In the Maker Shed: New Arduino Duemilanove
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... upgraded to a more powerful microcontroller: the ATmega328. It's fully compatible with the previous ATmega168, but with twice the memory. That includes flash memory for storing sketches (32 KB instead of 16 KB), RAM for holding variables (2KB instead of 1KB) and EEPROM for saving data when turning off the board (1 KB instead of 512 bytes). Also the speed (in the bootloader) has been raised for uploading new sketches from 19200 baud to 57600 baud.
Learn more about the New Arduino Duemilanove in the Maker Shed
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Afternoon Linkage for March 9th, 2009
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Afternoon Linkage for March 9th, 2009 By Vince Veneziani March 9, 2009 Comments (0) Filed under: Features So can we all agree Watchmen sucked? Come June, your Wii should act like it originally should have At least our president has some good ideas Your dog or cat will love you forever Have an iPhone? Easily find a toilet near you Can’t afford NERF? Maybe you should downgrade to this thing The new Arduino is out! 6Gbps of FURY Exactly why video games are bad for children (to an extent) Have great links you want showcased on Afternoon Linkage? E-mail us: tips AT gearfuse DOT ...
Maker Shed weekly wrap-up
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This week in the Maker Shed we introduced the new Arduino Duemilanove and the Doomsday Sound kit. Also, we posted our first Maker Shed survey so we can better understand our audience. It's a great way to let us know what you like, and you can even enter to win 1 of 5 Maker's Notebooks just by filling out our 5-minute survey. We have a lot going on in the Maker Shed so keep an eye out for more how-to's, cool projects, and new products.
The new Arduino Duemilanove is available in the Maker Shed. ...

