Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - led

Lilypad Heartbeat Pendant!

Dadmin — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:46:57 +0000

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A quick project for makers, it's the heart beat pendant!

Using an Arduino, a pulse sensor, some scrap, and a few LEDs, this project is a medium easy weekend project for any maker, and it's cool to see you're still alive! Also in this episode, learn about your heartbeat, blood, and photoplethysmography!

See this post on MakeZine.com

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RoboBrrd to the Rescue!

Super-Awesome Sylvia — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:06:54 +0000

While we were at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012, out of nowhere, Robotgrrl came up to us and asked if I wanted her one and only, WaterBrrd! Of course I said yes!

I bet you're wondering what this RoboBrrd stuff is all about....

RoboBrrd started out as an interactive robot made of felt, popsicle sticks and an Arduino. Now, Robotgrrl is making it into an easy to solder board and lasercut kit for making your very own open source RoboBrrd!

The kit isn’t quite done yet (it’s hard to put together a kit!), so I just got the wood parts that she made using the laser at Evil Mad Science Laboratories!! Muahahaha!

To make the wings flap, we used paper clips as armatures connected to little blue servos mounted in the rectangle holes behind the eyes.

For the beak, it was a lot trickier! With the top and bottom beak parts loose, I figured out that with some cardboard and a paperclip triangle, you could keep it steady and open and close it. The servo at the back just pushes and pulls the cardboard.

When its fully completed, I want to make my WaterBrrd say my tweets by chirping and flapping its wings twice, or have it tell me the weather and current temperature. The possibilities are endless!

For right now, its flapping its wings, beaking around, blinking its eyes, and talking with an old android phone my dad hooked up. The programming was all done by me.

I used an Arduino Uno and programmed it very easily. It is just like scratch, except with words and semicolons. The robobrrd will be a great kit and I can’t wait till it comes out! GO ROBOBRRD!!!!!

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at home, robots, Robobrrd, Robotgrrl, servos, electronics, wire, armature, Arduino, code, laser, wood, paperclips, water, led

Sylvia's Squishy Circuits

Dadmin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:56:25 +0000

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Are you curious about experimenting with electronics, but the fear of electric shock or soldering iron burns keep you away? Why not try squishy circuits! With a special recipe of food-safe, kitchen-made, pliable dough developed at the University of St. Thomas, kids of all ages can easily use their hands to mold their very own simple circuits right before their eyes! Lets go!

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See this post on MakeZine.com

Favorite Comments

robman2100I never understood the flow of electricity until now.. I am 26 years of age and love this show. good job.
guitarbradSylvia is energetic, fun and is teaching other kids about electronics and other projects in a thorough yet safe manner. You go girl! You are awesome!
Loki95531You rock Sylvia! Most excellent description of how a circuit works.
HachinizationMonths of grade 9 science rolled up in less than 7 minutes.. But more entertaining. LOL well done!
arcaderat100You make science way more interesting!
RocstoneauI'm 54 and this is the 1st time I understood how electricity works. My old teachers should have done this, I would have learnt more and not looked out the window all the time.
vincentleestthis is awesome!! greeting from an electrical engineering student!! Its always exciting to see your show!! :D friggin Copper atoms and their electrons.. ;p

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Sylvia Builds the LOL Shield Kit

Dadmin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:08:10 +0000

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Need to be seen and love soldering in LEDs? Try the LOL (Lots Of LEDs) shield by Jimmie Rodgers! Just solder, plug in your Arduino, program and you've got your very own charlieplexed LED array to use as you please. Lets go build it!

See this post on MakeZine.com

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Minipovs are fun to make, and even more fun to hack

Super-Awesome Sylvia — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:58:37 +0000

Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MH0mw-Lgi0

See this post on MakeZine.com

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.

Head over to the Maker Shed and pick yourself up a few, 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.

Anyways, enjoy the show!

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. Click here to give it a go!

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Adafruit, electronics, led, MiniPOV, soldering, programming

Simple Super Awesome Arduino

Super-Awesome Sylvia — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:38:23 +0000

Sylvia's Simple Arduino Projects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xCY2K9kQz4

Hey guys! After almost 2 months of waiting, my new favorite episode of Sylvia's Super Awesome Maker Show is here! Super Simple Arduino!

I show you how to build two super simple projects for Arduino with code I helped write! A Super Simple Strobe for looking at things in slow motion, and the Randomly Influenced Finger Flute (or, the RIFF). And with the help of our electronic puppet friends, we explore how the Arduino does some of it's magic. It was a blast to make and I hope you have a blast watching it. Let me know what you think in the comments.

Thanks for watching!

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Arduino, led, music, strobe, sylvia, light

Super Simple Adjustable Strobe for Arduino

TechNinja — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:55:22 +0000

Sylvia's Simple Arduino Projects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xCY2K9kQz4

Welcome to the official project page for Super Awesome Sylvia's Adjustable Strobe for Arduino. If you haven't, be sure and check out the official blog post and video for this project here!

The learning version of the code for the Super Simple Adjustable Strobe can be downloaded directly in it's raw format from github here:

Get the code!
(paste this directly into the Arduino IDE)

Otherwise, the top level repos for the project in both a Learning version, and a Super Awesome version can be found here:
http://github.com/techninja/adjustable_strobe-learning
http://github.com/techninja/adjustable_strobe-superawesome

The Super Simple Adjustable Strobe for Arduino will allow you to stop time! Ok, not really, but it will let you see things that move really fast like fans and water droplets. By timing the flashing LED to turn on at the exact time that the moving thing happens to be in the same position it was in the last time the LED was on, it makes the subject look motionless! This project is less than perfect for stopping things in their tracks, but it'll get you started and experimenting in no time. All it takes is a bright LED and a potentiometer! And if you're feeling really adventurous, fork the code on github and add your own features!

Be sure and check out Nate True's Time Fountain for a great example of a cool home use for stroboscopes.

This software is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL version 2.0 or later.

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Arduino, electronics, led, potentiometer, strobe, light, POV

Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - led

Lilypad Heartbeat Pendant!

Ep. Number

Season

RoboBrrd to the Rescue!

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Sylvia's Squishy Circuits

Ep. Number

Favorite Comments

Season

Sylvia Builds the LOL Shield Kit

Ep. Number

Season

Minipovs are fun to make, and even more fun to hack

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Simple Super Awesome Arduino

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Super Simple Adjustable Strobe for Arduino

Get the code! (paste this directly into the Arduino IDE)

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Get the code!
(paste this directly into the Arduino IDE)