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Camera controller

Arduino Intervalometer Camera controller

Intervawhat? An intervalometer is a camera controller that signals the camera to take a picture after some set interval. This is really useful for creating time-lapse videos. For a long time, I used my TI-89 calculator to create time-lapse videos with my Canon digital Rebel XTi. It worked quite well, and the calculator in/out port just happened […]

New Arduino WiFi Shield Testing

New Arduino WiFi Shield (Testing) usign arduino

The WiFi Shield was delivered by Amazon. The Arduino UNO Rev 3 was found at RadioShack… First you need to load the last Arduino IDE (Ver 1.0.2) it has the necessary library to use the WiFi shield. Tried the examples “Scan for available networks”  and  “WPA network example” from: http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoWiFiShield It works like a charm! […]

Review – Maxim MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC

Review – Maxim MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC using arduino

Today we are going to examine the Maxim MAX7219 LED display driver IC. The reason for doing so is to show you how something that used to be quite complex can be made very simple – and that is what all this technology is for, isn’t it? If you have ever tried to control lots […]

Brushless DC BLDC motor with Arduino. Part 3 – The Stroboscope Project

Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino. Part 3 – The Stroboscope Project

It has been all dry theory in the Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino series up to this point. This is where it gets to be more fun. If you’ve just arrived, please check out the previous two installments: Driving a three-phase brushless DC motor with Arduino – Part 1. Theory Brushless DC (BLDC) motor […]

The Wordclock Grew Up

The Wordclock Grew Up! using arduino

Well, It had to happen. I first published my WordClock project in September 2009. It was a Microchip PIC based clock, using a PIC16F877A microprocessor. In the last year and a half, I have been constantly improving it, and have adapted it to the Arduino, and even designed an updated controller board for it. Well, […]

Light Meter Using I2C Level Converter LCD and TSL2561

Light Meter Using I2C Level Converter, LCD, and TSL2561using arduino

I recently needed to measure how different materials affect light transmission for a gardening project.  I decided this was the perfect opportunity to try out the new logic level converter to run both a 5v LCD and a 3.3v light sensor on a single i2c bus.  I used the following parts in this project: Arduino […]

Make a simple platform and give mobility to your computer

Make a simple platform and give mobility to your computer using arduino

A computer is a very handy thing to use in your robots. If you start listing all the features that can be used for robotic purposes you’ll find that it is cheaper to buy a netbook than buying LCD, wifi and bluetooth modules, cameras, speech synthesizer modules, keypads, memory card readers, speakers and many other stuff. […]

Tutorial – Arduino and the MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC

Tutorial – Arduino and the MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC using arduino

Use the Maxim MAX7219 LED display driver with Arduino in Chapter 56 of our Arduino Tutorials. The first chapter is here, the complete series is detailed here. Update – 4/1/15 – This article is pending a re-write, please refrain from comments and questions until the new version is published.  Introduction Sooner or later Arduino enthusiasts and beginners alike will come […]

Arduino Binary Die

Arduino Binary Die using arduino

After buying a Nanode (an Arduino-compatible board with ethernet built-in) last weekend, we’ve been trying to work it out by making a couple of simple examples, the ‘Binary Dice’ is the first one with input and outputs. A note, this code example is based on the one from the book Arduino: A Quick-Start Guide by […]

Boozeduino

Boozeduino using arduino

Now with more LED. Arduino mega powered breathalyzer using the MQ-3 sensor.   A relative gauge for judging how intoxicated you are. NOT TO BE USED AS MEANS OF BREATHALYZING NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE. This is more of a device to encourage one to drink more. The MQ-3 can’t achieve the accuracy to register exact […]

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