Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - programming http://sylviashow.com/tags/programming en Sylvia Builds the Monochron Clock Kit http://sylviashow.com/episodes/s2/e3/mini/monochron <div class="field field-name-field-ep-type field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Mini</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-youtube field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><iframe id="player" type="text/html" width="500" height="311" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A3P_GNe_Iig?enablejsapi=1&origin=sylviashow.com" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Need to tell the time, but looking for something less boring than a regular clock? Why not try the Monochron clock kit from Adafruit! Soldering, LCDs programming and clocks, the best things you can get in a project.</p> <p>Once you get your own <a href="http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKAD17" target="_blank">Monochron</a> up and running, make sure to try out the MarioChron! Our very own Mario themed clock face. Get the <a href="http://github.com/techninja/MarioChron">source code here</a>, or get the Intel HEX file ready to upload directly to the Monochron <a href="https://github.com/downloads/techninja/MarioChron/mariochron.hex">here</a>. If you're not sure how to update the clock, be sure and check out<a href="http://www.ladyada.net/make/monochron/bootload.html">Ladyada's instructions here</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-number field-type-number-integer field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Ep. Number&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">3</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-makezine field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/monochron-clock-kit-sylvias-mini-maker-show.html" target="_blank">See this post on MakeZine.com</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-comments field-type-text-long field-label-above"><h3 class="field-label">Favorite Comments&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="http://youtube.com/user/Early666" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">Early666</a>is it just me or does Monochron sound like glados? </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/Mueleski" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">Mueleski</a>Great video, I like the idea of our young ones getting in to making things. Plus this young lady is a regular firecracker. </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/TwoScrewsLoose" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">TwoScrewsLoose</a>This little girl is better than I am at soldering. o.o <br/>And I'm an electrical engineer. </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/awesomejoe12" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">awesomejoe12</a>I wish my alarm clock had proton torpedoes....and a TARDIS.... </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/NOLAMarathon2010" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">NOLAMarathon2010</a>Too cute. (And great video editing.) I'm hitting it with a "like". </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/Shinigaara85" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">Shinigaara85</a>The answer is 42. What was the question? </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/radicalvashspiegal" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">radicalvashspiegal</a>The baconwrappedbacon is a lie! </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/jacgoudsmit" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">jacgoudsmit</a>Awesome as always! But someone really should donate a better soldering iron to Sylvia... </li> <li class="last"><a href="http://youtube.com/user/church132" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">church132</a>"my life was so simple, nobody tried to kill me, or put me in a little kid's clock, or get attacked by neighborhood kids." </li> </ul></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-season field-type-number-integer field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Season&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">2</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-photos field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/episode-photos/monochron2.jpg" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/episode_gallery_thumb/public/episode-photos/monochron2.jpg?itok=s39zBQyQ" width="210" height="210" alt="" title="" /></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/episode-photos/monochron3.jpg" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/episode_gallery_thumb/public/episode-photos/monochron3.jpg?itok=12Dn9TXZ" width="210" height="210" alt="" title="" /></a></div></div></div> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:59:21 +0000 Dadmin 40 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/episodes/s2/e3/mini/monochron#comments Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV http://sylviashow.com/episodes/s1/e7/mini/minipov <div class="field field-name-field-ep-type field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Mini</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-youtube field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><iframe id="player" type="text/html" width="500" height="311" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9MH0mw-Lgi0?enablejsapi=1&origin=sylviashow.com" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In the latest episode of Sylvia's Mini Maker Show, she's at it again with this classic MiniPOV build and persistence of vision demonstration.