Arduino Software Internals
A reference guide to using configuring software tools for Arduino.
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Tags: Arduino
Truest North Compass
Workshopshed: This week, I’ve been chatting to Karl Smith, a professional story teller and maker. Karl has been telling me about the background and creation of the Truest North Compass. Workshopshed: Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed, Karl. Can we
Pi vs Arduino
Last week I gave a talk showing three different ways to flash an LED. One of the questions at the end was why would we use a Pi vs an Arduino?
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Tags: Arduino, Rasberry Pi
Machine learning at the edge
I’ve recently been experimenting with Machine Learning for an upcoming project video. The advantage of using Machine Learning is that it can find patterns in data that would be difficult to code for using conventional methods. For example, they can
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Tags: Arduino, machine learning, TensorFlow
Circuit Playground Classic
For an upcoming project, I’ve been having a play with the Circuit Playground board. This circular board has a selection of sensors, lights and touch capability. There’s a great demo for the board when you turn it on with a
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Tags: Arduino
Enchanted Cottage – An upgraded Weather House
Today was the final day for any submissions to the Enchanted Objects Design Challenge. As well as completing our projects we were tasked with blogging about the challenge on the community website, hence why you’ve not heard more about it
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Tags: Arduino, Electronics
Shorted pins workaround
In my previous Topsy Turvy clock post I mentioned that two of the output pins of my Arduino Micro were shorted together. I desoldered the pins and inspected the board using a magnifying glass. I even tried cutting at the
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Tags: Arduino
Real Time Clock – DS1307
For my Topsy Turvy clock project I’ve purchased an I2C clock module based on the DS1307 Real-Time Clock chip. As mentioned this came without a battery to keep the post office happy. Although looking at the current wording of the
Posted in: Topsy Turvy Clock
Tags: Arduino, RTC, Sponsored
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
