DIY capacitive sensitive floor tiles
November 23, 2009
Have some day on your hands and don't want to remain idle and be associated with the devil's workshop? that DIY capacitive sensitive floor tiles project ought to suit you soon after, as it allows you to construct a USB-connected DDR controller from scratch. You will use an Atmel ATmega8 microcontroller inside to run the V-USB firmware, while analog to digital converts to read in documents from the capacitive sensors. Not too certain on whether that system is durable in the lengthy run or not though, as hardcore DDR players can attest to.
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DIY accelerometer-controlled USB gamepad
November 20, 2009
An idle mind is the devil's worksop, but thereupon again sometimes idle minds conjure up wonders like that homemade accelerometer-controlled USB gamepad which houses a PIC18F2550 from Starlino within.
The cipher for the firmware was written in PicBasic Pro and it implements a HID USB device with 2 axes and 4 buttons (only 2 buttons connected in the prototype). The device is detected by Windows XP/Vista as a standard USB gamepad and can be used with many games and applications. I am using a 2 Axes Buffered ±2g Accelerometer from DIMENSION ENGINEERING, it has a built in voltage regulator that allows powering the accelerometer directly from the USB bus (5V).
If you're interested in making one of your own, head on here.
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