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Last Thursday I had a lot of fun doing a workshop at my college (UMass Amherst) where I taught students to use a WiFi-enabled Color LED matrix combined with Javascript programs to create animations displayed onto the LED matrix. The matrix is made of 5×7 WS2812 (NeoPixel) LEDs. I’ve actually designed it two years ago […]

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Since SquareWear 2.0 and Mini, there will soon be a new member in the SquareWear family. This is a sneak peak preview of SquareWear Esimal — the tiniest SquareWear ever made 🙂 How does it differ from the other two members? First, it’s tiny and measure only 1.1″ x 0.7″. It’s designed to be small, […]

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There is an upcoming MakerJam at Mount Holyoke College and I’ve been commissioned to create a new version of SquareWear, numbered 2.3. Following the suggestions I’ve received in the past, I made the first prototype of SquareWear 2.3: Below I list the main changes / improvements: Added Hardware USB-serial Chip (CH340G) : this pretty much […]

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This is a quick announcement that SquareWear 2.0 is now available for purchase at SeeedStudio.com. This is great news for customers living outside of the US, because SeeedStudio offers excellent and low-cost international shipping options.

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The past week has seen some nice community contributions to SquareWear 2.0. The first is a 3D printed strap-on case designed by Paul Modiano: Very nice and makes SquareWear truly wearable 🙂 The add-on module in the picture is an ADXL335 accelerometer which takes analog pins A4, A2 and A3. The 3D files can be […]

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