In this article we look at a dot matrix display from keyestudio which is controlled by a HT16K33 The 8X8 dot matrix is composed of 64 light-emitting diodes, and each light-emitting diode is placed at the intersection of the row…

I use the core below – here are the instructions for the legacy Arduino IDE I’ll cover the new Arduino 2 IDE, which was very easy to setup Raspberry Pi Pico Arduino core, for all RP2040 boards Documentation See https://arduino-pico.readthedocs.io/en/latest/…

The Nano RP2040 Connect fits the Arduino Nano form factor. The microcontroller for this  board is the Raspberry Pi RP2040; which is a dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ running at 133MHz. It has 264KB of SRAM, and the 16MB of flash…

In this article we look at a shield for your Arduino Mega which enables you to use a Z80 processor with your Arduino Mega This was a processor that was used in a lot of personal computers including the glorious…

In this article we look at a shield for your Arduino Mega which enables you to use a 1802 processor with your Arduino Mega This was a processor that I had never heard of unlike the Z80 and 6502 processors,…

In this article we look at a shield for your Arduino Mega which enables you to use a 6502 processor with your Arduino Mega Popular video game consoles and computers, such as the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, Apple II,…

In this article we look at the SHT35 humidity sensor, this is very similar to the SHT30 and SHT31 sensors in the same family but is a more expensive one. We connect the SHT35 humidity Sensor to an Arduino Uno…

In this article we connect an SHT30 Sensor to an Arduino Uno – other arduino boards should be Ok as well but I have not verified this Sensor Information The digital SHT3x humidity sensor series takes sensor technology to a…

In this article we connect an HTU31 Humidity and Temperature Combination Sensor to an Arduino Uno – other arduino boards should be Ok as well Sensor Information The HTU31 is one of the smallest and most accurate humidity sensors on…

In this article we connect an MSA301 accelerometer to an Arduino Uno – other arduino boards should be Ok as well Sensor Information Lets look at some information regarding the sensor, this is from the datasheet MSA301 is a triaxial,…

This shield got my attention as it looked like a nice beginners learning type shield with which you could get up and running with an Arduino Here is a picture of the board, a few code examples are available later…

In this article we connect a TLV493D magnetic sensor to an Arduino Uno – other arduino boards should be Ok as well Sensor Information The 3D magnetic sensor TLV493D offers accurate three-dimensional sensing with extremely low power consumption in a…

In this example we connect a PCT2075 temperature-to-digital converter from nxp to an Arduino Uno First lets look at some information about the sensor from the manufacturer The PCT2075 is a temperature-to-digital converter featuring ±1 °C accuracy over ‑25 °C to +100 °C…

In this example we connect a AHT20 Integrated temperature and humidity Sensor from Aosong to an Arduino Uno First lets look at some information about the sensor from the manufacturer AHT20, as a new generation of temperature and humidity sensors,…

In this example we connect a LTR390 UV Light Sensor from liteon to an Arduino Uno First lets look at some information about the sensor from the manufacturer This sensor converts light intensity to a digital output signal capable of…

In this example we connect a DPS310 barometric pressure sensors from Infineon to an Arduino Uno First lets look at some information about the sensor from the manufacturer The pressure sensor element is based on a capacitive sensing principlewhich guarantees…