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  • Arduino XBee Project: Silent Laser Tripwire Doorbell

    DaveYoung
    DaveYoung
    Doorbells are the 20th century version of today's perpetually-interrupting cell phone. There you are, cooking a delicious dinner or reading a nice book when the doorbell rudely goes off in your ear. Sure, you're glad to see whoever is at the ...
    • 6 Jun 2014
  • Hands on with the Arduino Tre : Developer Edition

    cstanton
    cstanton
    This article covers hardware that is in development.The hardware covered in this article is liable to change in features and specification.It does not necessarily reflect the quality or build of the final product.  I hadn't heard of the Ard...
    • 5 Jun 2014
  • Configuring SPI bus to 2-3 Slaves for Arduino Project

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Can anybody tell me how to configure an SD card, wifi-shield, and the serial monitor to all work simultaneously??? I'm trying to capture an image using motion detection and, afterwards, save the array of 100 images to the SD card.  Afterwards, I...
    • 23 Apr 2014
  • Arduino: Dynamically allocating and freeing memory

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Everything that happens on a micro-controller has to be known. This includes dealing with memory. Many people (myself included) have developed a wonderful set of code that can dynamically use and free memory through the standard malloc and free funct...
    • 16 Apr 2014
  • Saving SRAM by storing data in Program Memory

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    User interfaces can take up a lot of memory. That is why, while developing the Arduino User Interface I focused on developing a way to store things in Program Memory instead. It turns out that storing -- and then using -- program memory objects can b...
    • 16 Apr 2014
  • Simple Threading and Serial User Interface library for the Arduino

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    One of my first big micro-controller projects was called the Neonatal Closed Loop Oxygen System. When babies are born prematurely, they have to be fed very specific amounts of oxygen. Too little oxygen and they suffocate, too much oxygen and they can...
    • 9 Apr 2014
  • DHT22 temperature and Humidity Sensor with Arduino Uno and Ethernet Card (ENC or WizNet) (Instant weather Station)

    Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes
    This is a quick post to show how easy it is to connect a DHT22 temp and Humidity sensor to an Arduino and have it output its reading on a web page that can easily be accessible from anywhere on the internetWith a little more work you can pretty up th...
    • 6 Apr 2014
  • Arduino Morse Code Project: Part 1

    mraureliusr
    mraureliusr
         For many years Morse code was a large part of the mandatory licensing examination in both Canada and the US. In order to get a basic license to transmit on amateur bands, a prospective amateur would have to commit him or hers...
    • 1 Apr 2014
  • Arduino-day series - Build your own Segway with Arduino

    anujaapte
    anujaapte
    This is the third post in the blog post series celebrating Arduino day 2014.. This post is about a low-cost mobile lab experiment kit put together by the talented folks at Minseg. This is an excellent example of the contribution Arduino has made...
    • 30 Mar 2014
  • Arduino-day series - Autonomous robotic arm with Arduino

    anujaapte
    anujaapte
    This is the second blog post in a series of posts celebrating 10 years of Arduino! This series highlights how Arduino has powered a number of innovations in the field of education and engineering.  Robotic arms are used extensively  for num...
    • 29 Mar 2014
  • Arduino-day series - Building a force-feedback joystick with Arduino

    anujaapte
    anujaapte
    Happy Arduino day!!! Do you remember racing a car in a video game, bumping into your opponent, your joystick happens to vibrate and you could feel the collision? This is the science of haptics. Haptic devices provide users a sense of physical in...
    • 29 Mar 2014
  • And the Winners of the Arduino Anniversary Competition Are...

    lbittner
    lbittner
    Behold the Winners of the Arduino Anniversary "Give Me 10" Contest! We are announcing 10 Arduino Uno winners, one for each day of the Contest.  It's easy to join the fun! Here are the winners:  1) March 24th: Saudin Dizdarevic sug...
    • 24 Mar 2014
  • The Arduino Anniversary “Give Me 10!” Contest

    lbittner
    lbittner
    Join the Arduino Anniversary “Give Me 10!” Contest & Win an Arduino Uno Help us celebrate Arduino’s 10th birthday! Share your best Arduino project idea in 10 words or fewer between March 24th and April 4th, 2014!It's Simple to Join:Register ...
    • 24 Mar 2014
  • Hi all

