Comments on: Arduino XMAS hitcounter http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/ Alex' blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: R http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2456 R Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:30:56 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2456 ding! ding!

]]> By: JanT http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2463 JanT Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:24:30 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2463 Coole Glocke! So etwas wäre ja auch interessant für unsere nightly builds ;-) Well done! Coole Glocke! So etwas wäre ja auch interessant für unsere nightly builds ;-) Well done!

]]> By: Tom http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2465 Tom Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:48:55 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2465 Pretty Cool, makes me think about all kinds of things that can be counted. Pretty Cool, makes me think about all kinds of things that can be counted.

]]> By: DU http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2476 DU Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:22:18 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2476 How did you hook a servo directly to the Arduino? I thought you needed a motor controller or something to provide the amperage. Or is this a really low power servo? How did you hook a servo directly to the Arduino? I thought you needed a motor controller or something to provide the amperage. Or is this a really low power servo?

]]> By: My daily bread » Arduino X-Mas Blog Hitcounter http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2477 My daily bread » Arduino X-Mas Blog Hitcounter Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:54:39 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2477 [...] See it working here About KASPR: « Portfolio plus Hyper Island admission work.. [...] […] See it working here About KASPR: « Portfolio plus Hyper Island admission work.. […]

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2478 Alex Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:12:33 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2478 DU, the controller is inside the servo. Only the signal line (orange) is coming directly from the controller. Red and brown are connected to the power pins. Cheers, Alex DU,
the controller is inside the servo. Only the signal line (orange) is coming directly from the controller. Red and brown are connected to the power pins.
Cheers,
Alex

]]> By: Rob http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2481 Rob Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:23:43 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2481 Some one has to say it, "Every time you get a blog hit an angel gets its wings." Some one has to say it, “Every time you get a blog hit an angel gets its wings.”

]]> By: Jordan http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2482 Jordan Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:23:50 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2482 Great stuff! Prepare to be deafened by the ding, I just found you from makezine. Great stuff! Prepare to be deafened by the ding, I just found you from makezine.

]]> By: 5Volt http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2486 5Volt Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:20:09 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2486 Really don't know what to say..... I simply wanted to "ding !" Very nice. Ciao Really don’t know what to say….. I simply wanted to “ding !”
Very nice.
Ciao

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2487 Alex Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:40:18 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2487 Ok, ok, I surrender. I pulled the plug ;-) Thanks for "dinging" in ... Cheers, Alex Ok, ok, I surrender. I pulled the plug ;-)
Thanks for “dinging” in …
Cheers,
Alex

]]> By: HOW TO - Make an Arduino XMAS hitcounter http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2489 HOW TO - Make an Arduino XMAS hitcounter Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:06:26 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2489 [...] HOW TO - Make an Arduino XMAS hitcounter - Link. [...] […] HOW TO - Make an Arduino XMAS hitcounter - Link. […]

]]> By: Adam http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2490 Adam Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:42:45 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2490 I found you on Makezine too, great project and very creative. Ding! I found you on Makezine too, great project and very creative. Ding!

]]> By: Festive Mood: Arduino Xmas HitCounter, Dings With Your Blog http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2495 Festive Mood: Arduino Xmas HitCounter, Dings With Your Blog Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:32:38 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2495 [...] Tinkerlog {Arduino XMAS hitcounter} [...] […] Tinkerlog {Arduino XMAS hitcounter} […]

]]> By: Alan Parekh http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2497 Alan Parekh Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:02:42 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2497 Fantastic job! Fantastic job!

]]> By: technabob http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2503 technabob Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:45:39 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2503 <strong>every time a bell rings, a blog gets its hits...</strong> Here’s a fun little holiday project for you mechanically-inclined folks out there. This strange looking contraption connects to your computer and rings a little bell every time a visitor hits your website. With a few bucks worth of off the shelf... every time a bell rings, a blog gets its hits…

Here’s a fun little holiday project for you mechanically-inclined folks out there. This strange looking contraption connects to your computer and rings a little bell every time a visitor hits your website.

With a few bucks worth of off the shelf…

]]> By: Jes1510 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2504 Jes1510 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:40:51 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2504 There is now a Servo Library for the arduino that would really simplify your code. Here is an example: http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/SingleServoExample This is a great project! Great job! There is now a Servo Library for the arduino that would really simplify your code. Here is an example:
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/SingleServoExample

This is a great project! Great job!

