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DIY Touch Screen With a TV and Scanner Parts

Jean Peradel created his own touch screen coffee table using a flat screen TV, a CCD sensor from an old scanner, and IR LEDs.  We love a good DIY project, and this one fits the bill.

The Hackaday.io project page for this is excellent.  There is a […]

MAX9814 Microphone Module for Teensy

NeutronNed has developed a microphone module for Teensy – great for wearable sound reactive projects. You can buy it on Tindie for under $10. There is some great discussion over on the forum.

Here’s a nifty test video by forum user Potatotron

This module is designed for Teensy boards and has the […]

Stone Song Sound Sculpture

Ranjit Bhatnagar created a stone sound sculpture that responds to the settling of its stones and the weather by playing sounds.  This beautiful sculpture uses sensors for pressure, humidity, temperature, and barometric pressure to collect data and send it to a drone synthesizer, making the sculpture feel alive with sound.

Ranjit posted a bit of technical information on the project over on the forum.

This video is a walkthrough of the sculpture.  You can hear the […]

Soldering Pins on to Your Teensy

We published a video on with some tips on soldering header pins on to your Teensy board.

A couple of tips to remember when soldering header pins to your board:

1 – You MUST solder the pins.  Setting the Teensy on the header pins without completing the soldering will not work.

2 – Use a breadboard to keep the pins straight and stable when soldering

3 – Leave the soldering iron on the pad for a moment after you […]

The Pool Interactive LED Art Installation

The team a Jen Lewin Studios created an amazing interactive LED art installation called The Pool that is best described as an environment of giant, concentric circles created from interactive pads.

The Pool uses thousands of LEDs driven by Teensy boards to create pools of light you can run and jump and play […]

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