Arduino Mini: an Account of Coolness in 4 Links
- Pregnancy: a pregnancy belt that notifies the father every time the unborn baby kicks? Oh, and it tweets it: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/12/17/2008-12-17_twittering_from_the_womb_how_soon_is_too.html
- UAV: Sean Reynolds achieves autonomous flight control with this Arduino-based unmanned aerial vehicle: http://seanreynoldscs.com/WashUAV.aspx
- Bluetooth: can’t afford a Bluetooth Arduino project? Check out this inexpensive Bluetooth module for the Arduino Mini: http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jbleecker/archives/007361.html
- Stribe: have you heard of stribes? A stribe is a lighted touch strip music controller: http://stribe-org.blogspot.com/2008/01/description.html
The Mini at the official Arduino website: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMini
An Arduino for Any Project
The Arduino is based on the microcontrollers from Atmel. Here are current Arduinos available (the architecture is open source, and anyone can build their own “Arduino” based on the technical specs that are available for download from the official Arduino website).
- Duemilanove: “Duemilanove” means 2009 in Italian and is named after the year of its release. The Duemilanove is the latest in a series of USB Arduino boards. It is based on the ATmega328 and has 14 digital input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs) and 6 analog inputs.
- Mega: The Arduino Mega is based on the ATmega1280. It has 54 digital input/output pins (of which 14 can be used as PWM outputs) and 16 analog inputs.
