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Using AVR ISP MKII to upload firmware to Arduino

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What is AVR ISP MKII? The AVRISP mkII is a USB-based In-System Programmer (ISP) used to program A...

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Using MatrixPortal M4 for animation

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How to use MatrixPortal M4 for animation We have another tutorial for setting up the MatrixPortal...

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How to use MatrixPortal M4

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What is MatrixPortal M4 The MatrixPortal M4 is a development board created by Adafruit designed t...

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How to use Grove Serial Bluetooth v3.0

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What is Grove Serial Bluetooth v3.0 Grove - Serial Bluetooth is an easy-to-use module compatible ...

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Using a Monochrome 1.3" 128x64 OLED display

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What is the OLED monochrome display? The OLED monochrome display is a small (tiny) and high-reada...

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How to use a relay module

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What is relay? A relay is a switch that opens or closes electrical circuits when activated by a s...

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Using the MAX9814 mic amplifier

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This Adafruit MAX9814 microphone amplifier allows you to easily detect sound.  There are a total...

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How to use a Hall Effect Sensor

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What is a Hall Effect Sensor? The hall effect sensor is a type of magnetic sensor which can be us...

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How to make Animation on NeoMatrix with Processing

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Controlling NeoMatrix with Processing This tutorial is a follow-up to the last NeoMatrix animatio...

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How to Program an ATtiny85 with an Arduino Uno

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What is an ATtiny85? ATtiny85 is a 8-bit AVR microcontroller based on AVR enhanced RISC architect...

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How to send data to p5.js from Arduino

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What is the Serial Communication? Serial communication is the process of sending data one bit at ...

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How to build a Simple Robot Arm with Servo Motor and Joystick

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How to construct a robotic arm? A simple robotic arm is basically like a human arm which consists...

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How to make Animation on NeoMatrix

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What is NeoMatrix? NeoMatrix is a grid lined up with mutiple Neopixel. Neopixel is addressable LE...

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How to use DFPlayer mini to play MP3

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What is a DFPlayer? 11/2024 Update A new library added below. For people trying to avoid delay()...

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Using a TCS34725 RGB Color Sensor

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What is the TCS34725 RGB Color Sensor? The TCS3472 sensor provides a digital return of red, green...

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How to control Arduino without using delay()

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What is a delay()? delay() is a function that pauses the program for the amount of time (in milli...

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Making Breathing Light with LEDs

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What is a LED? LED (Light Emitting Diode) is a semiconductor light source that emits light when c...

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Using a Vibration Motor

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What is a vibration motor? Vibration motor is a DC motor in a compact size that is used to inform...

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How to use a Neopixel strip

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What is Neopixel? Neopixel is a name given by Adafruit. Neopixel is an addressable LED, meaning t...

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How to use a PIR sensor

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What is a PIR sensor? PIR stands for Passive Infra Red and therefore a PIR sensor can etect movem...

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