Electronics Hardware + Supplier Links

November 3, 2009 at 12:49 pm · Filed under tech hardware/software links

LITTLE BITS OF EVERYTHING
Adafruit [Based in NYC - Arduinos, Sensors, Wireless, DIY Central, great range of things ...]
Jameco [outside SF in Belmont, CA - Huge selection of Electronics]
RobotShop [Huge selection of robot-based electronics, SMAs, Motors, Sensors]
Al Lashers Electronics [Located in Berkeley, CA -1734 University Ave (510)843-5915]
Electronics Plus [San Rafael, CA - (415) 457-0466]
Fry’s [1077 East Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA, 408.617.1300 - also in Palo Alto, San Jose and more]

ARDUINO + ELECTRONICS SUPPLIERS
Arduino [mothership: great links to everything Arduino]
Sparkfun [sensors, hardware, kits ...]
MakerShed [sensors, hardware, kits ...]
LiquidWare [lots of everything]

GENERAL ELECTRONICS
Marlin P. Jones [Huge Supplier including Power Supplies, LED, Connectors, etc]

POWER SUPPLIES
PowerSupply1 [Huge Selection

SENSORS
Acroname [Sharp IR Sensor Source - we use the GP2Y0A02YK]
Making Things [Great range of Sensors - highly recommend]
Sparkfun Sensors [many flavours]
LadyAda [Bits and Pieces]

SERVOS
Servocity [Great Selection of Servos and Supplies]

LEDS
SuperBrightLEDS.com [Single LEDs or multiple strings, all types, good quality]
LED Circuitry Tutorial: http://www.theledlight.com/ledcircuits.html
LED Calculator: http://www.led-calculator.com/

GOOD ARDUINO BASED KITS
Sensor Kit by Sparkfun http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9383

GENERAL
McMaster Carr [The Godfather --- Huge selection of everything]
US Plastics [Based in Ohio - Great Selection and reliable]

GEARS + MECHANICS
Flying Pigs Mechanisms [Database of Mechanism Types]

SENSOR + ARDUINO TUTORIALS
FSR (Touch) Tutorial from Lady Ada
PhotoCell (Light) Tutorial

SKILLS
Great Soldering How-to Links

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aurora project

September 4, 2008 at 7:54 pm · Filed under aurora project [nyc]

The Aurora Project - Coming Summer 2009
New York Prize Fellowship - Van Alen Institute NYC
During their fellowship term, Gattegno and Johnson will design and fabricate a large-scale interactive installation entitled Aurora. The installation will superimpose the ephemeral qualities of the Arctic ice field with the dynamic behavior of visitors in the Institute’s Manhattan gallery. Connected to real time data parsed from Arctic sensor buoys, the shifting dimensions of the ice shelf will be translated into immersive LED auroras and responsive skins. Feedback loops between remote and locally sensed data will intensify the interplay between these connected, yet physically separated conditions. Aurora will function both as index of an emerging global condition, and as indicator of our impact on conditions beyond our limited field of perception. It will suggest a new approach to design that is simultaneously globally informed and locally responsive.

Press: Architectural Record - July 2008 [link]

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