Cool, I'll have a read thanks. Perhaps I was confusing it with X10 a bit because I was thinking of your Mazzini project. X10 is really a protocol and Arduino is a hardware thing it seems. Big difference. Can't wait to see the talk! :)<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Adrian McEwen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adrian@mcqn.net">adrian@mcqn.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Arduino [1] isn't really like X10, although I'm using it for something<br>
bordering on X10 with my Mazzini project [2]. The Arduino is just a<br>
cool open-source hardware project to let you interface (some reasonably<br>
limited) computing power with electronics. The Arduino boards have 16KB<br>
of flash memory for the code, 1KB of RAM, half-a-dozen analogue inputs<br>
(to let you measure fuzzy values like light levels or temperature) and a<br>
dozen digital inputs and outputs (to let you connect buttons and<br>
switches for input, or to switch things on or off from the code).<br>
<br>
There are some examples of what you can build with Arduino in the<br>
Inspiration section of the Howduino wiki [3]<br>
<br>
Adrian.<br>
<br>
[1] <<a href="http://arduino.cc/" target="_blank">http://arduino.cc/</a>><br>
[2] <<a href="http://www.mcqn.com/weblog/mazzini_monitors_its_first_appliance" target="_blank">http://www.mcqn.com/weblog/mazzini_monitors_its_first_appliance</a>><br>
[3] <<a href="http://howduino.pbwiki.com/PossibleProjects" target="_blank">http://howduino.pbwiki.com/PossibleProjects</a>><br>
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Dan Lynch wrote:<br>
> Sounds really interesting, I'll come along. I haven't had much chance<br>
> to look at Arduino yet and really know nothing about it so a talk at<br>
> the LUG would be good I think. I've had a look at X10 in the past and<br>
> I know this isn't quite the same but they are perhaps related in some<br>
> way. Would I be wrong in saying that?<br>
><br>
> Looking forward to it, cheers<br>
><br>
> Dan<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Adrian McEwen <<a href="mailto:adrian@mcqn.net">adrian@mcqn.net</a><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:adrian@mcqn.net">adrian@mcqn.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Sat May 23rd, FACT at Liverpool<br>
> <a href="http://www.howduino.com/" target="_blank">http://www.howduino.com/</a><br>
><br>
> Howduino is a free, one day event about connecting the internet to the<br>
> real world, breathing life into inanimate objects and creating new<br>
> ways<br>
> to interact with things. It's for artists, programmers, designers,<br>
> hobbyists and anyone else interested in robotics, technology,<br>
> communication and interaction.<br>
><br>
> The event was initially inspired by the Arduino<br>
> <<a href="http://www.arduino.cc/" target="_blank">http://www.arduino.cc/</a>><br>
> platform, a cheap and easy way to introduce intelligence into objects.<br>
> The focus of the talks and support will be on using Arduino, but don't<br>
> let this limit your imagination. All platforms and tecnnologies<br>
> are welcome.<br>
><br>
> And on a related note, Andrew, is there any chance I can give my<br>
> Getting<br>
> Started with Arduino talk at the April or May LivLUG meeting? I<br>
> thought<br>
> it would be good for people to find out a bit more (and maybe get<br>
> started playing around) before signing up for the full day.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Adrian.<br>
><br>
><br>
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