For the last week, I was trying to remember the API for working with Micro-controllers called Arduino. This is a post to help me remember Arduino and why I am interested in Arduino. First, I like to prototype since it doesn’t require that it works perfectly. However, prototypes are very rewarding, since it helps lay a foundation for doing the real thing. The Arduino might help me prototype physical projects using 3D spatial information without costing me alot of money, but proving a concept to the skeptics. And if it doesn’t, I can have some fun with it anyway, while release some stress too. It would be really exciting to create a GIS Arduino application. More exciting than coding a tree or drop down menus which sadly is something I like too.
Which brings me to how I remembered this Open Source Arduino project. I googled much about hobbies, kits, geek devices, with API’s for Micro-controllers. I just couldn’t find it, I remembered it sounded like the google’s android phone… which of course it’s not… for some reason I kept thinking of Tejuino, a friends band and fermented tortilla drink, which seemed silly. However, my search did bring up something about those little tin boxes Altoids are packed in. Maybe that would let me fit my project in it. But Altoids sounded familiar because of android. Surprising, I found “make something out of the Altoid Tin box” as item number 23 on the Geek’s list of 100 Must Do Things. But down at item 95 is “How To Unleash A Laser Pointers Full Potential”, I just had to know. But there, on “Hack N Mod” listing under the 30-Days most popular hacks was the Arduino Powered 4 rotor Helicopter. Now that’s cool. 4 rotors can provide a very stable platform, mounted with a remote video camera, and you have your very own Kino.
Although my Associative Memory didn’t kick in completely, I did find some interesting things.
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