Some of you may have seen The Balloon Project, where these guys set off balloons with a camera attached to get an overhead view of San Francisco city. Well, those guys used bikes and radio transmitters to track down their balloon in the sky but there’s actually a better way to do it, use a Google Latitude-enabled Android phone such as Nexus One or even make your own DIY Arduino-based balloon GPS-tracking device.
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Lady Ada has a great tutorial on how to connect LCDs to the Arduino. For those of you new to LCD graphical interface to Arduino, this guide could be a great place to start.
Lady Ada goes into details of how to use character LCDs. Of course, don’t forget that you can also create simple animations using character LCDs. They are also easiest to start on. Also see my hack on a graphical LCD hacked with custom Tetri
For Arduino lovers, there has been never better time to make a dot matrix clock that uses an DS3232 RTC chip. The build is rather simple and schematics are provided so you can easily re-make it yourself. Now, just put this in a classy enclosure and you’ve got one of the best dot matrix clocks in the world (that you made with your own hands).
Time is read using binary, sorta like TokyoFlash binary
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdcWYICNql0
Looking for a new clock that can make your home more modern and stylish? This DIY Coffee Can Clock certainly has the style and form factor which uses Arduino and matrix displays. Well done, I love it.
For coffee lovers like me, this is BLISS!
The electronics is based on Wiseduino (Arduino clone with DS1307 real time clock on board), with a LED matrix shield sitting on top. The shield is built with 74HC595 shift reg
