hardware hacking with arduino for fun and profit!
Jonathan Younker & Tim Ribaric
Brock University
Agenda:
- What is it?
- What's it good for?
- How does it work?
- Arduino in the Library
- Examples (show and tell)
- Let's make something!
What is it?
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A 'single board microprocessor'
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Open source hardware
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Open source software
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Microcontroller (ATmega chips)
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Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Software: C or C++ (wait, don't leave!)
How it works
Anatomy of an Arduino
A Brief History of Arduino
- First built in 2005, in Ivrea, Italy
- Grew out of Wiring, a similar project
- Quickly became popular with makers/hobbyists
- Many different models, updates, features
What's it Good for?
- "Internet of Things"
- Small, low-power, low-cost applications
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Garduino
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Synthesizers
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Robotics
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Hacking
Why would i use this in a library?
- Community engagement
- To solve problems
- Why not?
The Barcodinator
- Problem
- Initial request
- Proposed solution
- Prototype
- Issues encountered
- Revisions
- Lessons learned
The Tabulatron
- Problem
- Initial request
- Proposed solution
- Prototype
- Issues encountered
- Revisions
- Lessons learned
Other potential Library applications:
- Face tracking i/o gate counts
- Web-enabled gate counts
- Gathering data about the library
- Physical interfaces for sign-ups
- ...
Let's make something!
How many laptops are left?
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Code it up
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Plug it in
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Upload the sketch
- Run it!
Questions?
