Category: Arduino
FPGA-Based Arduino Shield
Inspired by an interest in spreading the concepts of FPGA, and because its ability to overcome most of other platforms limitations such as IO, memory, and peripherals, technolomaniac had worked on developing the first Arduino FPGA shield. A Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is...
Continue ReadingA Multi-Use Mini Sensor Platform
While developing a smart hardware project, such as control and automation systems, you will almost need to use different types of sensors for collecting and gathering necessary data. LastSamurai had designed a platform that aims to simplify the use of digital and analogue sensors. The...
Continue ReadingProgram AVR Using Arduino the easy way
rik @ riktronics.wordpress.com show us how to program AVR microcontrollers using an Arduino board. Advanced hobbyists like me (and you, of course 😉) love to play with microcontroller. And the most famous microcontrollers for beginners are AVR series from Atmel™. Almost...
Continue Reading$15 Arduino-Based Reflow Oven Controller
A reflow oven is one of the most useful tools for hardware developers, a machine used primarily for reflow soldering of surface mount electronic components to printed circuit boards (PCB). ESTechnical, a hardware manufacturer based in UK, works hard to produce open source hardware gadgets...
Continue ReadingBeginner-Friendly Two-Sided Development Board
MikroElektronika, the microcontroller development boards and accessory boards manufacturer, introduced a new development board for beginners and non-experts called Flip & Click. Flip & Click is a rapid prototyping tool that is an Arduino Due on one side, and four mikroBUS™...
Continue ReadingRFID Tutorial with an Arduino Uno and an OLED display
educ8s.tv uploaded a new video on a RFID Arduino Tutorial: Today we are going to build a very interesting project. For the first time we are going to use RFID tags with Arduino. I have built a simple project which reads the Unique ID (UID) of each RFID tag we place close to the...
Continue ReadingDIY portable spectrometer
Spectral signature is a characteristic property of a material that represent how the matter interacts with an electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths. By looking at the reflectance spectra of a material, scientists can not only retrieve vital information like the chemical...
Continue ReadingTraffic status on a wall clock
Use of traffic navigation apps to minimize the wait time on road is very common for drivers these days. Google navigation gathers data from the drivers who are navigating via Google Maps and shows the traffic flow on smartphones in real time. While this is a great feature to have in...
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