Items you will need: Arduino development board such as this one Male to female dupont cables Capacitive touch sensor module What does it do? The sensor has two outputs, an analogue output that is dependent on how strongly a touch is detected, or a digital output that will go high if touch is detected above…
Items you will need: Arduino development board such as this one Male to female dupont cables Flame detection sensor module What does it do? The sensor has two outputs, an analogue output that is dependent on how strong a flame is detected, or a digital output that will go high if a flame is detected above…
Items you will need: Arduino development board such as this one Male to female dupont cables 3 colour LED Module What does it do? This is a simple example of how to use the Hobby Components 3 colour LED module. The module has 3 separate LED inputs (Red, Green & Blue) which can be individually driven by…
Items you will need: Arduino development board such as this one Male to female dupont cables Mini magnetic sensing module What does it do? The sensor has two outputs, an analogue output that is dependent on the strength of the magnetic field, and a digital output that will go high if the field strength goes…
Items you will need: Arduino development board, like this one Male to female dupont cables Obstacle avoidance sensor What does it do? This module allows for sensing of solid objects within a fixed range (adjustable with on-board potentiometer). Ideal for robotic applications. This is a simple example of how to use the Hobby Components…
Get started in the world of PIC Microcontrollers… New to the PIC microcontroller, or programming in general, and need a quick and easy way to get started? We have created this tutorial which describes how to install and use the excellent Great Cow Basic programming language and the development environment. Great Cow BASIC is an open-source…
Tutorial for illuminating and controlling LEDs. First things first – As with previous tutorials, we cannot stress enough that you must not connect an LED directly to the Uno. A resistor must be used to avoid damaging the LED and more importantly, your Arduino! For this tutorial, you will need the following: 1 x Breadboard…
Installed the Arduino software and ready to test the blink application? So, in our previous tutorial we installed the software, and ascertained that the COM port was set correctly. The next step is to check that the software is talking to your new Uno. In order to do this we are going to test the standard…
Simple tutorial for installing the Arduino environment in Windows. The Arduino environment is easy to install and test. In this tutorial, we will install the Arduino environment. This is a simple process, which is made easier using the images supplied. Here we go! First of all you will need to download a copy of the…
Items you will need: Arduino development board such as this one Male to female dupont cables Analogue Joystick Module What does it do? This is a simple example of how to use the HobbyComponents analogue joystick module (HCARDU0019). The module has three outputs, two 5V analogue outputs representing the position of the joysticks X/Y axis, and…
