Category Archives: make

Aluminum Faceplate For SparkFun Button Arduinome Arrives!

Posted on 2010 01 09 by Jason Job

Just received some aluminum faceplates for my arduinome that I got through a group buy organized by @z15 on the monome community forum. (Thanks!) These aluminum panels are each 5 mm thick which leaves about 2 mm of the SparkFun … Continue reading →

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Building An Arduinome

Posted on 2009 08 23 by Jason Job

I finally got together all the parts that I need to build myself  a monome clone. Arduinome is a clone of the open source monome 40h which uses an arduino microcontroller. Wikipedia says, “The monome is an eight-by-eight grid of backlit … Continue reading →

Posted in MaxMSP, OSC, ableton, arduino, make | 1 Comment

Pachube: The Internet Of Things

Posted on 2009 07 01 by Jason Job

I just found out about Pachube over on the Make: Blog and am feeling really inspired. Pachube is just awesome! It is a service created by HAQUE design + research that “enables you to connect, tag and share real time … Continue reading →

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Software Debouncing Multiple Latching Switches With Arduino

Posted on 2009 01 12 by Jason Job

This last week I have been working on making the operation of my MIDI controller prototype more robust. One of my tasks has been to debounce and latch the states of my pushbutton toggle switches. Though you could use hardware … Continue reading →

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DIY Cardboard MIDI Controller

Posted on 2008 12 28 by Jason Job

Today I built a DIY cardboard MIDI controller. I used an Atmega168 with code written in Arduino and programmed on an Arduino NG. The whole circuit is breadboarded and connects to the computer via a single USB cable. The serial … Continue reading →

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Solar Powered Beam Bots

Posted on 2008 10 16 by Jason Job

My 2 year old daughter has recently become interested in a couple of solar powered robots that I built a few years ago so I thought I would share them here. Both bots were built from instructions in Make Magazine vol. 06. The … Continue reading →

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Simple Max Serial To MIDI Patch

Posted on 2008 10 12 by Jason Job

I have programmed an Arduino to output serial MIDI CC messages when I adjust potentiometers connected to it. To control my MIDI capable applications I could just send this data to a MIDI cable and then to a commercial USB-MIDI … Continue reading →

Posted in MIDI, MaxMSP, OSX, arduino, make, prototyping | 2 Comments