Hack N Mod - Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects » serial port http://hacknmod.com Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:13:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Gmail and RSS Notifiers using the Arduino http://hacknmod.com/hack/gmail-and-rss-notifiers-using-the-arduino/ http://hacknmod.com/hack/gmail-and-rss-notifiers-using-the-arduino/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:26:09 +0000 Joe L http://www.hacknmod.com/?p=1901
By programming the Arduino and having it communicate to the web through your computer’s serial port, you can create your own physical notifier which alerts you when you receive email or when an RSS news feed is updated.  It can even update you of your friends’ facebook status.

Related DIY Projects:

  1. Introduction to the Arduino How to Tutorial
  2. Another LED Gmail Notifier
  3. Buy 5mm and 20mm LEDs in our store.
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This comprehensive guide allows you to control your computer with a simple remote, like the one you already use for your TV-set. It’s very useful when you want to control a DVD or an mp3 player remotely. If you need infrared LED emitters, you can pick up 20 for $3.99.

  • Don’t miss HacknMod’s communicating using infrared LEDs tutorial.
  • There’s plenty of software you can install to control this ciruit; for Linux you can use Lirc and for Windows you can use either Winlirc, Girder, IR Assistant or uIRC.

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The program Laser Interaction will track either a laser or an infrared LED, letting you use them to control your computer like a mouse. Both the Laser and IR LED require different setups but they are all straight forward and easy to use. You could even set up an IR controlled whiteboard.  Check out the tutorial to get started.

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