Stuff Andy Makes – DIY, make, tinker, play

RoboStocking – AVR, Servo, Motor, IR Sensor, and BOOM!!! Merry Christmas!

Dec 29

AndyElectronics, Miscellaneous, Projects arduino, avr, christmas stocking, ir motion, jingle bells, lexan, mechanical, motor, pop-up santa, sensor, servo No Comments

At the office, we decided we were going to have a stocking decorating contest for Christmas. The rules were pretty lax, so I immediately thought of interactivity and electronics and blinky lights and whatnot. Well, that, and there was no way in you-know-what that I was going to hot glue glitter and spongy letters to a stocking with electricity being involved.

Here is a video of the final product to pique your interest:

How did I do it? Easy. Some AVR programming (through my usual Arduino hackery) and some simple electronics and BOOYAH! Motion activated stocking with a Santa sign and some jingle bells.

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Office Chairiot™ First Run a Success!

Apr 13

AndyElectronics, Projects, Woodworking/Shop 24V, chair, motor, office, speed controller, stainless steel, welding No Comments

The Office Chairiot™ is a project I’ve been designing and building since last summer. The Office Chairiot™ is a battery-powered office chair towing device built with custom steel work and motorized scooter parts purchased on-line. With the amazing welding skizillz of the father of one of the owner’s of the company where I work, my dream of a modular powered office chair came to fruition recently.

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