Content for Arduino

Arduino and Seeedstudio announce partnership in Shenzhen

“Seeedstudio will manufacture and distribute Arduino LLC products using the new Genuino brand in China and other Asian markets. The new Genuino name certifies the authenticity of boards, in line with the open hardware and open source philosophy that has …

Berlin Clock

“The Berlin Clock, BerlinUhr or Mengenlehreuhr, was probably the very first digital clock. It has been there since 1975… Lots of info you can find here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengenlehreuhr How is it made, how do you tell …

Charlieplexing

Today’s circuit aims to control quite a few LEDs with few pins and without using other integrated chips. The technique used is called charlieplexing and was proposed in 1994 by Charlie Allen of Maxim, having nevertheless been the subject …

The Fibonacci Clock

“I present to you the Fibonacci Clock, a clock for nerds with style. Beautiful and fun at the same time, the clock uses the famous Fibonacci sequence to display time in a brand new way.”

Arduino IDE 1.6.5 is out

“News: a new modern editor, serial monitor stays open while you upload a new sketch, new “Open Recent” menu, and tons of fixes and improvements: the list is available here. They are 470 issues closed since previous version”

Buttons and more buttons

We will present several ways to use buttons as inputs for a circuit. The state of a button is the most basic form of binary logic it is open or closed, however when assembling a circuit you have to keep …

7-Segment and 8x8 Matrix LED Controls

Sending information from the micro-controller to the user is extremely important to help in the interaction between the two. The use of 7 Segment LEDs is a common practice since they are simple to use devices that allow the sending …

24 LED Control

The circuit presented today is a circuit built with 3 Shift Registers - 74HC595. This circuit allows controlling up to 24 outputs - in the case of LEDs and controlling them independently. A CSEduino was used to control the 24 outputs. Since …

Arduino: 3 Powerful, Yet Overlooked Uses

“Most engineers cringe when they see an Arduino in my toolbox. Their reaction is partly due to the fact that Arduino is often viewed as being too easy to use or just not feasible. For the most part, they are …

Build an inexpensive handheld Arduino color console

“If you love classic games like Tetris and Breakout you can now build a portable Arduino console and play anywhere you are.”