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Meggy Jr RGB
Recently, a friend introduced me to Arduino. Rather, he’s been trying to introduce me for a while and I’ve just been too darned busy to play with it. So, I took on some projects and spent some energy...
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Building an Arduino Temperature Sensor with an LCD Display
As part of my learning curve for open source hardware, and basic electronics. This project wont take you very long, maybe an hour at most. What this does is pretty straight forward, it shows the...
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Working with GPS and GSM on Arduino–Part 1 of 2 (SIM908)
Part 1: Getting the GSM working One of the projects I’m undertaking is a remote GPS tracker for my vehicle. True, you can purchase these in the 30 dollar range from Deal Extreme if you search vehicle...
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Building Your Own Arduino Uno, for Around 9 dollars
Well, after a long haul and learning curve, I have started building my own Arduino. First up, I just want to say, the AVR Standalone from Adafruit – I can’t get the darn thing to work. So I am...
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Dings and Dents from SparkFun
So, A little while ago I bought 11 boards from SparkFun from Dings and Dents for 25 cents a pop. Why? Well I was curious and printed PCB’s usually run at least a dollar or so. At the same time I got a...
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Build Video: Digital Oscilloscope DIY Kit
I recently ordered a large shipment of PCB boards from a company some of you may have heard called SparkFun. Besides getting a whole bunch of cool boards, I made one additional unnecessary purchase: A...
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Arduino – Getting started Guide
Getting Started with Arduino Hi everyone! Today is an exciting day. I was recently asked to write a series of articles focusing on Arduino for Connectedly and what better way to get started than to...
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Arduino – Understanding the Pins on the Arduino
For users brand new to Arduino, the pin system can be a little bit confusing. So I thought covering them in a very high level detail may help before we get too far. By the end of this tutorial set,...
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Arduino – Calculating Required Resistor Values
Have you ever hooked something up to power … and noticed it either smoking or a strange pop followed by silence or a broken device? The most common cause is too high of a voltage. Every component on...
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Arduino – Working with LEDs
If you have followed our articles so far on how the pins work on an Arduino, how to calculate resistor sizes, and how to use the Arduino IDE – it’s time to take the first plunge into LED’s and get...
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Arduino – Working with RGB LEDs
This short tutorial will show you how to get started using multicoloured LED’s with Arduino. Specifically common anode and common cathode and to control the red, blue and green separately. This...
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Arduino – Creating your Favourite Glowing Logo
I saw a recent discussion on how difficult it would be to create a glowing logo for a popular smartphone. And i thought to myself, what a great idea for a DIY project! Here i will show you how to...
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Arduino – Controlling LEDs Remotely (Wi-Fi) Using Arduino Yun
What if you were away from home for a few weeks and wanted to control your lights? Or you wanted to be able to remotely access a temperature sensor at home? There are a couple of ways to do this...
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Building an Arduino Temperature Sensor with an LCD Display–Part 2
In a previous article, I discussed how to create a Nokia 5110 LCD Display with a TMP36 sensor. Today I will cover this in more detail, with a bit more detail around the how! Parts In this article,...
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Arduino: Getting Started with Buttons!
Using Buttons and Switches with an Arduino Welcome to the fourth instalment of the working with Arduino series! So far we have covered everything from blinky lights, to calculating resistors, to...
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Building an Arduino Tweet Box
After recently getting an Arduino Yun from Newark Canada, I decided to put together a fun build video for IoT fans out there! This video will show you how to build your own Arduino Tweet Box using an...
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Creating an Arduino EMF Detector (for under 7 dollars)
Advanced EMF Detector for Arduino What is an EMF detector? An EMF detector lets you detect electro magnetic fields. In some terms, it lets you detect electrical fields which are given off by people,...
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