LED Gumball Machine
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Resources and Going Further
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Analog to Digital Conversion
The world is analog. Use analog to digital conversion to help digital devices interpret the world.
Processor Interrupts with Arduino
What is an interrupt? In a nutshell, there is a method by which a processor can execute its normal program while continuously monitoring for some kind of event, or interrupt. There are two types of interrupts: hardware and software interrupts. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will focus on hardware interrupts.
Introduction to DMX
DMX512 is an industry standard in lighting and stage design, whether it be controlling lights, motors, or lasers, DMX512 has many uses. In this tutorial we’ll cover DMX512 (Digital Multiplex with 512 pieces of information).
Monitor Sensor Data from Anywhere
Using WiFi to send sensor data from an ESP32 to a WiFi network and be able to read it from an IoT Dashboard from anywhere in the world.
Soil moisture-sensing by hacking a solar light
How to take a solar powered pathway light from a hardware store and make it into a crude soil moisture sensor.
BadgerHack: Sensor Add-On Kit
Turn your Badger or Redstick into a temperature and soil moisture sensing display with the BadgerHack Sensor Add-On Kit
Qwiic TMP117 High Precision Digital Temperature Sensor Hookup Guide
Add a high precision, digital temperature sensor to your projects using the TMP117 over the I2C!
Tinker Kit Circuit Guide
This guide takes you through the basics of building 11 different circuits with the SparkFun Tinker Kit and how to program them using the Arduino IDE.