Tutorial 4 for Arduino: Analog Inputs
This tutorial was featured on the official Arduino blog on 3/9/2011 This week is all about analog inputs for the arduino. I’ll show you how you can use a voltage divider circuit (see episode 3) and a variable resistor to make an analog sensor. We’ll also use a Sharp IR[…]
EE Basics in Tutorial 3 for Arduino
This tutorial was featured on the official Arduino blog on 3/9/2011 In this week’s arduino tutorial, we take a bit of a detour and focus on some key elements of electrical engineering design that we’ll be using in future episodes. Included amongst these topics is Ohm’s Law, current-limiting resistors, pull-down[…]
Tutorial 2 for Arduino: Now with more Blinky Things!
This tutorial was featured on the official Arduino blog on 3/9/2011 That’s right folks, it’s Monday, and the second installment of my arduino tutorial series is here! I spent the last week in Disney World, but now that I’m back, it’s time to get down to business! This week, I’ll[…]
Let’s get Digital…or Analog!?
Pardon the stupid title for this post. It’s simply what popped into my head. Anyways…I’ve got a new episode of techbits! It’s been several months since the last episode, but hopefully my recent electronics projects have kept you entertained in the meanwhile. This time, I’m talking about analog and digital[…]