Easy Serial on the ATtiny
Introduction The Atmel tinyAVR MCU’s are great little chips for projects but can prove difficult to debug. Some ATtiny chips do not have direct support for hardware based serial and therefore the...
View ArticleHow to use the TFT display 2.2″ QVGA with Arduino
Story The main purpose of this project is to build a system based on chip ATMEGA328P, Arduino compatible, and interface it with a 2.2″ QVGA TFT display using the library ILI9341. As an alternative to...
View ArticleRPi Serial Console Automation Using Arduino
Story A Continuation of One Button Restart of a Stalled Raspberry Pi In a recent article, I showed how an Arduino Pro Micro can be utilized to send characters to the serial console of the Raspberry Pi...
View ArticleReducing Arduino Power Consumption
Story When it comes to portable electronics, one of the most important features is how to maximize the battery life. The ATmega328P, used on popular boards like the SparkFun RedBoard, Arduino Uno, and...
View ArticleCan I Use an Arduino Uno for This?
So back when I first started working with micro controllers, Arduinos mainly the most annoying this ever was when i would follow someones tutorial for a project and they would use the Arduino uno, I...
View ArticleIntegrating Wiscore Alexa EVK and Arduino via Serial Port
Story Wiscore: Integrating Arduino with Alexa As part of the series of tutorials for the Wiscore Alexa AVS EVK, we will see how to integrate Arduino boards (Uno, Leonardo, Due etc) directly with Alexa...
View ArticleLedMatrix Tweet Visualization
Story Description Display tweets with a certain hashtag on a led-matrix using an Arduino/Genuino Yùn or Yùn-Shield. We will use a Python script to log into twitter and check for updates. Configuring...
View ArticleStarry Night Prom: How did I stand out at prom? In a light up dress of course!
About So for my Junior prom, I really wanted a dress I had seen online that was blue with a sequin ombre, but it was out of my price range, and way too voluminous. My mom and I had made my Homecoming...
View ArticleMorseCard – A Tiny Telegraph Station
Story Behold: the MorseCard! Fulfill your dreams of becoming a telegraph operator (or just make something cool to show your friends) with this weekend project. The MorseCard features a high-contrast...
View ArticleMake your own gesture-controlled Wizard’s Walking Staff
Story This project uses the Arduino 101, a battery and an LED strip to make a gesture-controlled Wizard’s Walking Staff. We’ll define three different light-display “spells” you can summon by moving the...
View ArticleMeasuring PPM from MQ Gas Sensors using Arduino (MQ-137 Ammonia)
Right from the time of industrial age, we mankind have been rapidly developing. With every progress we also pollute our environment and eventually degrading it. Now global warming is an alarming threat...
View ArticleDIY Arduino Relay Driver Shield
In this DIY project we make a 3-Channel Arduino Relay Shield Circuit for relay based applications. We designed an isolated PCB for 3 relays. By using this Arduino Relay Shield, we can operate 3 AC...
View ArticleATMEL ARDUINO COLORED CONNECTION CHART
Projects or schematics, drawings that will work when preparing pcb Atmel AVR Microprocessors Information Tags for “Share” drawings directly on Atmel microcontrollers. Colored linking expansions are...
View ArticleAnalogue Input on Raspberry Pi
While you can connect your analogue input/output devices to Arduino very easily, it is not so easy with Raspberry Pi (Raspi). There are no analogue GPIO pins on Raspi; all GPIOs of Raspi are digital....
View ArticleDasFilisera Green House
Be kind to your plants! Learn about the green house environment using MKR1000 and sensors. Control soil humidity and air conditions! Things used in this project Hardware components DHT22 Temperature...
View ArticleHot Cocoa 3000
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but hot cocoa is so delightful, so let’s order some hot cocoa on the go! An Arduino MKR1000 project. Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino MKR1000...
View ArticleMKR1000 Christmas IoTree with Cayenne Project Builder
Automate your Christmas tree and get notified when motion is detected around the tree! Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino MKR1000 × 2 PIR Motion Sensor (generic) × 1 Jumper wires...
View ArticleMKR1000 Message of the Day
Use Arduino MKR1000 and a LCD to set the message of the day. Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino MKR1000 × 1 Adafruit Standard LCD – 16×2 White on Blue × 1 Software apps and online...
View ArticleArduino MKR1000 – DHT – Artik cloud
Sending temperature and humidity from Arduino MKR1000 to Artik Cloud Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino MKR1000 × 1 DHT11 Temperature & Humidity Sensor (4 pins) × 1 Software...
View ArticleARTIK + MKR1000 + DHT11 + MQTT
An IOT app which make uses of ARTIK Cloud, Genuino MKR1000, DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor and MQTT protocol. Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino MKR1000 × 2 DHT11...
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