In a previous example, we did a basic copy of the Arduino capacitance shield but hey outputting to the Serial Monitor is a bit boring, so how about we pick an LCD or LCD shield to try this out with. …
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I fancied trying the https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/CapacitanceMeter , to look at the theory visit that page. I was wanting to see how accurate this is and also wanted to test this on other variants such as the Chipkit and the MSP_EXP430G2 to …
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When I was browsing various web sites to see what electronic components to buy one day I noticed some interesting little kits comprising of switches, LEDs and a couple of 4 digit seven segment displays saw I decided to purchase …
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Sometimes in your projects you simply do not have enough I/O lines available, take for example a lot of the multiple LED examples, these use 8 outputs to control 8 LEDs via your Arduino UNO, that can restrict the amount of …
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Its a fairly simple process to connect your Arduino to your PC and write an appilcation to interact with your hardware. You will need the usual Arduino hardware, IDE and in this case an LED connected to the board. For …
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In this example we connect an infra red receiver to our Arduino and an RGB led. We will use various button combinations on the remote control to switch on an LED and we will use a button to switch them …
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The MMA7455 accelerometer is a sensor that can measure acceleration in three axes. This sensor is commonly available as a breakout board that you can connect to your Arduino. It requires VCC, GND , SCA and SCL to be connected. …
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This DS18B20 example we output the temperature to our LCD display. The LCD display we use is the LCD Keypad Shield that is available for sale from various sources. Here is the temperature displayed on the LCD, as you can …