Visuino at Maker Faire LA 2026 (And a very special Visitor! ;-) )

Yesterday, I was presenting Visuino at the Maker Faire LA 2026. The event was organized together with the City of Stem,  and hosted at the Los Angeles Exposition Park :-)

My good booth neighbor was Michael Wernecke with his cool, fully functional Scratch-built 5-Foot Radio-Controlled Submarine!

It was a huge event with over 30000 visitors, and it was extremely exhausting. I barely found time to snap a few pictures between the visitors, and here are some of them:

The Robots prepared for the journey to the Maker Faire:

Me at the booth in the morning, still unpacking the robots:

The booth is ready for the first visitors:

The booth with my good neighbour Michael Wernecke, and his cool Submarines and other models:

The "Imagination Stage", where at 3:30PM I showed off what Visuino can do, and the audience had the chance to drive some of my robots :-)

Everyone is rushing to set up the booths in the morning:

Vivienne Byrd from the Los Angeles Public Library came to visit me at the booth:

And a surprise visitor!!! :-)
No other than the Maker Queen Xyla Foxlin herself!!!

The first visitors appearing:

My presentation was the usual mess, improvised as always, but this time I did it fully interactive, having the crowd play with my robots from the biggest Kuman WiFi all the way to my smallest BugC:

And sadly at the end of the day, it was time to pack and prepare to head back home:

All the robots and toys are packed and ready for the trip back:

Altogether, it was another fantastic event, and I really enjoyed it! 

Although it was my 3rd Maker Faire LA, it was a very busy and tiring event, and I was exhausted at the end, but no price was high enough for the chance to meet in person Xyla Foxlin herself :-)

Looking forward to attending more fun events in the future and presenting Visuino, my robots, and toys to the excited crowd!

Come and meet me at the Hub101 Nerdfest, to see Visuino in action and join the Visuino lab to build your own projects!

 This weekend (Jan. 30, 31, Feb. 1) I will be at the Hub101 Nerdfest:

HUB 101,  31416 Agoura Road #105, 

Westlake Village, CA

https://www.hub101.org/nerdfest

For now, the plan is for me to be there on Jan. 30 between 4 and 6 PM and will have a table showing Visuino, and then Jan. 31 between 4 and 6 PM will have a room for Visuino Lab, where you can come and build your own projects with Arduino, ESP32, ESP8266, and other micricontrolles controllers, and even Raspbery Pi :-)

I most likely will be available outside this timeframe, so we can meet and have fun at the Nerdfest or talk Delphi or Visuino :-) .

Hope to see you there and have a great time together! :-)

Don't forget to bring your Arduinos, ESP32, ESP8266, or whatever controllers you have to the Visuino Lab! ;-)

Visuino at Maker Faire LA 2025

 Last Saturday, I was presenting Visuino at the Maker Faire LA 2025. The event was organized together with the City of Stem,  and hosted at the Los Angeles Exposition Park :-)

My good booth neighbors were the fantastic folks from Conejo Valley Makerspace!

It was a huge event, with tens of thousands of visitors, and it was extremely exhausting. I barely found time to snap a few pictures and a short video between the visitors, and here are some of them:

The Visuino booth:

And here I am at the Visuino booth :-)

Me and Maddie Warner - the Admin & Communications Coordinator of the LA STEM Collective!

One of my cool neighbours - the maker of the Octo-Capitol:

The presentation tent with the maker of ISS Above presenting:

The people watching my Visuino presentation:

One of the robots passing by the Visuino booth:

Some of the visitors:

And finally, a short video of the morning rush to prepare the booths:

Altogether, it was a fantastic event, and I really enjoyed it! 

This, being my second year at the event, things went smoothly, and my live presentation was successful :-)

Looking forward to attending more fun events in the future and presenting Visuino to the excited crowd!

Teaser: Visuino Live Q&A - Feb 22, 2025 11AM Pacific Time

 To celebrate the 10th Visuino Anniversary I will have a live Q&A this Saturday :-)

Here is a short teaser:

Please join, me to ask questions, suggest new features, and dive into discussions on everything microcontroller-related. Discover what it’s like to be a Visuino developer as I share my personal journey—from how it all started to the insights that have shaped my projects. 

