Cruftfest Kit

Electronics available for QMUL IDMT and MAT students.

1. Tomorrow’s Cruft at Today’s Prices Electronics available for CruftFest/MAT Becky Stewart
2. These items have been purchased by MAT. ! First come, first served availability to all MAT students, but priority for IDMT students. ! Talk to me or Andrew if you have any questions or would like to order something else.
3. Sensors on Breakout Boards
4. Adafruit Triple-axis Accelerometer + Magnetometer (Compass) Board https://learn.adafruit.com/lsm303-accelerometer-slash-compass-breakout https://www.adafruit.com/products/1120 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/adafruit-triple-axis-accelerometer-magnetometer-compass-board !
5. Adafruit Triple-axis Accelerometer + Magnetometer (Compass) Board • 3-axis accelerometer (X, Y, Z) • Detects motion, but isn’t enough to tell you location • See tutorial for calibration tips • Magnetometer detects direction of strongest magnetic field • Will detect magnetic north unless a stronger magnet is nearby • Uses I2C • Adafruit library available for Arduino
6. Adafruit L3GD20 (L3G4200 Upgrade) Triple- Axis Gyro Breakout Board https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-9-dof-imu-breakout https://www.adafruit.com/products/1032 https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/electronics/products/adafruit-l3gd20-l3g4200-upgrade- triple-axis-gyro-breakout-board
7. Adafruit L3GD20 (L3G4200 Upgrade) Triple- Axis Gyro Breakout Board • 2 different sensor chips on one board • 9 degrees-of-freedom • Acceleration, magnetic orientation, angular velocity on 3 axes • Adafruit libraries available
8. Adafruit TSL2591 High Dynamic Range Digital Light Sensor https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tsl2591 https://www.adafruit.com/products/1980 https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/electronics/products/adafruit-tsl2591-high-dynamic-range-digital-light-sensor
9. Adafruit TSL2591 High Dynamic Range Digital Light Sensor • IR and full-spectrum light sensors • 188 uLux to 88,000 Lux (Lux = 1 Lumen/square meter) • I2C, but can’t change address • Adafruit Arduino libraries available
10. Adafruit Electret Microphone Amplifier - MAX9814 w/ Auto Gain Control https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-agc-electret-microphone-amplifier-max9814 https://www.adafruit.com/products/1713 https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/electronics/products/adafruit-electret-microphone-amplifier-max9814- w-auto-gain-control
11. Adafruit Electret Microphone Amplifier - MAX9814 w/ Auto Gain Control • 20Hz-20kHz electret microphone • On-board auto gain • Output of microphone goes to analog in on Arduino, don’t need a library • See Adafruit for FFT libraries for the Arduino
12. Shields
13. Adafruit 12 x Capacitive Touch Shield for Arduino - MPR121 https://learn.adafruit.com/capacitive-touch-drum-machine https://www.adafruit.com/products/2024 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/adafruit-12-x-capacitive-touch-shield-for-arduino-mpr121
14. Adafruit 12 x Capacitive Touch Shield for Arduino - MPR121 • 12 capacitive touch inputs that can measure proximity • I2C • Adafruit Arduino library available
15. Adafruit "Music Maker" MP3 Shield w/3W Stereo Amp https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-music-maker-shield-vs1053-mp3-wav-wave-ogg-vorbis-player https://www.adafruit.com/products/1788 https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/electronics/products/adafruit-music-maker-mp3-shield-for-arduino- w-3w-stereo-amp
16. Adafruit "Music Maker" MP3 Shield w/3W Stereo Amp • Audio codec chip (encoder-decoder) that handles MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, MIDI, FLAC, WAV (PCM and ADPCM) • Can record to PCM (WAV) and compress OGG • MicroSD Card • MIDI instrument • Headphones or speaker (not piezo) output
17. Wireless Communication
18. SparkFun WiFi Shield - ESP8266 https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/esp8266-wifi-shield-hookup-guide https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13287 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/sparkfun-wifi-shield-esp8266
19. Adafruit Bluefruit EZ-Link Bluetooth Serial Link & Arduino Programmer https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-bluefruit-ez-link http://www.adafruit.com/product/1588 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/adafruit-bluefruit-ez-link-bluetooth-serial-link-arduino-programmer
20. Microcontrollers
21. Adafruit Flora https://learn.adafruit.com/category/flora http://www.adafruit.com/product/659 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/adafruit-flora-wearable-electronic-platform-arduino-compatible
22. Adafruit Flora • Sewable pads make it good for wearables • Recommend soldering poppers/snaps instead of directly sewing into circuit • Features of Arduino Leonardo as opposed to Uno • Easy to use with LiPo battery, but does NOT have a charger on board, you will need a separate charger
23. Arduino Mini https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/arduino-mini
24. Arduino Mini • Will need a FTDI board to program (can’t connect directly via USB)
25. Fadecandy ! http://www.misc.name/fadecandy/ https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/electronics/products/adafruit-fadecandy-dithering-usb-controlled- driver-for-neopixels
26. Fadecandy • One board can control up to 512 Neopixels • Server runs on laptop, then write code to tell that server how to control LEDs connected to Fadecandy board(s) • Can control from Processing, Python, Perl, Go, JSON, node.js and more
27. If you would like to use any of these, let me or Andrew know.