Twitter Poem Box

 

This is a project that was inspired by Marc de Vinck's Kitty Twitty Cat Toy http://makezine.com/22/kittytwitty/ . It incorporates an RFID reader and the BlinkM, a programable RGB LED. The lamp tweets random colored poems when it detects one of the three RFID cards which each represent one of the primary colors of light. These colors can be mixed allowing you to make seven different colors of poems. An example red poem is "Red sirens see. Clocks make a good bed."


Included are two versions of the same project. One version used the Seeed Studio 125Khz RFID module, while the other used the The Parallax Serial RFID Reader / Writer Module.

 

Twitter Lamp from SACC-PC on Vimeo.

Step 1 Parts

Seeed Version Part List

* Seeed Studio 125Khz RFID module - Wiegand (RFR102A1M) http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/125khz-rfid-module-wiegand-p-225.html?cPath=144_153
* 3 RFID 54mm x 85mm Rectangle Tags-http://www.parallax.com/Store/Accessories/CommunicationRF/tabid/161/ProductID/689/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
*1  BlinkM http://thingm.com/products/blinkm
* 1 Arduino
* 1 Arduino Ethernet Shield-http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=83&zenid=9b755efcfe260b30eee32576599c81c5
* WIZ812MJ Ethernet SPI/Bus Module (RJ45) 2.54mm Pitch http://www.saelig.com/product/ETH042.htm
* 1 Ethernet Cable
* 1 USB Cable
* 1 Unused Ethernet Port with connection to internet
* 1 Solderless Breadboard
* 1 LED
* 1 220Ω resistor
* 22 AWG solid core wire
* Soldering Iron
* Lead-Free Solder
* Wire Strippers
* Wire Cutters
* Glue Gun
* Velum
* Tape
* Hot glue
* Box
* X-acto knife
* Drill
 

Parallax Version
* The Parallax Serial RFID Reader / Writer Module http://www.parallax.com/Store/Accessories/CommunicationRF/tabid/161/ProductID/688/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
* 3 RFID 54mm x 85mm Rectangle Tags-http://www.parallax.com/Store/Accessories/CommunicationRF/tabid/161/ProductID/689/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
* 1 BlinkM-http://thingm.com/products/blinkm
* 1 Arduino
* 1 Arduino Ethernet Shield-http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9026
* 1 Ethernet Cable
* 1 USB Cable
*  1 Unused Ethernet Port with connection to internet
* 1 Solderless Breadboard
* 22awg solid core wire
* Soldering Iron
* Lead-Free Solder
* Wire Strippers
* Wire Cutters
* Glue Gun
* Velum
* Tape
* Hot glue
* Box
* X-acto knife
* Drill
* Cardboard Tube