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A Better Ultrasonic Sensor for the Arduino? JSN-SR04T
OVERVIEW If you have been experimenting with the Arduino platform, I’m sure you have at some point played around with the HC-SR04...
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Stepper Motor MicroStepping! What to keep in mind when doing it?
OVERVIEW In the last tutorial I’ve looked at an alternative to the EasyDriver…  The L298N. Although the L298 works, it’s not the best...
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The Cheapest way to control a Stepper Motor with an Arduino. But is it any good?
OVERVIEW I’ve done quite a few tutorial about controlling stepper motors with an Arduino. And looking back, I used the EasyDriver motor...
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My take on the ‘Obsolete’ YouTube Subscriber Counter!
OVERVIEW Tadahh!!! Well ok, it’s really nothing that special, but it’s my take on the YouTube subscribers counter! Since Google crippled...
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Making something that’s been done so many times before!
OVERVIEW Oh, the infamous YouTube Counter project! I know there’s a lot of them out there, but I always wanted to build one for myself....
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A Keypad + LCD with only 2 Pins?! No problem with the I2C Protocol!
OVERVIEW n the last tutorial we saw how to use a i2c Expander module to connect a Bourns encoder and use 2 pins instead of eight to...
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8 Pins is too many? How about just 2 pins? Using the Bourns encoder with I2C
OVERVIEW In the previous tutorial we had a look at the ‘Bourns EAW’ absolute contacting encoder. It’s great in many ways but it does...
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A Rotary Encoder that’s Always on the Money!
OVERVIEW Today we will look at the‘Bourns EAW’ absolute contacting encoder, which uses a mechanical way instead of a purely digital one...
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Yeah I Remember! How to use the EEPROM in case of power failure
OVERVIEW Most projects are built with a simple function in mind, you turn the system on it does something, you turn it off it stops. When...
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Two is Better than One! How to connect Two SPI OLED Displays
OVERVIEW I’ve used OLED displays in many tutorials in the past, but I only connected a single one. For most projects that’s ok, but...
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Finally a Bigger OLED display to use with an Arduino – 128×128 1.5 inch
OVERVIEW OLED displays have a lot of advantages compared to other displays you might use with an Arduino: They require very little power...
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DHT11 vs DHT22… Easy to use with an Arduino but which one should you get?
OVERVIEW One of the first tutorial I made was for the DHT11 sensor and that was quite a long time ago… So let’s revisit these temperature...
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Best code to use with a KY-040 Rotary Encoder? Let’s find out!
OVERVIEW We have used Rotary Encoders like the KY-040 before in other tutorials and it worked fine. These rotary encoders are cheap and...
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How to Debounce switches on the Arduino?
OVERVIEW In the previous tutorial we saw how to connect and use tact switches with an Arduino. Now we will look at how to make sure that...
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Using switches with an Arduino – Input Pull-Up / Pull-Down
OVERVIEW At some point you will have to connect and use switches to control stuff in your Arduino projects. Here are some basics to...
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RetroReflective Green Screen Testing Update! Now with RF Remote Control!
OVERVIEW This is an update on the previous tutorial – DIY RetroReflective Green Screen – were I built a Green screen that doesn’t require...
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Making a Green Screen that doesn’t require any Lighting!
OVERVIEW If you ever tried to use a green screen for your videos by using a green cloth material, you know that making the green colour...
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How to use a Weight Sensor / Load Cell + HX711 with an Arduino
OVERVIEW We’ve all used a scale to determine the weight of something at some point in our lives. Using a Load Cell or Weight sensor you...
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Make a simple Arduino Game Scoreboard with 7-segment Displays
OVERVIEW I’ve used and done tutorials in the past using 7 segment displays modules. These modules are great and easy to use since they...
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Making an Arduino animated frame with 256 RGB Leds!
OVERVIEW Couple of years ago, I saw someone create an animated picture frame using a 16×16 matrix of RGB LEDs and I thought it was the...
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