great for your DIY projects, but it's a little confusing when you're trying to figure out which one is best suited for you. Make has a breakdown of all three and what types of projects they're best for.
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Pick the Right Electronics Board for Your DIY Projects
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Yet another Kickstarter success story is here on the Hardware Alley Floor at TechCrunch Disrupt. Ninja Blocks look a fair bit different than they used to, however -- the 3D-printed case has been traded up for something that looks a lot more like a final, saleable product. In fact, it looks a little like a router or an external hard drive, albeit one with color-changing ninja eyes. The company...
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Olympia Circuit has designed a new Arno Shield which it has created to make the learning curve with Arduino a little easier. The new Arno Shield is equipped with all the buttons and lights you need to enjoy building over 40 educational projects.
The Arno Shield has been designed to fit on to existing boards such as the Olympia Circuit LeOlympia or an Arduino Uno, and because it is complete unit...
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Andrew Rossignol wanted to make a desk ornament, and inspired by Charles Lohr video on making a glass PCBs, he decided to do just that. But not having access to the tools he needed to etch his own PCBs at home, he took a different approach, one that would let him use parts he found at a local craft store.
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Making Glass Circuit Boards:
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The OpenLabTools Project is a new initiative that will provide a forum and knowledge centre for the development of low cost and open access scientific tools at the University of Cambridge, with an emphasis on undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. The programme starts this year with a number of projects that will be offered to establish the core components required for such tools; these include data acquisition, sensing, actuating, processing and 3D manufacturing. Protocols, designs and tutorials will be published on the openlabtools.org website. These components will be form the basis of new open source instruments, developed and maintained by a community of undergraduate and graduate students of the University, and shared widely.
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The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized single-board computer developed in Cambridge by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools. The low cost hardware is finding a myriad of additional applications, including scientific applications. |
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Makespace is a community workshop in Cambridge for making things, meeting people, working on projects and learning new things. |