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Hey everyone.Just joined up here.I have all sorts of interests. I am building a diy cnc machine, a self steering kontiki, automated christmas display and salt water marine tank which includes lots of automation.I was recommended to this forum as it h...
    • 7 Mar 2014
  • energyShield - Power for your Arduino Creativity

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    NightShade Electronics is proud to present the energyShield! The energyShield is an Arduino shield designed with one simple purpose in mind: to help innovators everywhere power their projects without being tied to a wire.  Watch the video H...
    • 24 Feb 2014
  • Please Help with Program

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Attached is my first attempt at C language programming for my new Arduino UNO R3.I am unable to understand the VERIFIER's  error messages. Any help would be really appreciatedBeauNew Member Robot ver. 1.0int Duration=0; // Define a timed va...
    • 13 Feb 2014
  • Hello, from new member, Beau Palmer

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Hello, my name is Beau Palmer. Married with 2 adult children and 3 wonderful grandchildren. Retired telecommunications engineer. Interested in nearly ALL things electronic, electrical and electromechanical. I'll end here. If anyone receives this tran...
    • 13 Feb 2014
  • Arduino Uno couple questions before I buy Im new

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    1) I understand that the board has 14 outputs on it.  I would like to use these to control a board with 14 or 16 relaysNot sure where to look for this any ideas2). I know you can download a software program to control the Uno. Can I use somethin...
    • 10 Feb 2014
  • Arduino: Find the greatest value

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Dear element14 members,      I am doing a science fair project where I am taking 10 readings from a photo-resistor and trying to take the greatest value to do something else. Is there a simpler code than making a lot of ...
    • 10 Feb 2014
  • RTC DS1307

    Workshopshed
    Workshopshed
    I had a bit of a play with a run time clock module yesterday. It's an I2C device that I got as a cheap import from Hong Kong using the DS1307 chip.Basically once you've got the right libary it's really simple to use, you don't even need to set the ad...
    • 28 Jan 2014
  • Arduino Mega 2560 attached to Cetipede sheild

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    I am trying to search for a code to couple the Centipede to the Arduino Mega2560, using the Cetipede 64 pin to work with a simple programme such as 1 input on the Mega and sequence of timings; int pin2 = 2;int pin3 = 3;int pin4 = 4;int pin5 = 5;...
    • 25 Jan 2014
  • Easy Slideshow Project for Beginners

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Here is a video I posted with the description copied below of a simple slideshow project I made. It is rather easy for a beginner to put together and has some potential for adding more complex features. It can be done with any of the display shields ...
    • 21 Jan 2014
  • Arduino Webserver - Control Lights, Relays, Servos, etc...

    RuiPT
    RuiPT
    In this project using only an Arduino with an Ethernet shield.I’ll be controlling one LED and a servo, but you can apply this method to control a DC motors, buzzers, relays, stepper motors, etc.. Check this Video tutorial below ! (Includes demon...
    • 8 Jan 2014
  • Notes on Stepper Motors

    Workshopshed
    Workshopshed
    For small robotic and other projects you can pick up small 28BYJ-48 stepper motors and gearbox with ULN2003ULN2003 driver boards quite cheaply. These motors are used in comercial projects like washing machines etc hence are made in very large quantit...
    • 6 Jan 2014
  • Cheap 2.4Ghz Wireless Mote (~10$)

    gsgill112
    gsgill112
    Hi Friends, I have been thinking of wireless nodes for a while now and came up with the cheapest ever fully sustained Features,  wireless node : Features....---------- 2.4GHz (TransReciever) Radio (nRF24L01+ Radio) ---------------------- 32...
    • 3 Dec 2013
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