The Microchip MCP3008 ADC is a 10-bit Analog to Digital (A/D) converter with on-board sample and hold circuitry. Communication with the device is accomplished using a simple serial interface compatible with the SPI protocol. The MCP3008 operates over a broad …

A few of the code examples and projects on this site use modules containing the Tm1638 driver chip, I was interested in this one which is the TM1637 which appears to be a more basic version which can only control …

The MLX90614 is a non-contact infrared thermometer with a measurement range from -70 to +380 degree Celsius. Just connect the four leads to your Arduino and you will have a accurate thermometer with a resolution of 0.01 and a accuracy …

The ability to read and write to SD cards is a fairly common scenario that you may encounter, there are a couple of ways you can do this by adding an SD card breakout and connecting it to your Arduino …

This was an interesting little 3 in 1 sensor module which has the following sensors fitted The HTU21D is a low-cost, easy to use, highly accurate, digital humidity and temperature sensor. The BMP180 is the new digital barometric pressure sensor …

The HC-SR505 Mini PIR Motion Sensor is based on infrared technology and it can automatic control by itself with high sensitivity and high reliability. Because of the minimum size and low-power operation mode, it widely used in various of automatic …

This is a simple data logging shield which will enable you to add SDCard storage support and RTC capability to your Arduino project. Here is a picture of the shield that I purchased Features Here is a summary of the …

The TEA5767HN is a single-chip electronically tuned FM stereo radio for low-voltage applications with fully integrated Intermediate Frequency (IF) selectivity and demodulation. The radio is completely adjustment-free and only requires a minimum of small and low cost external components. The …

The PCF8574 is an 8 bits I/O port expander that uses the I2C protocol. Using this IC, you can use only the SDA and SCL pins of your Arduino board to control up to 8 digital I/O ports. This 8-bit …

I purchased the following shield but there was limited information about it, it contains a SD card interface and appears to be a TFT shield type. On further investigation I found that the built in TFT library could be used …

I purchased this module as part of a microcontroller kit, its an interesting little module as it has 16 buttons but with only 1 I/O line is required, an analog input. You connect this to your Arduino and read in the …

This was a module based on the TM1638 IC that I purchased. The imprtant connections are as follows data pin 3 clock pin 2 strobe pin 5 I decided to create an example that would display the button pressed on …