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Sonic Screwdriver of the 10th Doctor

Around the beginning of October, a friend contacted me about making a Sonic Screwdriver prop for his Halloween costume. We kicked around ideas for a couple weeks and wound up with this: We took a bit of artistic license with … Continue reading

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Mote Build Log 5: Pogo Pin Jig

If you’re familiar with embedded electronics like Arduino, you might have noticed that the Cirque (which is what I decided to call the mote just now) does not have the usual ISP header found on other AVR boards like the … Continue reading

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Mote Build Log 3: Enclosures

In this installment of the Mote Build Logs, I’m making enclosures for the first generation prototypes. I wanted to keep the enclosures round to mirror the design of the mote and make them clear so you could see all the … Continue reading

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Mote Build Log

Over the past few months, [Evan] and I have been working on designing some wireless sensor motes based on the Arduino platform. I’ve been posting build photos to Picassa and am working on a detailed write up here. In the … Continue reading

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