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-number field-type-number-integer field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Ep. Number&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">7</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-makezine field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/super-awesome-sylvia-builds-the-minipov.html" target="_blank">See this post on MakeZine.com</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-comments field-type-text-long field-label-above"><h3 class="field-label">Favorite Comments&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="http://youtube.com/user/Insignia96" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">Insignia96</a>This is what happens when Makers have children. The result is kind of scary, but awesome. This kid will likely go to a great college and do very well. I wasn't able to build this kit until I was 11, and I still haven't ever gotten it to smoothly program. </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/MARSHOMEWORLD" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">MARSHOMEWORLD</a>Sylvia= WIN! </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/philipkoo2" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">philipkoo2</a>This kid is awesome, especially if she can use Linux and solder. </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/89Husker" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">89Husker</a>This wasn't so bad actually. It's a cool project. :) </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/hacktheplanet90" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">hacktheplanet90</a>all school children should watch these videos </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/TechBoywii" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">TechBoywii</a>BRAINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS­SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/Setobear 2" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">Setobear 2</a>o_o This girl is going to be a NASA engineer some day... </li> <li class="last"><a href="http://youtube.com/user/melancholyid" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">melancholyid</a>You know, you see so much stupidity out there that it disenheartens you to the point of depression. Then you see something like this, and it renews your hope for humanity and its intelligence. <br/>I really needed to see this. </li> </ul></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-season field-type-number-integer field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Season&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-photos field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/episode-photos/MINI_E07_mini_pov2.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/episode_gallery_thumb/public/episode-photos/MINI_E07_mini_pov2.JPG?itok=5-lKCs3z" width="210" height="210" alt="MiniPOV writes a red visible message in a long exposure of a bicycle wheel" title="I had to crank the bicycle wheel by hand to make this work.. Whew!" /></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/episode-photos/MINI_E07_mini_pov6.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/episode_gallery_thumb/public/episode-photos/MINI_E07_mini_pov6.JPG?itok=SLWOZdhJ" width="210" height="210" alt="Sylvia soldering the MiniPOV" title="It&#039;s a good idea to use eye protection while soldering really close!" /></a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/episode-photos/MINI_E07_mini_pov5.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/episode_gallery_thumb/public/episode-photos/MINI_E07_mini_pov5.JPG?itok=VelqviKu" width="210" height="210" alt="Figure 8 long exposure shows the text floating in the air" title="With just a wave, you&#039;ve got art you can read!" /></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/episode-photos/MINI_E07_mini_pov8.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/episode_gallery_thumb/public/episode-photos/MINI_E07_mini_pov8.JPG?itok=Z7taVurk" width="210" height="210" alt="Sylvia blurry long exposure with two colors" title="The most important part is to go out there and experiment and have fun" /></a></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:14:26 +0000 Dadmin 11 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/episodes/s1/e7/mini/minipov#comments Minipovs are fun to make, and even more fun to hack http://sylviashow.com/blog/sylvia/2011/02/22/minipovs-are-fun-make-and-even-more-fun-hack <div class="field field-name-field-episode field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><article id="node-11" class="node node-episode node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/episodes/s1/e7/mini/minipov" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article"> <header class="clearfix"> <h2 class="title node-title"><a href="/episodes/s1/e7/mini/minipov">Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV</a></h2> </header> <span property="dc:title" content="Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-ep-preview field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/episodes/s1/e7/mini/minipov"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/episode_teaser/public/episode-previews/MINI_E07_mini_pov3_crop.JPG?itok=0NZ17XnH" width="300" height="200" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-youtube field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MH0mw-Lgi0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MH0mw-Lgi0</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-makezine field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/super-awesome-sylvia-builds-the-minipov.html" target="_blank">See this post on MakeZine.com</a></div></div></div> </div> <footer> <nav class="links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/episodes/s1/e7/mini/minipov" rel="tag" title="Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV</span></a></li> </ul> </nav> </footer> </article> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/MINI_E07_mini_pov7.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/MINI_E07_mini_pov7.JPG?itok=rePysByp" alt="" title="Two colors of POV at once.. Mooody..." /></a></p> <p>Not just because I got to solder three kits, but I got to draw some fun patterns and do some new camera experiments. And yes, that is my camera in the show.</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/MINI_E07_mini_pov8.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/MINI_E07_mini_pov8.JPG?itok=n1WAsUuh" alt="" title="Swooshy woosh! Two colors in the air (One has Os, one has Xs)" /></a></p> <p>Head over to the <a href="http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKAD1">Maker Shed and pick yourself up a few</a>, then maybe build it with your daughter/little brother/sister/grandpa/loved one... If anything, you're getting out there and learning, and that's one of the most important parts.