My goal for this project is to make a watch with selectable dials, stopwatch and millidays. This idea started with an Aprils fools prank about metric-time. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K35xG1buyFA) First I wanted to make a metric clock but soon this idea evolved from a metric watch into an open course watch. I knew that it would be …
Arduino: Nokia LCD & Sensors PROBLEM: Making my Arduino, a Temperature-Relative Humidity sensor and a Nokia3310LCD screen work together. Now, I’m a Lazy Old Geek, so what I wanted was an Arduino kit that would take shields. This Freeduino was the cheapest that I could find at the time. http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/freeduino-usb-complete-kit-p-58.html?cPath=79_82 Since I was at Seeedstudio, …
Either for benchmarking purposes or as external telemetry to help you stay within the acceptable range for your computer power, super users usually have the desire to have a way of knowing what the performance numbers of your PC are. For today’s tutorial, we will build a PC Hardware monitor which is capable of obtaining …
PC HARDWARE MONITOR WITH NOKIA 5110 DISPLAY AND ARDUINO Read More »
Step 1: Connections First let’s connect the Nokia 5110 display. Remember that the LCD runs on 3.3V and although some people have connected it to 5V, it has worked but gave some weird effects, so I suggest connecting to the 3.3V output of the arduino. Next, the LIGHT pin on the LCD. It is the …