I hope you will all enjoy it! :-)

Cheers,

  Boian

Just released the 10th anniversary edition of Visuino and Visuino Pro - Graphical Development for Arduino - 8_0_0_138 with Texas Instruments MSP432, RP2350, ATtiny controllers, RFID support and much more...

10 years ago to the day, I created the first Visuino prototype version. In the following few days, all the initial features were added, and I showed it for the first time during the 2015 Delphi week.

To celebrate the occasion, I have made a new release today :-)

https://www.visuino.com/downloads

It has been a long journey since then, the initial version was able to program only Arduino boards, and required the Arduino IDE to be able to compile the generated code.

Today, Visuino supports practically all controllers, and even Raspberry Pi, and is able to compile and upload directly from the IDE.

The new release is a huge update, including support for Texas Instruments MSP432, RP2350, many ATtiny series controllers, RFID, and much more.

This version also comes with significant speed improvements, especially when adding/deleting/ connecting and disconnecting components.

There is a lot more, but I will leave it for you to discover all the goodies :-)

Please Enjoy!

  Boian

 

Assemble Penguin-Bot Arduino Robot KIT Ver1 - Step 10: Install the Battery Box

     Couple of years ago I received another Cool Penguin-Bot Arduino Robot KIT from Elegoo donated for the Visuino development :-). Unfortunately due to health issues, and work on Visuino, I was not able to finish posting all the assembly videos at the time :-(.

Finally now I have a chance to post all the remaining videos.

This is the Final Production Version of the Robot. I already posted videos for the Preproduction version, and now here is the first assembly video of the production version.

I already posted:
Unboxing Video 
Step 1:  Assemble The Feet, and Install the Servos controlling them
Step 2: Assemble The Legs - Part 1
Step 3: Assemble The Legs - Part 2

Step 4: Assemble The Baseplate

Step 5: Install The Legs

Step 6: Install The Arduino Control Board

Step 7: Install The Speakers

Step 8: Install the Side Panels

Step 9: Install the Ultrasonic Ranger

Here is the tenth Install the Battery Box

I am preparing the rest of the Assembly videos and will post them in the following days. I also have showed programming the Robot with Visuino and controlling it from Delphi Application:

Controlling Visuino Programmed Arduino Robots from Delphi Apps

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #Elegoo #Robot #PenguinBot

Assemble Penguin-Bot Arduino Robot KIT Ver1 - Step 9: Install the Ultrasonic Ranger

    Couple of years ago I received another Cool Penguin-Bot Arduino Robot KIT from Elegoo donated for the Visuino development :-). Unfortunately due to health issues, and work on Visuino, I was not able to finish posting all the assembly videos at the time :-(.

Finally now I have a chance to post all the remaining videos.

This is the Final Production Version of the Robot. I already posted videos for the Preproduction version, and now here is the first assembly video of the production version.

I already posted:
Unboxing Video 
Step 1:  Assemble The Feet, and Install the Servos controlling them
Step 2: Assemble The Legs - Part 1
Step 3: Assemble The Legs - Part 2

Step 4: Assemble The Baseplate

Step 5: Install The Legs

Step 6: Install The Arduino Control Board

Step 7: Install The Speakers

Step 8: Install the Side Panels

Here is the ninth Install the Ultrasonic Ranger

I am preparing the rest of the Assembly videos and will post them in the following days. I also have showed programming the Robot with Visuino and controlling it from Delphi Application:

Controlling Visuino Programmed Arduino Robots from Delphi Apps

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #Elegoo #Robot #PenguinBot

Visuino at Maker Faire LA 2024

Last Saturday I was presenting Visuino at the Maker Faire LA. The event was organized together with City of Stem and hosted at the Los Angeles State Historic Park :-)

Daniel Sidman also came and joined me at the booth helping me as volunteer, and I am very grateful for his help!

It was huge event, with tens of thousands of visitor, and it was extremely exhausting. I barely found time to snap few pictures between the visitors, and here are some of them:

Here are some pictures of the Visuino booth:

 

And some of the great neighbors :-)

Travis Hughes and Scarab: the Environmental Data Collection Robot:

Mandel Lum and his super cool "Flip a Table" project! :-)

And some pictures of the crowd! :-)

Altogether, it was a fantastic event, and I really enjoyed it! 