]]> By: Jim Robert http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2505 Jim Robert Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:40:47 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2505 Hey, I linked to you in my latest blog entry, <a href="http://roborobert.com/2007/12/todays-best-robo-hacking-how-tos.html" rel="nofollow">Today's best robo-hacking howtos</a> btw... love this blog Hey, I linked to you in my latest blog entry, Today’s best robo-hacking howtos

btw… love this blog

]]> By: กระดิ่งนับฮิตให้บล็อก « DailyGizmo - Gadgets, Wonderful Things vlog by C. http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2516 กระดิ่งนับฮิตให้บล็อก « DailyGizmo - Gadgets, Wonderful Things vlog by C. Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:17:34 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2516 [...] Ardurino XMAS hitcounter [...] […] Ardurino XMAS hitcounter […]

]]> By: A bell for your website door. « the impersonal blog of jamenijamjam http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2522 A bell for your website door. « the impersonal blog of jamenijamjam Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:14:22 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2522 [...] is TinkerLog’s newest contraption for this holidays: the bell that you can connect to your computer. This [...] […] is TinkerLog’s newest contraption for this holidays: the bell that you can connect to your computer. This […]

]]> By: Julklappstips: Mekanisk träffindikator at Knaskoll.se http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2549 Julklappstips: Mekanisk träffindikator at Knaskoll.se Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:03:56 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2549 [...] En komplett beskrivning på bygget finns hos Tinkerlog. [...] […] En komplett beskrivning på bygget finns hos Tinkerlog. […]

]]> By: Geekadelphia » Blog Counter: Uses A Real Bell http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2550 Geekadelphia » Blog Counter: Uses A Real Bell Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:06:55 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2550 [...] Alex over at Tinkerlog’s latest contraption, is a Christmas bell that rings every time your blog gets a hit. It consists of an Arduino board, a servo, and a couple of lines of code in c, python and php. I don’t know what any of those things are, but I do know what a bell is. [...] […] Alex over at Tinkerlog’s latest contraption, is a Christmas bell that rings every time your blog gets a hit. It consists of an Arduino board, a servo, and a couple of lines of code in c, python and php. I don’t know what any of those things are, but I do know what a bell is. […]

]]> By: Article4us Blog » Blog Archive » DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2797 Article4us Blog » Blog Archive » DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:11:04 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2797 [...] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [...] […] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments […]

]]> By: Gadget & Tech News » DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2798 Gadget & Tech News » DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:17:59 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2798 [...] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [...] […] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments […]

]]> By: midiwall http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2835 midiwall Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:17:00 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2835 Engadget found you... DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/ "For all the details, be sure and hit the read link -- and major kudos to anyone who can stand having this thing wired up and active for over 24 hours." :) Nice work! Engadget found you…

DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/

“For all the details, be sure and hit the read link — and major kudos to anyone who can stand having this thing wired up and active for over 24 hours.” :)

Nice work!

]]> By: Joe http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2836 Joe Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:48:12 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2836 Great article! I'm a hardware rookie, but you have really made me want to make one of these. Does anyone have a link to a suitable servo? I wouldn't know the first thing to look for. Also where can you buy a Arduino in the UK? There official site doesn't list any sellers. Thanks! Great article! I’m a hardware rookie, but you have really made me want to make one of these. Does anyone have a link to a suitable servo? I wouldn’t know the first thing to look for. Also where can you buy a Arduino in the UK? There official site doesn’t list any sellers.

Thanks!

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2839 Alex Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:02:32 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2839 Joe, for the servo try a search for "rc", radio controlled. That should give you many links to shops that sell suitable servos. Cheers, Alex Joe,
for the servo try a search for “rc”, radio controlled. That should give you many links to shops that sell suitable servos.
Cheers,
Alex

]]> By: freddie http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2847 freddie Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:21:40 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2847 hey, very nice... it's like really good thinking to take a physical type door bell and blend with a virtual door. great. thanks for sharing it../freddie hey, very nice… it’s like really good thinking to take a physical type door bell and blend with a virtual door. great. thanks for sharing it../freddie

]]> By: Brian http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2901 Brian Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:23:37 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2901 Awesome post, thanks! I was just wiring up a servo to my own Arduino, and here you are one-upping me with the BELL! HA! By the way, your code syntax highlighter is very cool! Is that a Wordpress plugin? Where can I get it? Awesome post, thanks! I was just wiring up a servo to my own Arduino, and here you are one-upping me with the BELL! HA!

