Community Corner: This Week in Adafruit’s Community

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The Adafruit Google+ Community sailed past the 50k mark this week!

There are people making amazing things around the world, are you one of them? Join the 50466 strong! And check out scores of projects they shared this week after the jump!

Don’t miss the chance to catch up with great pieces from the community from this past week! Click the link below!


HIGHLIGHT: Adafruit 6 Second Electronics Film Festival!

This past week wrapped up the #adafruit6sec Electronics Film Festival — with more entries pouring in than ever before. Here are a selection of those that we haven’t shared here before, and check out the #adafruit6sec hashtag on Twitter for even more.


































From the Google+ Community

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MarkMiller

Mark Miller shared a mobile robotics project: “Small pneumatics system for mobile robotics with regulated air pressure, air logic valves and driver board. The compressor tank is just 5 inches long and can store 4-9 lbs of air to run small cylinders(presetable). The compressor needs 12 volt at 128 Ma, while the valves are 12 volt at 280 Ma. I made the tank from plastics and solvent welded together. The valves were automotive surplus and very inexpensive(49 cents each). The compressors are 5$ each and available surplus also. I am RC controlling these, but easy to run system from a micro. Fun and useful.” (read more)



Fender

Michael Mueller shared a 3D project: “A while ago, I saw a guy clamping an old plastic bottle between the seat stays of his bike, to use it as a fender. It doesn’t look very stable but it was a great idea anyway! This 3d printed mount works with most plastic bottles, like Coke, Evian ect. You can just clip it on your bike – no glue or screws needed! I’ve used a bottle which I’ve cut before. Technical, there is no need to halve it but it looks better this way and it’s done easily.” (read more)


AlanMcNeil

Alan McNeil built his Adafruit Internet of Things printer! “It fetches the info about 30m before I usually get up. Helps get me back in sync with the planet after dreamtime.” (read more)


ThomasAsmuthReflow

Thomas Asmuth shared: “The UWF FabLab has a Reflow oven! yeah I am cool like that. The Rocketscream shield works awesomely. http://www.rocketscream.com/shop/reflow-oven-controller-shield-arduino-compatible I will be running some more tests tomorrow.” (read more)


phenoptix shared a helpful techniques: “Putting together something for a special request (from a Storm Trooper) came across this method of using shift registers to drive RGB LEDs (along with code)” (read more)

Jeremy Cook shared a music video project that created: “Stop motion animation + light graffiti + natural edge wooden mushrooms = this “Mushroom Cult” video” (read more)


RaizzieN shared an update on his quadcopter project: “Thank you everyone for watching my videos. Today, let me introduce the second video about my new transformable quadocopter robot from my YouTube Channel. The new-born robot toddles about, changes the shape, and flies continuously.” (read more)


OLEGMAZUROV

Oleg Mazurov showed photos of his new pick-and-place machine: “My first ever pick and place machine arrived in the morning. 12 hours later a panel was stuffed – nice!” (read more)


Andrew Pritykin shared: “Check out my latest maker project! BlueTrack Lock System (Unlock Door via Smart Device)” (read more)


CharlesKlugCircle

Charles Klug shared a quick tutorial for how to “find the center of a circle using a drafting compass. I used this every time I make new wheels for my robot. Enjoy!”(read more)


Liz Quilty and her daughter Elle-Mae created a great conductive paint flower project! (read more)


LeslieUbeda

Leslie Ubeda shared his “Automatic Night Light Project – PCB made using a homemade CNC machine.” (read more)


RossPotts

Ross Potts shared his power supply mods: “For my first how-to, I will be modding an ATX power supply to be a benchtop power supply. So, lets get started! … ” (read more)


MattHeilman

Matt Heilman shared a number of projects including a Li-Ion Battery Pack for Arduino, photos of his electronics benches over the years, and a project to charge his motorcycle from a solar panel. Here is his first PCB project: “My first PCB (converts 12vdc to 500vdc) It was for a gauss gun. The only IC used was a 555 timer.” (read more)


Pierre-LucDespres

Pierre-Luc Despres shared his biomes project: “Here the result of my 3D print” (read more)


Carrie Anne Philbin shared a project: “I made a geeky fortunes box using a Raspberry Pi and a thermal printer!” (read more)


ErnieNelson

Ernie Nelson shared: “I have to finish wiring in the USB interface and program it, but here is my first arduino board.” (read more)


JoeBobula

Joe Bobula shared a new project: “Several firsts for me. My first time using ICs. My first project from scratch. My first PCB. An over complicated night light.” (read more)


AndreasBackx

Andreas Backx got some help sorting out control of the GPIO from his RasPi via the Community: “It’s working, finally. Thanks everyone.” (read more)


ChrisYoung

Chris Young wrote some more routines for Mike Barela’s Bob the Robot as shared on Adafruit’s Show and Tell. (read more)