</p> <p>Anyways, enjoy the show!</p> <p>PS-- Oh yea! Don't forget to try out my dad's MiniPOV helper app.. You can use it to help make graphics for your MiniPOV, or you can just make something and save it for others to see. <a href="/minipov">Click here to give it a go!</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"> <h3 class="field-label">Tags&nbsp;</h3> <span class="field-items"> <a href="/tags/adafruit" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Adafruit</a>, <a href="/tags/electronics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">electronics</a>, <a href="/tags/led" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">led</a>, <a href="/tags/minipov" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">MiniPOV</a>, <a href="/tags/soldering" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">soldering</a>, <a href="/tags/programming" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">programming</a> </span> </div> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:58:37 +0000 Super-Awesome Sylvia 15 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/blog/sylvia/2011/02/22/minipovs-are-fun-make-and-even-more-fun-hack#comments Sylvia's Simple Arduino Projects http://sylviashow.com/episodes/s1/e3/full/arduino <div class="field field-name-field-ep-youtube field-type-link-field field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><iframe id="player" type="text/html" width="500" height="311" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3xCY2K9kQz4?enablejsapi=1&origin=sylviashow.com" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-type field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Full</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-number field-type-number-integer field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Ep. Number&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">3</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Super Awesome Sylvia builds two different super simple Arduino Projects: The "Randomly Influenced Finger Flute", or R.I.F.F., and an Adjustable Strobe! For these easy projects, all you need are a computer, an Arduino, and one or two other common parts. Super simple at it's best.</p> <p>Don't forget one of the most Super-Awesome places to get all things Arduino on the web:<br /><a href="http://makershed.com/arduino">http://makershed.com/arduino</a></p> <p>Project 1: Super Simple Adjustable Strobe<br /> ---------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://sylviashow.com/strobe">http://sylviashow.com/strobe</a></p> <p>Direct code link on github:<br /><a href="http://github.com/techninja/adjustable_strobe-learning/raw/master/adjustable_strobe.pde">http://github.com/techninja/adjustable_strobe-learning/raw/master/adjust...</a></p> <p>Nate True's Time Fountain:<br /><a href="http://cre.ations.net/creation/the-time-fountain">http://cre.ations.net/creation/the-time-fountain</a></p> <p>Video of the Time Fountain:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvY7NGncCgU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvY7NGncCgU</a></p> <p>Project 2: The R.I.F.F.<br /> --------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://sylviashow.com/riff">http://sylviashow.com/riff</a></p> <p>Direct code link on github:<br /><a href="http://github.com/techninja/riff-learning/raw/master/riff.pde">http://github.com/techninja/riff-learning/raw/master/riff.pde</a></p> <p>Tinker.it's soft-synth, Auduino:<br /><a href="http://code.google.com/p/tinkerit/wiki/Auduino">http://code.google.com/p/tinkerit/wiki/Auduino</a></p> <p>Auduino - The Arduino synthesiser:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LKmtJHSLF0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LKmtJHSLF0</a></p> <p>Music by The Wavers - Three Minutes to Escape [CC Sharealike v2.5]</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-season field-type-number-integer field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Season&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-comments field-type-text-long field-label-above"><h3 class="field-label">Favorite Comments&nbsp;</h3><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><span class="name">Bruce Sterling (via Wired's Beyond the beyond)<span>*Holy cow, kid. </li> <li><span class="name">Tim Carmody (via Wired's Gadget Lab)<span>...the video’s directorial style is so fine it makes Rushmore-era Wes Anderson look like a hobo. Just sayin’. </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/alexWiiDS" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">alexWiiDS</a>That was a great video. Not a great video for a kid. Just a great video. I'll be watching your other videos too. I'd love for my daughter to get into this stuff too. She's only 3 right now, so I think I have to wait a bit. </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/hiyori13" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">hiyori13</a>ouch. Now I really feel bad about my freeduino/seeduino lying around. Sorry, sorry, I've been meaning to play with it, I have ideas for it, just haven't gotten around to it. Twenty hail buddas and 100 lines of coding. </li> <li><a href="http://youtube.com/user/huertanix" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">huertanix</a>Epic video is epic. I wish more kids were using Linux for programming Arduinos. </li> <li class="last"><a href="http://youtube.com/user/vxbinaca" target="_blank" class="name" title="View this awesome person&#039;s channel! (new window)">vxbinaca</a>I'll have to pick up a Ardiuno now </li> </ul></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ep-photos field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/episode-photos/sylvia_super_simple_arduino.jpg" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/episode_gallery_thumb/public/episode-photos/sylvia_super_simple_arduino.jpg?itok=ddQ3e0Pl" width="210" height="210" alt="Sylvia karatechops an Arduino" title="Arduino FOO!" /></a></div></div></div> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:25:56 +0000 Dadmin 7 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/episodes/s1/e3/full/arduino#comments