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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...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using the MAX9814 mic amplifier

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

Updated 2 months ago by Marta Ilacqua

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...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

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...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

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 ...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

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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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...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

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...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

DFRobot Sensor Testing: HX711 Weight Sensor, Voice Recorder Module Pro, Speech Synthesis Module V2

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We tested a few DFRobot sensors by following their tutorials. Before you jump into using these se...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Controlling an actuator with a N-channel Mosfet

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What is Mosfet? A MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor) is a type of transis...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

How to control Arduino without using delay()

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What is a delay()? We have a tutorial about delay() and how to code without using it. Here we wil...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using an PN532 RFID reader

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What is the difference between an PN532 RFID reader and an MFRC522 RFID reader The PN532 and MFRC...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

(MAC) How to use Phomemo Thermal Printer M834

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What is Phomemo Thermal Printer M834? Phomemo M834 thermal portable printer that can print black ...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

How to hack a brainwave EEG toy - Force Trainer II

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What is a NeuroSky Brainwave? NeuroSky Brainwave is a technology that uses EEG (Electroencephalog...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using a Membrane Potentiometer (SoftPot)

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What is a Membrane Potentiometer? A Membrane Potentiometer is a type of position sensor that meas...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Making a Force Sensor/ a Button with Velostat & Conductive Fabric

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What is a Velostat and Conductive Fabric? Velostat (a.k.a. Linqstat) is a thin, flexible, pressur...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Touch sensor - Using an CAP1188

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What is the CAP1188? The CAP1188 is an easy-to-use 8-channel capacitive touch sensor breakout boa...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using Smartphont to Read NFC tag

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What is NFC? NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless technology that allows two ...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

Using NFC Tools to Read/Write NFC tag

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What is NFC Tools? NFC Tools is an app which allows you to read, write and program tasks on your ...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung

How to use 7-Segment LED Backpack

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What is 7-Segment LED Backpack? This version of the LED backpack is designed for these big bright...

Updated 2 months ago by Joanne Leung