DanielWould

Daniel Would shared some more CNC cutting: “Today I tried a more complex CNC cut, with time lapse from a point minted on the machine. Sadly things went badly, trying to push to fast. The pattern screwed up after the x axis bound up. I also think I burned out the power supply I was using. Some days things just don’t go according to plan.” (read more)


RichardLagos

Ricardo Lagos shared a watch strap he made: “Seeing all the cool things people make from this community, made me go out and learn how to make my own watch straps. Here is the first one that i finished (buckle is still in the mail)” (read more)


jorge_orta

jorge orta used some Adafruit gear to create a solar battery charger: “Hope it will run for ever.” (read more)


EmilNiclas

Emil Niclas shared a project: “creating a control system for an R/C car. By now it can parallel park, has a simple cruise controller and can be operated from a computer via XBee. It sure was a great way of getting to know some of the potential of the Arduino combined with sensors. I’ll post more of the setup and code once I’m finished with my exams for this semester…” (read more)


MatthewGarsteck

Matthew Garsteck got help identifying the board (pictured) on top of his Mega 2560. (read more)


ErikKringen

Erik Kringen shared a desktop robot with infrared tracking: “The goal of this project was to create a desktop robot that can track or follow nearby objects. The design had to be compact yet rugged enough to withstand the curiosity of my kids.” (read more)


RifleCreek

Rifle Creek experimented with the Sketchup plugin called “grow”: “I made this air cart looking thingy by manipulating the scaling and rotating commands in the grow menu, starting with a basic shape.” (read more)


JochenHebeler

Jochen Hebeler shared an impressively executed tiny-footprint PCB project: “I build a 3A constant current source based upon a LM3409. The total size of this PCB does not exceed 50mm*30mm and is working. I have to say, it is pretty damn hard to solder such a MSOP-10 chip ;)” (read more)


ArduinoInPinsPhysicalConfig

Mark Heckler shared an article he wrote about: “how to quickly determine which digital in/out pins may be dead on an Arduino, code & board info included.” (read more)


Community Projects from the Adafruit Blog

bob500000

For a couple of weeks now, maker “bob500000″ has been developing and tuning a project with the help of the Adafruit Technical Support engineers over at the Adafruit Forums — and now the project appears to be up and running, with a posted image called “Complete!” (read more)


Thanks to ElectricSlim / Andrew Maxwell-Parish sharing the Booty Box: “We’ve all wanted it. Now you can build it. Instant dance parties. Personal theme music. Motion activated music. Booty Box.” (read more)


brayer shared the Liquid Lifebar Arduino project: video and photo documentation here! (read more)


Caleb Kraft and Staci Elaan shared a Thor’s Hammer that delivers an 80,000 volt electric arc from the top: “I wanted Thor’s hammer (Mjolnir), but I wasn’t going to accept any old boring plastic prop. I needed something with a little more POP. I worked with Staci Elaan to build this hammer that has a solid state tesla coil inside. When you push the button, 80,000 volts of electricity arc from the top. It will light up any flourescent bulbs around, scare children, and leave the smell of ozone behind. It is super fun!” (read more)


Over the past couple of weeks, Adafruit staffers Tony Sherwood and I put together something we could give back to the Adafruit community. We seized on the idea of an RGB color picker, the “Koloric Konfabulator” and then featured “Ladyada’s E is for Electronics” — Adafruit awesome Creative Commons coloring book — as the material for participants to color. Check out our video showing how it works! (read more)


Rich Olson on Nothing Labs shared a technique for PCB etching with a a laser cutter: “After a few failures – I came up with the process documented in the video. It works pretty well! I suspect if streamlined a bit – you could go from Eagle to working board in under 90 minutes.” (read more)


J4MES posted in the forums: “Thanks to Adafruit for getting me started with Arduino and WS2801 LEDs, Though my laptop got stolen before the event, My installation Geodesic! was at it’s first music and arts festival, Lucidity!” (read more)


BJuH204CcAAiDgs

Rick Winscot shared the following tips for using Adafruit Neo Pixels for Robot Eyes: “#ROBO1010 upgrade #1 #NeoPixels from @adafruit for the eyes… seriously bright!” (read more)


JonathanBobrow

Jonathan Bobrow shared with us his 3D project KeyBit that provides a simple metal keychain attachment for a MagSafe adapter for Mac computers — a project that puts the “rapid” back into rapid prototyping in an interesting way. (read more)


ColleenJordan

Check out this tutorial from the talented Colleen Jordan, creator of cute planter necklaces and other projects, who shows her step-by-step method and discusses how this practice extends to using Shapeways and Ponoko nylon materials printed using a range of methods. (read more)


WilliamWnekowicz

William Wnekowicz shared his Color My Desk: “Hey everyone! I’ve installed a set of colored lights behind my desk and this site lets you (yes, you!) control the color. I know, crazy, right? Learn more about how I did this at Will Makes Things. But first, pick a day, pick a color, and tell me why you picked it!” (read more)


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