It was the first time I was presenting at a Maker Faire or any event of such huge size, and I made a lot of mistakes in preparing for it, but at the end it went better than I anticipated!

Looking forward to attending more fun events in the near future, and presenting Visuino to the excited crowd!

Learn how to Control Arduino Manipulator Robot with Delphi and Visuino over Serial, WiFi or Bluetooth - Tomorrow at Coding Boot Camp 2022

 Join me during my Coding Boot Camp session tomorrow - August 24, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT to learn how to program Arduino Manipulator Robot with Visuino, and how to create Delphi applications to control it over Serial Port, WiFi or Bluetooth.

Control Arduino Manipulator with Delphi and Visuino over WiFi or Bluetooth

You will learn:

• How to install and work with Arduino Shields and modules
• How to program the Robot with Visuino
• How to receive and record data from the Robot with Delphi
• How to create Animation TimeLine and use it to control the Robot
• How control the Robot from Windows and Android Delphi Applications
• How to communicate with the Robot over Serial, WiFi and Bluetooth

And much more! :-)

Looking forward to have you all join the fun next week! :-)

Cheers,

  Boian

Learn how to Control Arduino Manipulator Robot with Delphi and Visuino over WiFi or Bluetooth - next week at DelphiCon 2021

Join me during my DelphiCon 2021 session next week - November 17, 2021, 1:00 pm PST to learn how to program Arduino Manipulator Robot with Visuino, and how to create Delphi applications to control it over Serial Port, WiFi or Bluetooth.

Control Arduino Manipulator with Delphi and Visuino over WiFi or Bluetooth

You will learn:

• How to install and work with Arduino Shields and modules
• How to program the Robot with Visuino
• How to receive and record data from the Robot with Delphi
• How to create Animation TimeLine and use it to control the Robot
• How control the Robot from Windows and Android Delphi Applications
• How to communicate with the Robot over Serial, WiFi and Bluetooth

And much more! :-)

Looking forward to have you all join the fun next week! :-)

Cheers,

  Boian

Assemble SNARM500/SNAM1900 4DOF Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm Step 7: Finish and Program with Visuino

     I have finished the 7th and final assembly video on the Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm .

The Manipulator is based on the original MeArm manipulator: http://learn.mearm.com/

I already posted :

Unboxing Video
Step 1: Assemble the Base
Step 2: Assembly Video - Install the side servos
Step 3: Assembly Video - Assemble the Servos Block
Step 4: Assembly Video - Prepare and Install the Rotating Base
Step 5: Assembly Video - Assemble the Joints
Step 6: Assembly Video - Assemble the Claw

And here is the 7th Assembly Video - Finish and Program with Visuino

Here is the Visuino project from the video:
https://www.visuino.com/installs/RobotArmPotentiometerControl.zip

I am preparing the rest of the Assembly videos and will post them in the following days.

After that I will try to make some Visuino tutorials for the Manipulator.

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #Robot

Assemble SNARM500/SNAM1900 4DOF Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm - Step 5 - Assemble the Joints

   I have finished the 5th assembly video on the Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm .

The Manipulator is based on the original MeArm manipulator: http://learn.mearm.com/

I already posted :

Unboxing Video
Step 1: Assemble the Base
Step 2: Assembly Video - Install the side servos
Step 3: Assembly Video - Assemble the Servos Block
Step 4: Assembly Video - Prepare and Install the Rotating Base

And here is the 5th Assembly Video - Assemble the Joints

I am preparing the rest of the Assembly videos and will post them in the following days.

After that I will try to make some Visuino tutorials for the Manipulator.

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #Robot

Assemble SNARM500/SNAM1900 4DOF Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm - Step 4 - Assemble the Servos Block

  I have finished the 4th assembly video on the Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm .

The Manipulator is based on the original MeArm manipulator: http://learn.mearm.com/

I already posted :

Unboxing Video
Step 1: Assemble the Base
Step 2: Assembly Video - Install the side servos
Step 3: Assembly Video - Prepare and Install the Rotating Base

And here is the 4th Assembly Video - Assemble the Servos Block .

I am preparing the rest of the Assembly videos and will post them in the following days.

