To understand error messages shown by ESP8266 in the serial monitor, read the latest article: ESP8266 ERROR MESSAGES AND EXCEPTIONS EXPLAINED] Hi, guys. This tutorial is for helping you to flash firmware in your favorite ESP8266 module. I guess almost all of you have a good enough idea about ESP8266. Still, here a short note […]
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I²C vs SPI Today, at the low end of the communication protocols, we find I²C (for ‘Inter-Integrated Circuit’, protocol) and SPI (for ‘Serial Peripheral Interface’). Both protocols are well-suited for communications between integrated circuits, for slow communication with on-board peripherals. At the roots of these two popular protocols we find two major companies – Philips
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The main objective of this project is to show how to interface a uCAM-II serial camera to 4Duino. uCAM-II is a highly integrated micro serial camera which could be controlled by any host that requires a video camera or a JPEG compressed still camera for embedded imaging applications. uCAM-II processes various features making it trivial
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While most of my microcontroller designs run on 3.3 volts there is still the ocasional 5 volt design. Or I do something with an Arduino. So the need may arise to interface between logic working at different voltage levels. There are several ways of doing this, depending on your needs. Things are relatively simple as
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This project is a platform for drinking water monitoring and analytics, consists of IoT device, cloud, and mobile and web app. Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino MKR1000 × 1 PCF8574 × 1 AC-DC Module 5V 500mA × 1 10 Segment LED Bar Graph (Red) × 1 Resistor 100 ohm × 11 Resistor
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Battery lifetime is a key consideration for the development of the wireless sensor nodes that will populate the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In many applications, the sensor nodes will need to be installed in locations that are difficult to reach let alone service. The sensor nodes need to be autonomous in terms of energy
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Testing of sensors with RS485 using PC without proper interface is not possible. Since RS232 interfaces are very rare, the interface should be hooked to USB. The interface between USB and RS485 can be soldered with one of the many FTDI interfaces with added RS485 driver, or bought as assembled module. There is always the
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A stepper motor shakes a limb to frighten away birds and squirrels. It is under the control of the MKR1000. Things used in this project Hardware components DC motor (generic) × 1 Arduino MKR1000 × 1 Story The project uses a stepper motor to pull down on a fig tree limb to frighten away birds
Finally, PULP, goes multicore! We are happy to launch our flagship RISC-V-based parallel-ultra low power open source system. Simply put, OPENPULP, today’s new kid in town, is the most advanced open-source release we have done so far, and a quantum leap ahead in terms of performance, efficiency and completeness. OPENPULP is an MCU on steroids:
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Have you worked with ready-made 8×8 LED matrix as displays? They come in various sizes and are quite interesting to work with. A large readily available size is around 60mm x 60mm. However, if you are looking for a much larger ready-made LED matrix, you may be out of luck. For this project, we will
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