Sparkle Dress

I made a sparkling skirt for my kid's first school dance.

arduinoMarty MartinJanuary 31, 2016rgb, led, flora, arduino, skirtComment

Making a Logo

Just made a logo for myself in Blender 3D

blenderMarty MartinJanuary 30, 2016logo, blender, 3dComment

The Yamaha Arius YDP-142 and GarageBand

I got my kid a digital piano for Christmas. It's Yamaha Arius YDP-142.

Of course, before purchase, I spent some time Online researching the piano. One of the things I wanted to know was if the Arius YDP-142 was going to work with GarageBand.

computers, software, musicMarty MartinJanuary 17, 2016arius, Apple, Mac, YDP-142, OSX, garageband, yamaha, popular Comments

I did it!!

I did it! The goal was to do 52 small projects for 2015. Looks like I ended the year with 54 projects!

Marty MartinDecember 31, 2015Comment

Neo Geo Watch

My final project for the year is a Christmas present for my kid. It is the Neo Geo Watch

arduino, coding, electronicsMarty MartinDecember 29, 2015arduino, flora, neo pixel, gps, compass, watch Comments

Installing a Fresh OS onto the Beaglebone Black from a Mac

Okay so putting a fresh OS on the Beaglebone Black from a Mac wasn’t so easy. Really, all I had to do was find the right instructions.

beagle boneMarty MartinDecember 11, 2015pi filler, debian, Mac, OSXComment

Data Logging with Xively and Beaglebone Black

This project covers how to log data with the Beaglebone Black then push the data to Xively

coding, python, beagle boneMarty MartinDecember 4, 2015data logging, xively, temp36Comment

Motion Graphics with Blender

Experimenting with Blender with the Sniper Add-on

blender, animationMarty MartinNovember 28, 2015animation, motion graphics Comment

Web Interface with Flask and Beaglebone Black

This section teaches the reader how to create a web interface for the Beaglebone Black using Python and Flask.

coding, electronics, python, beagle boneMarty MartinNovember 27, 2015flask, reed switch, web, popularComment

Python Emailer with Beaglebone Black: Failed

This project is supposed to read a Magnetic contact switch (door sensor, otherwise known as a reed switch.) and then send an email notification along the lines of the door is open.

coding, electronics, python, beagle boneMarty MartinNovember 20, 2015python, reed switch, beaglebone black, emailComment

Python on the Beaglebone Black

I did the Chapter for Python Pin Control from the book Getting Started with BeagleBone by Matt Richardson

coding, python, beagle boneMarty MartinNovember 13, 2015beaglebone black, coding, python, GPIOComment

Control a lamp with the BeagleBone Black

This project covers the GPIO pins of the BeagleBone Black

electronics, beagle boneMarty MartinNovember 6, 2015beaglebone black, lamp, gpioComment

Getting Started with the Beagle Bone Black

This project covers how to Get Started with the Beagle Bone Black

beagle boneMarty MartinOctober 30, 2015beagle bone, ssh, startComment

The Web Lamp

This project teaches the reader to turn a lamp on and off through a web browser.

coding, python, raspberry piMarty MartinOctober 23, 2015Web LampComment

I Built an Animation Studio for My Kid's Birthday with a Raspberry Pi

My kid has developed a fascination with stop motion animation so for her birthday, I put together an animation studio with a Raspberry Pi.

animation, raspberry piMarty MartinOctober 19, 2015animation, Raspberry Pi, popularComment

Connecting the Web to the Real World

This project reads data from the GPIO pins and displays the data on a web page. In this case it used breadboarded push buttons

coding, electronics, python, raspberry piMarty MartinOctober 16, 2015Web Server, Push Button, FlaskComment

Turning the Raspberry Pi into a Web Server

This project uses Python to turn the Raspberry Pi into a super simple web server

coding, python, raspberry piMarty MartinOctober 9, 2015web server, Flask, TemplateComment

Failed: Umbrella Indicator

This project was supposed to combine the Partial JSON response from the previous project with breadboarded LED to create an LED umbrella indicator but I couldn't make it work

coding, electronics, python, raspberry piMarty MartinOctober 2, 2015JSON, API, LED, python, weather, umbrellaComment

Failed: Partial JSON response from Weather Underground's API

This project was supposed to setup the Raspberry Pi to display weather data in Terminal but I couldn't make it work.

python, raspberry piMarty MartinSeptember 25, 2015JSON, API, weather, pythonComment

Download Data from a Web Server with Python

The project from the book teaches the reader how to connect to internet servers using python code.

python, coding, raspberry piMarty MartinSeptember 18, 2015Python, InternetComment

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