How to: Compiling the Arduino Bootloader…
A project we’ve been recently working on requires a custom Arduino boot loader. Working in an incremental fashion, the first step is getting the stock Arduino boot loader to compile...
Hackaday: WindPOV project…
My WindPOV project was featured on Hackaday: http://hackaday.com/2012/03/02/wind-powered-pov-weather-station/ It displays the temperature and humidity on the wing tip by way of persistence of vision. The idea of using our Contiki...
Shake, Rattle & Roll: The MMA8453Q & Arduino
So we finally finished putting the polish on our latest Arduino library designed for use with the MMA8453Q Accelerometer and its siblings the MMA8451 and MMA8452. This library gets you...
How to: LED as a Light Sensor
LEDs LEDs LEDs, is there anything they can’t do? Besides adding that special crunchiness to smooth peanut butter, they also make awesome light level sensors. Here’s one way to do...
ADC Battery Voltage: Divide, Match and Measure…
While the stock Arduino isn’t particularly well geared to running from a battery source, there are times it will be useful to know the status of our battery voltage. Using...
DC Servo: In a State of Motion…
Software and hardware development have converged into a practical test platform. The encoder processing loop has been converted to fast inline assembly and released under GPL. And in the following...
Inline Assembly: A Fast Quadrature Decoder…
Inline assembly is a great tool to have in your programming arsenal. It gets things done as fast as a kitten chasing a hummingbird, yet retains the usability and portability...
Catching some ZZZs, Part 1: Interrupted Sleep
So you finished your lastest Arduino project, hooked up a 9volt battery to the VIN and stuck the whole thing into a project box. You come back a few hours...
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