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	<title>todbot blog &#187; blinkm</title>
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	<description>Random experiments, circuits, code, rapid prototyping, sometimes things to buy, and the odd tune by Tod E. Kurt.</description>
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		<title>Invisible Accent Light with BlinkM MaxM &amp; FreeM</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/07/25/invisible-accent-light-with-blinkm-maxm-freem/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/07/25/invisible-accent-light-with-blinkm-maxm-freem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=1085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you just want a little extra light in a room.  With RGB LED tape, you can put light anywhere.  But controlling its brightness and making it the color you want is a bit harder.  A BlinkM MaxM can easily control LED tape, either as a stand-alone device, with an Arduino, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>BlinkM Cylon mkII</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/05/29/blinkm-cylon-mkii/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/05/29/blinkm-cylon-mkii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 06:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For Maker Faire this year I made a second version of my BlinkM Cylon: BlinkM Cylon mkII.  This is not a very cost-effective way of getting a Cylon effect.  It however is a good way of showing how to wire up multiple BlinkMs with a long cable, using our new WireM cabling [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>BlinkM Smart LED as the Smallest Arduino</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/03/22/blinkm-smart-led-as-the-smallest-arduino/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/03/22/blinkm-smart-led-as-the-smallest-arduino/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know you can run Arduino programs on tiny BlinkM Smart LEDs?  It might make BlinkM the smallest Arduino so far.  To use a BlinkM as an Arduino, all you need is the free Arduino software, a low-cost AVR programmer, some wire, and a BlinkM. 

Here's a quick video showing how [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Using FreeM with BlinkM MaxM</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/03/15/using-freem-with-blinkm-maxm/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/03/15/using-freem-with-blinkm-maxm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[thingm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While FreeM is mostly designed to work with BlinkMs and MinMs, it can be made to work with MaxMs.   FreeM cannot supply the power that MaxMs need (250mA and FreeM can only supply up to 100mA), but there are other ways.  One way to do it is to power the FreeM [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>BlinkM Battery Pack HowTo</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/02/25/blinkm-battery-pack-howto/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2011/02/25/blinkm-battery-pack-howto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Make a long-lasting, rechargeable battery pack for your BlinkM MaxM, BlinkM, or BlinkM MinM using just pliers, no soldering!

BlinkMs are perfect for portable, stand-alone uses.  There are many ways to hook a BlinkM to battery sources.  Here's one way that works for all BlinkMs.



BlinkM Battery Pack: Step 1: Get all the parts [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>ReflashBlinkM: Update your BlinkM&#8217;s firmware</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/11/19/reflashblinkm-update-your-blinkms-firmware/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/11/19/reflashblinkm-update-your-blinkms-firmware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=906</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All BlinkM-family devices can have their firmware updated. This makes them great for tiny development boards for ATtiny processors. ReflashBlinkM is an application that makes it easy to put back the original firmware or update a BlinkM to the latest firmware.

Previously you needed an AVR ISP programmer like the AVRISPmkII or the USBtinyISP. Thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>SoftI2CMaster: Add I2C to any Arduino pins</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/09/25/softi2cmaster-add-i2c-to-any-arduino-pins/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/09/25/softi2cmaster-add-i2c-to-any-arduino-pins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to use any pair of pins for I2C on Arduino, not just the dedicated pins on Analog 4 &#038; 5?  Me too, so I made a quick little Arduino library called "SoftI2CMaster", available in the "blinkm-projects" Googlecode repository. 

Get it here: SoftI2CMaster.h, SoftI2CMaster.cpp.
  
It's still a work in progress, but [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hacking USB HID for Easy Tethered Ubicomp</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/09/22/hacking-usb-hid-for-easy-tethered-ubicomp/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/09/22/hacking-usb-hid-for-easy-tethered-ubicomp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blinkm]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At this years Sketching in Hardware conference, I gave a talk on the general approach I used to create LinkM, ThingM's USB-to-I2C adapter for programming and controlling BlinkMs.  I called it "Hacking USB HID for Easy Tethered Ubicomp" (4.8MB PDF) to give it a form that fit within some of the larger issues [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>ThingM at Maker Faire 2010</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/05/30/thingm-at-maker-faire-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/05/30/thingm-at-maker-faire-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 23:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My company ThingM had an official presence at Maker Faire this year.  We were showing off the BlinkM line, including the new BlinkM MinM and the LinkM USB BlinkM controller.  It was a lot of fun.  And packed!


(click any photo to go to larger version on Flickr)

We were in the Maker [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Momentary Button as On/Off Toggle using 555</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/01/02/momentary-button-as-onoff-toggle-using-555/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2010/01/02/momentary-button-as-onoff-toggle-using-555/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blinkm]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(as a few had noticed, I had an error in the schematic shown. It's been updated, thanks!)

A recent question from a friend who made a really cool BlinkM hoodie was: How can you turn a momentary button press into an on/off toggle?  

There are tons of ways to do this if you like [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>I2CScanner.pde: Arduino as I2C bus scanner</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/11/29/i2cscanner-pde-arduino-as-i2c-bus-scanner/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/11/29/i2cscanner-pde-arduino-as-i2c-bus-scanner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges of working with I2C (aka "two-wire" or "TWI" or "Wire") devices is knowing the I2C address of the device.  Older devices have a fixed address, or a "choose one-of-four" approach. But newer I2C devices have fully programmable addresses, leading to cases of not knowing what address a device is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scary Shifty Servo Eyeballs</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/10/07/scary-shifty-servo-eyeballs/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/10/07/scary-shifty-servo-eyeballs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want a slightly different look for your Halloween pumpkin or skull, you can pretty quickly whip something up with a few servos and an Arduino.  Here's a set of Scary Shifty Servo Eyeballs, for instance:
    
It looks around randomly...what's over there!... wait, what's that!

As you can probably tell [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Behold the Crystal Monster</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/09/22/behold-the-crystal-monster/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/09/22/behold-the-crystal-monster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Crystal Monster is an art piece created by Beverly Tang and Tod E. Kurt (me).  It's on display in the Continental Gallery on 4th &#038; Spring St in downtown Los Angeles. The shape and structure of the Crystal Monster are Beverly's design.  I created the lighting and the electronics.  It's [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Using MaxM with flexible RGB tape</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/05/21/using-maxm-with-flexible-rgb-tape/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/05/21/using-maxm-with-flexible-rgb-tape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 22:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blinkm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A single BlinkM MaxM can easily drive a 5 meter (16 ft) roll of the flexible RGB SMD LED tape that's used for architectural lighting.  Each roll contains 150 RGB LEDs.



Each LED in the tape is a SMD RGB &#34;5050&#34; LED, capable of putting out about 6000mcd.  The spacing between LEDs is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Multiple BlinkM MaxM Blasters on one Master</title>
		<link>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/04/12/multiple-blinkm-maxm-blasters-on-one-master/</link>
		<comments>http://todbot.com/blog/2009/04/12/multiple-blinkm-maxm-blasters-on-one-master/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>todbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blinkm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://todbot.com/blog/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BlinkM MaxMs will be back in stock soon.  Over on our GetSatisfaction area, there's a question on how to use multiple BlinkM MaxM "Blaster" LED boards with one MaxM "Master" driver board.  It's possible and only just a little tricky.  The Blaster board is powered by the 5V voltage regulator built-in [...]]]></description>
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