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Enable 512MB RAM on latest Raspberry Pi
At first I was very disappointed, because my new Raspis showed only 256MB RAM, although the shop promised to deliver the new model with 512MB RAM. Mr. Watterott answered my email- support request within 5 minutes (!). He told me, that it’s a software issue and pointed me to this link, showing how to identify,…
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Rasperry Pi SPI Touchscreen X-Server
Thanks to Dominique Gallot and vis, I managed to drive a MI0283QT-2 color touchscreen on the raspi 🙂 I followed the steps at www.gallot.be/?p=197 and added the framebuffer driver by vis to run X and LXDE-desktop. 40px in vertical are missing and touch is not working yet, but it’s very funny to use a mouse…
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MirrorBot Video – Moving Projections Controller Interface
[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To94DWzappg[/youtube] Part #02 of the MirrorBot Demo Video ** Video Installation Audio Visual Special Event n8 @Tacheles 17.12.2010 Music by Nil Wu Ming — ThanX!!  www.nilwuming.org Headsquatter.org Live Visuals      www.headsquatter.org ** Details of the Controller device: Programs and Live Mode LCD screen interface Part #01 of the Video, Installation in MIKZ, Berlin 03.2010:…
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MirrorBot Video – Moving Projections in Action
[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPX7ReXVxPQ[/youtube] Demo Video of the “moving projection” video installation at Suchtfaktor elekto party in MIKZ, Berlin 03.2010 Monthly, every 1. saturday, also in 2011! The “MirrorBot” is a Arduino minicomputer system to control the position of videobeamer projections. Two servomotors move a mirror in X- and Y- axis, which reflects the beamer image.…
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Video: PONGuino – Arduino & S65 Shield – 2 Player MiniGame
[youtube width=”640″ height=”505″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrfPuTff9sU[/youtube] Here is a video about the PONGuino game for 2 players on a minicomputer with mobile-phone display and joysticks. The box contains an Arduino 2009, a S65-LCD Shield and a gamepad from an old playstation 1. It runs autonomous on 9V battery. The device is originally built for the “Mirrorbot” moving projection…
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Arduino Workshop “Hardware 2 Software Interaction” Level #01
15.11.2010 @ nerdcafe FHain LUGÂ Â nerdcafe.vetomat.net Workshop Info Hardware Hacking -DiY — Introduction to Hardware <-> Software Interaction This introduction is intended for anyone interested in (easy) electronics hardware and (mostly easy) software coding. Artists / *Designers & Hackers of all kinds are invited to join the FREE sessions in Berlin Friedrichshain. TKilla will…
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Arduino Talk & Workshop Berlin – Proposal / Info
Who is interested to join the next Arduino talk & workshop in Berlin F’Hain?- please comment or mail Workshop Info Hardware Hacking -DiY- Faderboxes & Robots — Introduction to Hardware <-> Software Interaction This introduction is intended for anyone interested in (easy) electronics hardware and (mostly easy) software coding. Artists / *Designers & Hackers of…
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MirrorBot v3 – moving projections @ Suchtfaktor Party
Headsquatter VJ crew used the new version of the moving-projections-robot in MIKZ club in Berlin Friedrichshain @ Suchtfaktor Party 6.3.2010 to create a visuals show with a moving projection. The 2D (X+Y axis) mirror-station was mounted in front of a 2500 ANSI lumen beamer – this was strong enough to produce very clear and big…
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Arduino Workshop in Berlin
On 28.1.2010 we had our first workshop to introduce the Arduino Microcontroller plattform in Berlin, FHain. The session took place in Sama32 cafe and there were ~10 nerds, who were interested in micro-controllers and electronics. We presented some hardware and sketches and introduced the connection from arduino inputs to processing sketches. Thanx to Todbot for…