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Echo 2-XL
GIve your Amazon Echo a new persona.
by C. Cunningham
Repurpose a classic toy robot as a new face and voice for Alexa.
Circuit Playground: L is for LED
LEDs are glowing crystals!
by C. Cunningham
Billie's got the blues and Adabot has lots of questions. Learn about how an LED works with Adabot and the Circuit Playground components!
Pulse Room
Control room lighting & sound with the beat of your heart.
by C. Cunningham
Technology connects us to the outer world, but have we lost touch with our inner selves? Join Collin at home, as he attempts to remedy this modern condition by controlling room lighting & sound with the beating of his own heart.
Circuit Playground: K is for Kits
Build some kits with Ladyada & the Circuit Playground gang!
by C. Cunningham
Adabot & the Circuit Playground components love to jam, but they could use some new instruments. Luckily, Ladyada has few kits up her sleeve!
Meditation Trainer
Synchronize your pulse and breathing for increased relaxation and meditative states
by C. Cunningham
Use the Circuit Playground board and Pulse Sensor to track changes in your own heart rate variability.
Circuit Playground: J is for Joule
Learn about the Joule - a unit for measuring work
by C. Cunningham
Adabot gets working with James Prescott Joule and learns all about the Joule, a unit which measures work itself!
Bluefruit LE Connect for iOS
Learn how to use your iOS device to control and communicate with Bluefruit LE.
by C. Cunningham
Use Bluefruit LE Connect with Bluefruit LE hardware to control your project with your phone's accelerometer, send data over UART console, control Arduino pins, and much more.
Circuit Playground: D is for Diode
Learn about the electronic one-way valve!
by C. Cunningham
Join Adabot & Woz as they explore how a diode controls the flow of electrons and how it's used in a circuit.
Collin's Lab: Solar
Harness the power of our nearest star.
by C. Cunningham
Solar power uses some amazing yet surprisingly simple technology. Learn more about it with Collin.
Circuit Playground: F is for Frequency
Learn about frequency from a talking oscilloscope!
by C. Cunningham
Frequency is how often something happens over time - and it's important for many things, including radio broadcast & sound.
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Collin's Lab: Binary & Hex
Explore strange new ways to count in code.
by C. Cunningham
Decimal isn't the only way to represent a value - get acquainted with Binary & Hexadecimal, two very important numeral systems often found lurking within the depths of technology.
Collin's Lab: RFID
Identifying object via radio waves
by C. Cunningham
Tiny tags that send & store data, powered by radio waves and small enough to be embedded under the skin – RFID is used all over, but it remains a fascinating technology.
Collin's Lab: MIDI
Digging digital music notation
by C. Cunningham
An introduction to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface protocol - what it is & how it works.
Collin's Lab: Soldering
It's all about making connections.
by C. Cunningham
Soldering is simple & easy to learn. Learn how to make great solder connections with Collin Cunningham.
Collin's Lab: Breadboards & Perfboards
Build it for testing, build it for keeping.
by C. Cunningham
Follow along with Collin & learn how to bring a circuit from schematic to reality using a solderless breadboard - then make it permanent by reincarnating your circuit on sturdy perfboard.
Collin's Lab: Multimeters
Measure & test those electrons
by C. Cunningham
Collin's Lab: Multimeters! The multimeter is your greatest ally when working with electronics. Learn how to measure voltage, resistance, current, & continuity - as well as which meter works best for specific tasks.
Circuit Playground: C is for Capacitor
Capacitor basics for everyone
by C. Cunningham
"C is for Capacitor" - Circuit Playground Episode 3! Learn all about electronics and how capacitors work with Ladyada, Cappy and ADABOT!
Circuit Playground: B is for Battery
Learn all about batteries!
by C. Cunningham
"B is for Battery" - Circuit Playground Episode 2! Learn all about electronics and how to make a lemon battery with Ladyada and Adabot!
PianoGlove
Convert color to music with a wave of your finger.
by C. Cunningham
Use Flora with the VS1053 Codec board to create your own synesthetic device which turns color into musical notes.
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PiMiner Raspberry Pi Bitcoin Miner
Use a Raspberry Pi to control & monitor your USB bitcoin miners
by C. Cunningham
This tutorial will show you how to install bitcoin mining software on your Raspberry Pi and use a 16x2 Character LCD Plate to monitor your crypto-currency creation.