Category: Arduino
Arduino IDE Offers Support for the Raspberry Pi Pico
Arduino recently announced their Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect board, which is a port of the latest Raspberry Pi Pico. Along with it, they’ve also decided to port the Arduino core, bringing the Arduino IDE, libraries, and more to the Raspberry Pi Pico. Even though the official port is...
Continue ReadingMinima; The Tiny, SMD-Based, Arduino Compatible Development Board
Miniaturization is a constant goal for any electronics hobbyist or embedded systems designer. The smaller the device, the higher the number of potential applications. Several designers and hobbyist have had a go at miniaturizing several members of the Arduino family of boards since they...
Continue ReadingAxon, A WiFi + LoRa Messaging Platform for IoT
Do you want to make your Arduino or Raspberry Pi wirelessly send messages? Think no more, Axon is the answer. With just only two wires (TX and RX) your microcontroller can talk to a Linux computer thousands of Km away, or maybe track the logs of your Raspberry Pi located in a 400m...
Continue ReadingCrowbits – Learning Coding Tool
Elecrow launched a campaign on Kickstarter for Crowbits magnetic electronic blocks for STEM education. Crowbits are coding toys that come with 80+ electronic blocks, kids-friendly graphical programming software, 5 different themes kits, Lego bricks, with three different sizes ( large,...
Continue ReadingMeet Minima – One of the smallest and most versatile Arduino boards
Hamish Morley has designed a microcontroller module to help enthusiasts and developers accelerate their ideas faster into products -- a versatile Arduino-compatible board in a really small package, called Minima. "Minima is a small and versatile Arduino compatible programmable...
Continue Reading$19 Button Size Node 3 is an Arduino Pro-mini board with on-board LoRa
Electronic enthusiast and hobbyist, Koresh, has designed an Arduino IDE compatible microcontroller for home automation and IoT, called the Button Size Node 3. Button Size Node 3 is a low-cost wireless Arduino Pro-mini board with on-board LoRa RFM 95 or RFM 69 HW(CW) radio, external...
Continue ReadingPIR Motion Sensor LED Ceiling Light – Arduino Compatible
This motion sensor LED ceiling light board has been designed using 4 white LEDs each of 1-3W, PIR sensor module, Atmega328 microcontroller, low ohm IRLR7843 MOSFET, and few other components. The PIR sensor detects the infra-red rays emitted by human motion within the detection area and...
Continue ReadingTwo Channel Smart Low-Side Power Switch for Inductive, Resistive and Capacitive Loads – Arduino Shield
The project presented here enables users to switch all kinds of resistive, inductive and capacitive loads, limited by clamping energy (EAS) and maximum current requirement. The user may interface 2 x inductive, resistive, and capacitive loads such as solenoid, dc motor, high current...
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