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Simon Says… Wanna Play a [Arduino] Game!

Anita1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

Hello everyone. This time we’re going to be making the Simon Says game from our popular Arduino Starter Kit. If you have the kit, you can follow along with the video, if not, we sell all the bits as a bundle here. As well as the bundle above, I’m using the Arduino compatible Hobby Components…

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Arduino: Using Arduino and LM35DZ to take Temperature Readings

Anita10 years ago10 years ago16 mins

Taking temperature readings with a microcontroller may seem confusing at first sight, especially if you’re new to Arduino. In this tutorial, we simplify this as much as possible. We will use an inexpensive LM35Dz temperature sensor, a few cables and an Uno. You will need: LM35DZ Temperature Sensor 3 x Male to female Cables An Arduino development…

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Automatic Lighting – Well, almost ;-)

Anita10 years ago10 years ago06 mins

Creating a simple connection between an LED and a light sensitive resistor. In this tutorial, I’ll use two inexpensive components (a LED and a Light Resistor) and create two circuits which will work together thanks to an Arduino. You will need: Breadboard LED LDR (Light Resistor) 5 x Jumper Cables 1 x 220ohm Resistor 1…

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Arduino: Playing notes with simple components

Anita10 years ago10 years ago04 mins

Using an inexpensive component to play notes using your Arduino. In this tutorial we’ll be using a passive buzzer and an Arduino to play a series of notes. You will see that the sketch loops the main sketch so that the notes continue to run over and over (void loop). At the start of the…

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