Thermochromic Ink Tutorial

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I decided to silk screen print Thermochromic Ink of fabric. Here’s how I worked with the material! Thermochromic paints that were available: (http://www.cornelius.co.uk/search) Chromicolor® AQ Ink Type 10 Magenta colour change occurs between 8-16C. Chromicolor® AQ Ink Type 27 Magenta colour change occurs between 24-33C. Chromicolor® AQ Ink Type 15 Fast Blue Colour change occurs […]

Tutorial: Serial Communication

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These are notes I took for myself, that helped me understand and remember how to implement Serial communication in my code. Serial communication can be very important for troubleshooting, to see what bits of the code are working properly and which aren’t. It can also necessary for extra functions like for example communication data to […]

Tutorial: Voltage Devider

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Better late than never: These are notes I took for myself, that helped me understand how a voltage devider works. I think it’s quite an important thing to know, because components like potis are based on it and a lot of other components need to be combined with a second resistor to work as a […]

ATTINY programming

You can go to http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=3742 to get the detail instruction. another tutorial>> http://highlowtech.org/?p=1695 https://github.com/damellis/attiny/archive/master.zip There are many kinds of ATTINY, but today, we use ATTINY45 or 85 You can also get a USB programmer for ATTINY45/85

Flex Sensor

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What is Flex sensor? Flex sensor, resistive sensor also works as the potentiometer. It is a flexible strip that changes its resistance when bent. The bigger curvature creates the bigger resistance.

PIR MOTION SENSOR

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PIR stands for Passive Infrared This sensor detects motion by measuring changes of heat in its surroundings.  It is easy to connect if you follow carefully this few steps. For this Tutorial you will need: 1 Arduino Board 1 PIR Sensor 1 10kΩ Resistor Cables This is what the sensor looks like. When hooking up the […]