Snow at Copper

Sometimes you spend your days building signs.  Other times you do this.

Arduino Touchscreen Photo Booth

Quick Video Walkthrough

Science and Nature

A little bit of Awesome from work.

Awaken Your Awesome - Facebook App

It's here and ready for the world.  Awaken Your Awesome on facebook. 

Awaken Your Awesome

This actually doesn't involve arduino but it is still interfacing with physical objects. I got and EVO with the android operating system on it last week and have been busy building this Android app for our new campaign. Check out the quick video below. Also coming soon Facebook App and iphone app down the road.

Touchshield Slide Keyboard with Serial Output

So I created a keyboard on the touchshield slide from liquidware and got it talking serially to an Ardunio Mega.  This video shows me typing in my name and the text being outputt to the serial display on my computer.



Attached below is the code to download if you like.

Fisheye Timelapse

Night Sequence

Madden Sequence

My Timelapse system on rails

Got my timelpase sytem up and running. Here's a couple shots and a quick video from my back deck. 

Guitar in Progress

I made good progress this weekend, I think I have about 4-6 hours left.

Two new projects in the works

Two fun projects that I'm waiting on some parts for.  Hopefully I can start going full steam ahead this weekend. 

The first another Guitar for the Guitar town charity auction.  It will be similar to last year with a led VU meter embeded into the guitar but I plan on having an amp included inthe guitar so you can just connect your speakers and ipod and there you go. 

The second is a timelapse dolly system.  I've been doing quite a bit of research and I believe I have purchased all the parts for a basic system.  I hope I can start with the timelapse portion this weekend and add the motor controlled dolly next week.  I have some big plans for caputring Summit County once this is built. 

Photos of both coming soon.

Ponoko test

So I've started trying to figure out ways to take some of my manual labor out of the process of building these signs.  Most of the difficulty comes from building the actual housings.  My first attempt to speed this up uses a website called ponoko.com to create the black plastic that blocks the view of the pcbs.  You can see my design for the 1 LED sign to the right.  The blue lines are cut lines and the grey is for engraving.  Hopefully this will allow a spot for the polarized lense to fit.  My design is 20% through the process of being built, I'll let you know when it comes in.

iPad, new issue of Wired

I guess I'm in this month's version of Wired also, plue on the new iPad Wired app.


Check out around 2:57

 

Elektor Magazine

Wired Magazine :: May 2010

The Mountain is closed

Says so right here, kinda cool how that works.  

Testing is Almost Complete

Here's a bit better of an image. 

Trail Map all Wired, Boxed Up

Yesterday I built the backing to the sign and today I finished the wiring including creating a key in the upper right hand corner.  I'll just let it run for a few days in my office to make sure everything is good and then hopefully we'll get it mounted outside.  

Polarizing Issue

I'm trying to solve a little issue with direct light on the LEDs.  In the extreme environment of a ski resort there can be a lot of light directed at the LED matixes.  I've found some polarizing filters that seem to do the job pretty well.  I have some circular ones coming in Monday if they work better we'll be sitting in the cold installing them on Mon.  sweet. 

Mt. Bachelor Map

Saw this on Mt. Bachelor's website, nice seeing my work so big.

Another Blog Hit

Over a month old, but I just found it.

http://hackaday.com/2010/02/11/arduino-helps-you-ski-copper/

Final sign is lit up and running with first snow

2 Signs Up One to Go

Checking for accuracy.  Yes my fat ass did rip my pants today.

The public already interacting.

It's correct! 

3rd Sign Complete

Just need to winterize/waterproof and finish the power source.  Hopefully we'll get these bad boys mounted Tuesday or Wednesday.

Tom's Guide

Most of you are probably coming from here but here's a quick little article on my project.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/146-5-sparkfun-makers-inventions.html

Sign #2 Complete

I also made a slight change to the G to improve legibility.  Hopefully I'll finish the 3rd tomorrow.

First Sign is complete!

Just a photo, time to get back to work.

Off to the printer.

The signs files are off to the printer today.  As for the hardware build, the shades are complete.  The software is in Beta, just needs some final Q/A to make sure everything lines up correctly.  Just a couple weeks to go.