Do you wish to earn your geek card – pronto? Lets get started! This guide will start you on the path to the dark side using the open source Arduino development and prototyping platform. It will introduce you to microcontrollers, get you started with a platform for physical computing and give you the confidence to […]
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Learn how to use infrared LEDs to send signals to your TV and other electronic devices via an Arduino. First, the Arduino will interpret IR pulses sent out by the TV remote, save them to memory, then “replay” them upon the user’s command. You can use these techniques to make other electronics controllable via IR
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Here’s how to add lights, sound and action to your favorite Halloween project using the open source Arduino microcontroller. Arduino is easy to learn to use and it opens up a whole new world for costume builders and creature creators. If you want to learn how to connect wires, servos, LEDs and use sound effects
Since iRobot hasn’t provided linux users with a way to use the command module, I had to figure it out myself. Don’t be intimidated, its not hard at all, really. All you need to do is run a couple of scripts. Lets get started, shall we? Step 1 Get the goods For this tutorial, I’m
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I’m not a huge fan of Microsoft, but man, they do make one slick programming IDE. In searching around for a solution to use the IDE to program AVR’s I came across some scattered instructions. As I love the intellisense feature of Visual Studio (VS) that automatically makes suggestions for class methods and structure functions
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This instructable will show you how to construct a laser tripwire that can twitter and grab an image from a webcam, as well as execute any command you can put in a bash script. This instructable is actually quite simple and is even suitable as a beginner arduino project. It requires a GNU/linux (or possibly Mac) operating
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Who wants to go outside to see if the mail has arrived? In the cold winter or rain I’d rather not have to put on a jacket and shoes, only to find that there was no mail. This project will notify you of the mail carrier’s visit, and as a secondary function it will remind
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Do you currently have an Arduino and want to make it smaller for cheap? The Quasi-duino is for you (Italian for almost-duino). This makes a functional “almost” Arduino, in a very small form factor using the narcoleptic library for pico-power operations on a pico-space breadboard. This ‘ible will use Arduino 1.0. All of your Arduino
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Learn how to turn your Arduino into an AVR In System Programmer. This will allow you to burn bootloaders onto new chips or program AVRs without a bootloader. Step 1: Materials To begin you will need: * Arduino (I will be using the Uno) * AVR Microcontroller (This tutorial will cover the ATtiny85 & ATmega644)
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GuGaplexing is a new LED display multiplexing technique. Compared to Charlieplexing, GuGaplexing allows you to control twice as many LEDs, with just a few additional components. GuGaplexed Valentine LED Heart project has 40 LEDs arranged in an ‘Arrow Piercing a Heart” arrangement using only 5 pins of a microcontroller. The project uses an AVR ATTiny13V
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