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Let’s Get Wordy!

I got a MicroView: a tiny Arduino with a nice OLED screen. I want to make a ring with it. When I tap the ring, it should give me a word. If I tap it again, the ring shows the definition. I’ll call the...

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Planning ahead

The Adafruit accelerometer did not arrive in time for my birthday and I really wanted to wear my ring to my party. I went to RadioShack and got a small momentary pushbutton. I charged my 50mAh battery,...

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Air Punches!

My accelerometer FINALLY arrived (hint: don’t pay for expedited shipping until you know when their ship cutoff time is). It does not work. I am quite cranky about that. This gets me to thinking about...

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Stuff I need

I know, I write this blog so people can read it. But then I hope only my husband reads it. Which he does but usually only after I’ve told him about whatever I wrote. Anyway, I find myself going to the...

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Giant rings are IN, right?

I finished up the working modes of my ring, so rev1 of the software is done. Here’s what it does: On TAP: shows a vocabulary word. On tap or double tap, shows definition. On DOUBLE TAP: starts Pong...

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Hackaday: Wordy

I wanted to make build instructions for Wordy but since it uses both SparkFun and Adafruit parts, I couldn’t decide where. Though I did say I was going to put my next project up on Hackaday. I did...

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Another Day of Battery Life

To make a ring, I needed to minimize everything. Of course, if you’ve seen the picture, you already know I didn’t actually minimize much. Still, batteries in wearables are a pain. For this wearable...

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