By the way, your code syntax highlighter is very cool! Is that a Wordpress plugin? Where can I get it?

]]> By: Brian http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2903 Brian Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:47:37 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-2903 Duh. Found it. http://code.google.com/p/syntaxhighlighter/ Duh. Found it. http://code.google.com/p/syntaxhighlighter/

]]> By: László Köntös http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3060 László Köntös Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:20:14 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3060 Ez tök jó. Csak az alkatrészek beszerzése nehézkes. :) Ez tök jó. Csak az alkatrészek beszerzése nehézkes. :)

]]> By: Julian http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3213 Julian Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:32:57 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3213 Hi Can you tell me where I can get the Python libs that you used: # import time # import urllib # import serial Cheers Hi

Can you tell me where I can get the Python libs that you used:

# import time
# import urllib
# import serial

Cheers

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3214 Alex Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:50:48 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3214 Hi Julian, the serial lib is called pySerial can be found at http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/ The other libs are built-in. At least in my Python, version 2.5.1. Cheers, Alex Hi Julian,

the serial lib is called pySerial can be found at http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/
The other libs are built-in. At least in my Python, version 2.5.1.

Cheers,
Alex

]]> By: Julian http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3288 Julian Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:13:06 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3288 Thanks... Thanks…

]]> By: every time a bell rings, a blog gets its hits - The Gizmo Guide - The Guide to the newest Electronics http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3391 every time a bell rings, a blog gets its hits - The Gizmo Guide - The Guide to the newest Electronics Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:22:30 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3391 [...] With a few bucks worth of off the shelf parts, an Arduino board, a USB cable and a little code, you too can have one for your website, thanks to this detailed “how-to” article over on Tinkerlog. [...] […] With a few bucks worth of off the shelf parts, an Arduino board, a USB cable and a little code, you too can have one for your website, thanks to this detailed “how-to” article over on Tinkerlog. […]

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3691 Alex Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:33:31 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3691 Hm.. you can probably do this without polling from the python snippet. From the PHP code, you can call a program directly every time there is a hit. See the command exec - http://us2.php.net/function.exec Anyway, cool. :) Hm.. you can probably do this without polling from the python snippet. From the PHP code, you can call a program directly every time there is a hit. See the command exec - http://us2.php.net/function.exec

Anyway, cool. :)

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3709 Alex Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:21:03 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-3709 Hi Alex, that would only work, if I host my blog on my own machine, right? Cheers, Alex Hi Alex,
that would only work, if I host my blog on my own machine, right?
Cheers,
Alex

]]> By: YAB » Blog Archive » [Arduino] BBVA blogs-blinker http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-4262 YAB » Blog Archive » [Arduino] BBVA blogs-blinker Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:54:33 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-4262 [...] Arduino XMAS hitcounter: same idea, bringing the remote server processus, and moving a motor if you need more fun [...] […] Arduino XMAS hitcounter: same idea, bringing the remote server processus, and moving a motor if you need more fun […]

]]> By: aiosphere » Hit Counters http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-8695 aiosphere » Hit Counters Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:45:09 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-8695 [...] a fun idea for ambient/desk gadgets.  Electromechanical counters, which make a satisfying click.  Ringing a bell, playing a chime, or a  small robotic or electromechanical element which makes a signature [...] […] a fun idea for ambient/desk gadgets.  Electromechanical counters, which make a satisfying click.  Ringing a bell, playing a chime, or a  small robotic or electromechanical element which makes a signature […]

]]> By: Mau http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-12691 Mau Wed, 07 May 2008 00:56:22 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-12691 Hi, can you help me to build one for mi blog?? pleeease!! I don't understand very well python, and i don't know if I can use with my blog htt://toolex.blogspot.com Hi, can you help me to build one for mi blog?? pleeease!!
I don’t understand very well python, and i don’t know if I can use with my blog

htt://toolex.blogspot.com

]]> By: Alex http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-12708 Alex Wed, 07 May 2008 06:35:04 +0000 http://tinkerlog.com/2007/12/04/arduino-xmas-hitcounter/#comment-12708 Hi Mau, I think Blogger, your blogging platform, wont allow you to run server side php. That may be the biggest problem. Cheers, Alex Hi Mau,
I think Blogger, your blogging platform, wont allow you to run server side php. That may be the biggest problem.
Cheers,
Alex

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