Arduino development boards are great devices for embedded control. At the low end are the low cost ATMega328 based Arduinos, such as the Uno, Nano, and Pro Mini. At the other end of the scale there are the high priced but more powerful Arm based devices, such as the Due. But sometimes your application may…
The ATtiny84 and ATtiny85 microcontrollers are great little devices when you need the flexibility of a microcontoller in your project but don’t need all the bells and whistles of the more complex microcontrollers found in common Arduino boards, such as the Arduino Mega or Uno. That said, for such a small pin count they are…
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…
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…
