Arduino Mega: an Account of Coolness in 4 Links
- CNC Machine: this CNC machine cost aventgps $300 to build, but it took him over 200 hours to do so. Check out pictures of the machine and some sample prints: http://letsmakerobots.com/node/13175
- Robot: a cool obstacle avoiding, drumming robot with laser printed chassis: http://letsmakerobots.com/node/15803
- Beer: beer lover or not, one must appreciate the coolness factor behind this interactive keg that sends wireless status updates to a PC: http://www.vachementcool.com/MooSpace/Blog/Entries/2009/11/1_I_built_a_Kegbot.html
- Skiing: Dwight undertakes a huge project when he sets out to build an interactive trail map for a ski resort: http://crossingwiresarduino.blogspot.com/
The Mega on the official Arduino website: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMega
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.