After that I will try to make some Visuino tutorials for the Manipulator.

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #Robot

Assemble SNARM500/SNAM1900 4DOF Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm - Step 3 - Prepare and Install the Rotating Base

 I have finished the third assembly video on the Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm .

I already posted :

Unboxing Video
Step 1: Assemble the Base
Step 2: Assembly Video - Install the side servos

And here is the third Assembly Video - Prepare and Install the Rotating Base assemble the central joint and install the rotating base on the baseplate servo.

Here is how to make Visuino project to center the sero. Just add and connect servo component. It will automatically set the servo to centered position:

Here is the Visuino project that I used:

https://www.visuino.com/installs/ZeroRobotManipulatorServo.zip

I am preparing the rest of the Assembly videos and will post them in the following days.

After that I will try to make some Visuino tutorials for the Manipulator.

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #Robot

Assemble SNARM500/SNAM1900 4DOF Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm - Step 1 - Assemble the Base

Recently I bought an Arduino Robot Manipulator Arm to use for the Visuino development. Last week it arrived, and I assembled it.

The Robot Manipulator was a good price, and came with quite nice MG90S Metal Gear Servos, and it included original Arduino UNO, and quite handy Potentiometers Shield, however it also came without any assembly instruction :-( .

Once assembled however the Manipulator turned out to be way better than what I anticipated based on its price. I also added support for the included Shield in Visuino and even used the shield for few small experimental Visuino projects :-)

I already posted Unboxing Video for the Manipulator, and promised Assembly videos.

Here is the first Assembly Video - Assemble the Base

I am preparing the rest of the Assembly videos and will post them in the following days.

After that I will try to make some Visuino tutorials for the Manipulator.

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #Robot

Assemble Pre-Production Elegoo Balancing Arduino Robot KIT Step 2: Assemble the Sensor and Motor Driver Breakout Board

After months of hard work on the new Visuino design, I finally have found time to post the second assembly video of the cool Pre-Production Balancing Arduino Robot KIT that the great people from Elegoo sent me last year.

I already posted :
Unboxing Video
Step 1: Install The Motors and Wheels

And here is the second assembly video: Assemble the Breakout Board - Install the Arduino, the MPU6050 Accelerometer Gyroscope, the Motor Driver, and the Bluetooth LE HC-08 module

I have already added support for the Robot in Visuino, and you can program it any way you want:

I am working to post the rest of the assembly videos and will try to make some Visuino video tutorials on self balancing robots, so stay tuned.

Cheers,
  Boian

#Visuino #Arduino #Elegoo #Robot

Assemble Macetech Arduino RGB NeoPixel Shades KIT Step 3: Putting it all Together

Last year I received a cool Macetech Arduino RGB Shades KIT from Jim McKeeth of Embarcadero donated for the Visuino development :-) .

I already posted:
Unboxing Video
Step 1: Assemble The Temples
Step 2: Assembly Video - Assemble The Front Panel

Here is the final assembly video: Putting it All Together

I am preparing the rest of the Assembly videos and will post them in the following days.
I have also already added the RGB Shades support in Visuino, and it is available in the current release :-)

Cheers,

  Boian

#Visuino  #Arduino #Delphi #Macetech

My Visuino and Delphi Sessions at SoCal Code Camp in USC, Los Angeles on November 11th

I plan to present 4 Visuino and Delphi sessions at the SoCal Code Camp in USC, Los Angeles on November 11th:

• Video, Audio Processing, DSP, and Animations with Delphi
• Implementing Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision with Delphi
• Programming Arduino Robots with Visuino
• Programming Arduinos, and implementing Internet of Things with Visuino

You can see the complete list of sessions here:

http://www.socalcodecamp.com/sessions.aspx

If you are in the area, please join the sessions. The Conference is Free!

Please also vote for the session, if you plan to attend, so the organizers can assign room with proper size :-)

Last 3 years, I attended the conference (You can actually see me on the picture above almost right in the center :-D ), and it was a great event!

Even if you are not interested in my sessions, please check out all the great sessions by the rest of the presenters!

Please note that the site seems to be very popular, and sometimes the server is overwhelmed and timeouts. If you get timeout error, please try later again!

#Delphi #OpenWire #Visuino