Posted in Arduino, LED Projects, USB, Wearable on Feb 7th, 2014
Liked how SquareWear 2.0 has so many built-in components and yet so compact in size? Introducing SquareWear Mini — the little sister of SquareWear that has the same capabilities (and more!) but is 25% smaler in size! SquareWear Mini Available for purchase at Rayshobby Shop. So what is SquareWear Mini? Similar to SquareWear 2.0, the […]
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Posted in Arduino, LED Projects, Wearable on Jan 20th, 2014
This past week has been a hectic week. Since SquareWear 2.0 got posted on Hack A Day, things have gone quite wild: we’ve got hundreds of orders, and the SquareWear YouTube video accumulated 80,000 views in just two days. By the end of last week, it has exceeded 100,000 views and has officially become the […]
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Posted in Arduino, Wearable on Jan 19th, 2014
Looking for new projects to do with SquareWear 2.0? Here is an idea: combine SquareWear 2.0 with touch sensing to make a digital piano! It works as a standalone project and no additional hardware is required. Take a look at the video first: How does this work? First, SquareWear 2.0 has a built-in buzzer, so […]
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Posted in Arduino, Wearable on Nov 22nd, 2013
This is a long delayed post. I am glad I finally finished making a video for it, and it’s time to introduce SquareWear 2.0 — an open-source, wearable Arduino microcontroller board. At heart, SqureWear 2.0 is an Arduino running at 3.3V and 12MHz. It has built-in mini-USB port for uploading programs, charging lithium batteries, and […]
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Posted in Maker Faire, Wearable on Aug 12th, 2013
Yesterday we went to the RI Mini Maker Faire in Providence. I came back around midnight last night, feeling quite tired. It was a fun trip, and the first time that I went there as a maker. The faire was co-located with the Foo Fest, so even though its size is nowhere comparable to the […]
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