Bicycle computer with Arduino and Processing
This is getting fun! I’ve completely rewritten the stationary bicycle computer program from the bottom up, and it’s much, much better. The hardware is as simple as it gets: take the leads from any reed switch (I ripped mine from a cheap Schwinn bicycle computer), and plug them into ports ‘GND’ and ’0′ on your Arduino (polarity doesn’t matter). Then...
Read MoreSimple Speedometer, V5
I’m working with a dead-simple bicycle computer mod and Arduino to send pulses to a Processing application. The result is a powerful and flexible bicycle speedometer. Eventually I’m hoping to turn it into a video game of sorts; something to vary my workouts and make them more entertaining. Longer term it could be cool to port it for iTouch… but lets not get ahead of ourselves...
Read MoreSimple Speedometer, V1
Today I decided to use my Arduino decimilia and Processing to build a very simple visual speedometer for my indoor workouts. I hope to improve on it over time, but here it is in its most basic form. The setup couldn’t be simpler: Arduino is plugged into the USB port on my Mac, and the two wires for the reed switch on the rear wheel (pilfered from an old bike computer) are plugged directly...
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