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August 2011 Competition Results
Hello Readers The month of August is now over and hence another competition. There were six questions hidden among the August articles, and for the curious the questions and answers were: In which...
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Tutorial: Arduino and Numeric Keypads
This is chapter forty-two of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of articles on the Arduino universe. The first chapter is here, the...
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Tutorial: Arduino Port Manipulation
This is chapter forty-three of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of articles on the Arduino universe. The first chapter is here, the...
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Tutorial: Arduino and Numeric Keypads – Part Two
This is an addendum to chapter forty-two of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of articles on the Arduino universe. The first chapter is...
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Using an ATtiny as an Arduino
This is chapter forty-four of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of articles on the Arduino universe. The first chapter is here, the...
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Tutorial – Parallax Ping))) Ultrasonic Sensor
This is chapter forty-five of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of articles on the Arduino universe. The first chapter is here, the...
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Review – Freetronics Module Family
Hello In this article we examine a new range of eleven electronic modules from Freetronics. When experimenting with electronics or working on a prototype of a design, the use of electronic components...
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Arduino meets Las Vegas with the Freetronics DMD
Updated 30/01/2013 Time once more to have some fun, and this time by examining the new Freetronics DMD “Dot Matrix Display”. We will look at the setup and operation of the display. In a nutshell the...
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Project: Clock Three – A pillow clock
Introduction Time for another instalment in my irregular series of irregular clock projects. In contrast with the minimalism of Clock Two, in this article we describe how to build a different type of...
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Review: Gooligum Electronics PIC Training Course and Development Board
Introduction There are many types of microcontrollers on the market, and it would be fair to say one of the two most popular types is the Microchip PIC series. The PICs are great as there is a huge...
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Project: Clock Four – Scrolling text clock
Introduction Time for another instalment in my highly-irregular series of irregular clock projects. In this we have “Clock Four” – a scrolling text clock. After examining some Freetronics Dot Matrix...
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Tutorial: Arduino Port Manipulation
Control Arduino I/O pins faster and with less code in chapter forty-three of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of articles on the...
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Tutorial: Arduino and Numeric Keypads – Part Two
Use larger numeric keypads in this addendum to chapter forty-two of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of articles on the Arduino...
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Using an ATtiny as an Arduino
Learn how to use ATtiny45 and ATtiny85 microcontrollers with Arduino in chapter forty-four of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of...
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Tutorial – Parallax Ping))) Ultrasonic Sensor
Sense distance with ultrasonic sensors in chapter forty-five of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – a series of articles on the Arduino universe....
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Review – Freetronics Module Family
Hello In this article we examine a new range of eleven electronic modules from Freetronics. When experimenting with electronics or working on a prototype of a design, the use of electronic components...
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Arduino meets Las Vegas with the Freetronics DMD
Updated 30/01/2013 Time once more to have some fun, and this time by examining the new Freetronics DMD “Dot Matrix Display”. We will look at the setup and operation of the display. In a nutshell the...
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Project: Clock Three – A pillow clock
A pillow clock? How? Read on… Updated 18/03/2013 Time for another instalment in my irregular series of irregular clock projects. In contrast with the minimalism of Clock Two, in this article we...
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Review: Gooligum Electronics PIC Training Course and Development Board
Introduction [Updated 18/06/2013] There are many types of microcontrollers on the market, and it would be fair to say one of the two most popular types is the Microchip PIC series. The PICs are great...
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Project: Clock Four – Scrolling text clock
Introduction Time for another instalment in my highly-irregular series of irregular clock projects. In this we have “Clock Four” – a scrolling text clock. After examining some Freetronics Dot Matrix...
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