Ultra low latency computing platform that harnesses the power of BeagleBone development boards. Audio input and output. The Bela cape comes in two variations, both available from the Equipment Booking System. The standard, original Bela, which is also availaable paired with a wireless BeagleBone Black, and the Bela Mini, which is, erm, smaller. Bela’s YouTube Channel Amongst other…
Author: Peter
The Ultimate Audio Multi-Tool
A fantastic success story where two of our students took their studies all the way to a a product, their own company, and a tool for electronic musicians and resaerchers.
Arduino Drivers
Some students have reported problems connecting to Arduino devices, particularly those who are using Arduino for the first time on Windows. If you have your Arduino hooked up via USB, but no new USB ports are showing in your IDE, it may be that your installation of Windows is missing the appropriate drivers. This link…
Pop-Up Lab is no more
THE LAB IS NOW REOPENED The lab is running normally, except for the booking system, which has not run normally in a long time. You can use the lab, and book equipment, but please respect our busy times. You can check the lab timetable here
Box Maker in OpenSCAD
This is an OpenSCAD module for creating boxes to be laser-cut out of flat panels (e.g. plywood or acrylic). The boxes dimensions are customizable, supports opening the top, insetting the bottom, and adding handles.
X-Y Plotter
We have an X-Y plotter.
Unbranded PIR Sensors
Some of our PIR sensors are somewhat cheaper, unbranded units, with no identification markings. This makes it a bit difficult to find a datasheet for them. This labelled picture may be of use to those attempting to make use of them.
Free Online STL Repair tool
With this tool you get your STL file checked for errors. It also automatically proides a fixed downloadable version.
Useful Arduino Links
Arduino is a developer community, a programming language, an Integrated Development Environment and a series of programmable micro-controllers. An easy platform to through which one can learn about programmable microcontrollers, supported by a variety of hardware platforms. The IDE is frequently updated, and it’s well worth keeping your version current. However, make sure that the…
Thingiverse
Ultimaker have taken over this 3D modelling resource, which was originally founded by MakerBot.
16n – A Bank of Sixteen Faders
Razvan has been using our Surface Mount Technology (SMT) room to put some finishing touches to this very useful open source interface. A bank of 16 faders are very neatly packaged and provide sensor data via multiple data transfer protocols, all hadled by a Teensy 2.0 development board.
Teensy Microcontrollers
The Teensy is a complete USB-based microcontroller development system, in a very small footprint, capable of implementing many types of projects. There are a number of shields available for these microcontrollers, including the OctoWS2811 Adaptor which facilitates the control of thousands of LEDs and the Prop Shields which are aimed at building small hand held props. There are also audio shields which…