Remote Controlled Car using iOS and Arduino

Mar 21st, 2012

An app running on iPad wirelessly connects over GameKit through Bluetooth to the iPhone mounted on the RC car, which in turn sends serial commands via the Redpark Serial Cable to an Arduino, which then controls the motors in the car through the Sparkfun Motor Shield.

The next challenge is to stream video from the iPhone to the iPad to allow for driving it with a first person point of view.

Movie controller on iPad with Arduino

Jan 8th, 2012

Measuring the rotation speed of a computer fan with arduino, and using that as controller for the playback speed of movies on an iPad.

// constants won't change. They're used here to // set pin numbers: const int buttonPin = 2; // the number of the pushbutton pin // variables will change: int ledPin = 13; int val; long last=0; int stat=0; int stat2; int counter=0; int timer=1000; // the time it takes each reading void setup() { // initialize the pushbutton pin as an input: pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT); Serial.begin(9600); Serial.println("Hello world"); delay(2000);// Give reader a chance to see the output. } void loop(){ // read the state of the pushbutton value: stat = digitalRead(buttonPin); digitalWrite(ledPin, stat); if(stat2 != stat) { // counts when the state change, thats from (dark to light) or // from (light to dark), remmember that IR light is invisible for us. counter++; stat2=stat; } if(millis()-last>=timer){ double rpm=(((double)counter)/(60000.0/timer)); Serial.print(rpm, DEC); Serial.print("\n"); counter=0; last=millis(); } }

iPhone 4 Camera Mount Now Featured on IkeaHackers.net

Dec 6th, 2011

iPhone 4 Camera Mount From Ikea Desk Lamp

Nov 19th, 2011

iPhone 4 Camera Mount from Ikea Desk Lamp

Coming Soon

Oct 21st, 2011

Sneak peak from the next experiment …

iPad Controlling Servo via Arduino

Oct 17th, 2011

Another experiment in connecting things to iPad via Arduino and the Redpark serial cable.

Wii Nunchuck Controlling iPad via Arduino

Oct 13th, 2011

After the success of getting the iPad to talk to the Arduino, it was time to try the other direction; I decided to see if I could get data from a Wii Nunchuck onto the iPad:-

Paduino: Controlling Arduino From iPad

Sep 29th, 2011

First steps in connecting iPad and Arduino

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