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This is a quick plug for a spiffy project that M. K. Borri (spiritplumber) has been building using my usb-fs-host object. He’s connecting an Android phone to a Propeller microcontroller, emulat...

https://scanlime.org/2011/05/cheap-and-easy-android-to-propeller-bridge/

A few years ago, I implemented an S/PDIF encoder object for the Parallax Propeller. When I first wrote this object, I wrote only a very terse blog post on the subject. I rather like the simplicit...

https://scanlime.org/2011/04/spdif-digital-audio-on-a-microcontroller/

This is another sub-experiment leading up to a project that I’ve only tangentially mentioned on this blog so far: a robot that automatically sorts and places Perler Beads. The robot starts with...

https://scanlime.org/2011/02/trying-out-the-avago-adjd-s371-q999-color-sensor/

After going months without a lot of time for working on my hobby projects, I finally had a few free days to work on debugging my embedded Bluetooth stack for the Propeller. I got it working well ...

https://scanlime.org/2010/07/propeller-bluetooth-stack-demo/

This is a continuation of my experiments in bit-banging full-speed USB on the Propeller. I have the basic host controller working reasonably well now, so I started trying to do something a bit mo...

https://scanlime.org/2010/04/embedded-bluetooth-for-2/

I’d like to make a more detailed post about this once the project is a bit further along… but for now just a brief description and a couple teaser photos 🙂 This is one of those things that...

https://scanlime.org/2010/04/its-alive-bit-banging-full-speed-usb-host-for-the-propeller/

People all around the internet have been doing cool things with the Wii peripherals lately, including the Wii Fit balance board. Things like controlling robots or playing World of Warcraft. But w...

https://scanlime.org/2010/01/hacking-a-digital-bathroom-scale/

The story behind this project is a bit overcomplicated. That’s all below, if you’re interested. I made a video to explain the final product: Back Story This all started when I bought a sewing...

https://scanlime.org/2010/01/diy-sewing-machine-retrofit/

For anyone who hasn’t already seen it, Linus Akesson (of Craft fame) just released his first demo for the Parallax Propeller: Turbulence. You can watch the high resolution video on capped.tv, w...

https://scanlime.org/2009/05/turbulence/

Today I finished a major update to my software-only RFID decoder for the Propeller microcontroller, and I finally installed my prototype in the garage. Now I can open the garage door with my RFID...

https://scanlime.org/2008/09/rfid-garage-door-opener/