Hardware projects

Craft

Craft is a demo running on its own minimalistic demo platform. The demo platform is based on an ATmega88 microcontroller. Read more.

• lft_craft (Original video clip, Xvid, 89.4 MB)

• lft_craft_capture (Full screen video capture, H.264, 85.5 MB)

• Linus Akesson - Craft (Soundtrack, MP3, 3.3 MB)

• lft_craft_src (Schematics, firmware binaries and source code, 70.5 KB)

Posted Thursday 27-Mar-2008 20:33, 54 comments.

The chimney claw project

One year, my parents realized that there was a bird's nest down their chimney, at the very bottom. You could hear the chirps from within the kitchen. Read more.

Posted Wednesday 20-Jun-2007 17:31, 2 comments.

The hardware chiptune project

Normally, when you create a chiptune, you start with an existing chip (such as the SID chip or the YM2149) and write a tune for it. We decided to start from scratch, and create a chip and a tune. Read more.

• kryo-hardware_chiptune (Original zipped release, DivX, 18.5 MB)

• Linus Akesson - The hardware chiptune project song (Recorded MP3, 1.5 MB)

• hardwarechiptune-cad (Schematic, EPS source code, 8.6 KB)

• hardwarechiptune-cad (Schematic, PDF, 31.9 KB)

• hardwarechiptune-tracker (Tracker with source code, docs and song data, 26.0 KB)

• hardwarechiptune-src (AVR source code, 10.5 KB)

Posted Saturday 30-Jun-2007 11:04, 11 comments.

The pot plant monitor

This pot plant is connected to my computer. Every five minutes or so, the resistance of the soil is measured. The resistance varies indirectly with the dampness of the soil, as you can see in the graph. Read more.

Posted Wednesday 9-Jan-2008 17:20, 8 comments.

The remote control project

This is the story of how I built a remote control system for my computer and speakers. It is based on an off-the-shelf universal remote and some AVR chips and other electronics. Read more.

Posted Friday 26-Oct-2007 16:39, 0 comments.