Monthly Archives: November 2009

My Garden Tweets

Yesterday I posted about wirelessly updating my arduino’s software using my Xbee wireless adapters.  Today, I finally completed a project I’ve been working on for a couple months.  I now have a garden, with water and light controlled by an … Continue reading

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Arduino and Xbee

Xbee Arduino Adapter Originally uploaded by chrisgilmerproj Today I did some work and got my computer to upload programs to my arduino wirelessly using Xbee chips! It took a little doing, and adding a lot of programs to my computer, … Continue reading

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Laptop or netbook for robots

I’ve finally decided to lay down some money and buy a laptop/netbook for my robotics projects.  I’m looking for something that I can use to develop my robot applications and also make resident on my robots.  Most of the hardware … Continue reading

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Linked from TED!

CollageTEDx Originally uploaded by chrisgilmerproj For the last month I’ve been curious about people being directed to my website and have been tracking links.  To my surprise I just noticed that my blog was linked to from the TED Blog.  … Continue reading

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Garduino is Running

garduino_working Originally uploaded by chrisgilmerproj The garduino project has hit a huge milestone today. It actually is working autonomously! I have the light and the pump working correctly. It took a lot to rework the original code into something that … Continue reading

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