Introduction An excerpt from OmniGlot.com about the origin of Morse Code: Morse Code was invented by Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), a painter and founder of the National Academy of Design. He conceived the basic idea of an electromagnetic telegraph in 1832, and produced the first working telegraph set in 1836. This made transmission possible […]
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Here’s a fun system designed to take care of some of the headaches involved in breadboarding a circuit. It is is a simple set of template files drawn to scale with real world electronic components. Using a vector drawing program you simply move the components onto the breadboard template, draw a few wires and print
Solderless Breadboard Layout Sheets (plug and play electronics) using arduino Read More »
Introduction The Hobbyduino Mini is a clone of the Arduino main-board. It contains a ATMega328 processor programmed with the Arduino bootloader. The Hobbyduino does not contain the circuitry for USB communication. I opted to rely on the FTDI232R serial boards to handle the USB-to-Serial protocol. Here is the one I use but, others are available. The
Hobbyduino Mini V1.0 using arduino Read More »
Well I managed to kill my Arduino. It no longer accepted uploads with the classic out of sync error. After asking on the Arduino forum I was told I would need a high voltage programmer to rectify, so I decided just to buy a new chip. I was a bit scared about doing this but
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Soldering SMD components isn’t as hard as you might think. In fact it’s easy. If you follow this instructables you’ll soon see just what great results you can obtain at home using just a hotplate. It’s not just being able to make small circuit boards that makes SMT soldering so good it’s also a nicer
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If you’re like me, after I got my Arduino and performed a final programming on my first chip, I wanted to pull it off my Arduino Duemilanove and put it on my own circuit. This would also free up my Arduino for future projects. The problem was that I’m such an electronics newbie that I didn’t know
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In order to “visually” highlight the behavior of Arduino programs you must connect a device to the I/O pins, which gives you tangible signals. Normally, if you want to check if a program changes a level of an output pin, answering a command or executing a check routine, or event, you must check it by
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About a year ago, we drunk beer in The-MenZ Lab. When Zagan said “I want PCDJ controller, So next project is make controller!”. The project began at this time. ***MenZ-DECK featured by Maker Faire UK Blog.*** http://www.makerfaireuk.com/maker-faire-tokyo/ (Continue with broken English) Components for make controller: Arduino Uno — 1qty MUX Shield — 1qty https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9832 ATX power supply
Big thanks to the fine people at Hack-A-Day for sharing this with the world! if you’d like to donate to the project: https://www.suprmasv.com/projects/167/blu-board This project has been in the works for along time, three months if I reckon Correctly, but anyways, this device will allow you to control devices in your home, whether it be your
BLU-BOARD, control your home with blue tooth! Read More »
I’ve settled on the lighting industry standard of DMX as my overall control protocol as I explore the world of blinky lights. This universal control method is electrically robust, radio transmissible, and flexible enough for my needs (not to mention the needs of major concert, theatrical, and entertainment venues.) There are a variety of DMX
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