Matt Jenkins On the drawing board: Arrduino Prototype PLUS+ I am just finishing off a new design for a better prototyping system for the Arduino. You've designed your project, and got it all wired up on a breadboard. You'd like to make it a little more permane... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins M51 Counter Assuming my new M41A counter with sound works properly when the prototype boards arrive from China (they have been made and dispatched, I'm just waiting for them to arrive then I can start building an... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins Power LED Driver Board To add to the new Pulse Rifle ecosystem I have designed (and ordered from China) a tiny Power LED driver board. This will take the firing pulse output from the pulse rifle or smart gun boards (EX conn... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins The Evils of Arduino Strings Everyone, when they're starting out on the Arduino and similar boards, learns to use the String object for working with text. Or they think they do. Well, you should forget all you think you have lear... 24 May 2023
Matt Jenkins Things to do with a chipKIT™ Lenny and a QuickIO. No. 1: Autoclicker This is the first part of a new series entitled "Things to do with a chipKIT™ Lenny and a QuickIO ". In it, I'm going to be exploring some of the cool things you could do in just a matter of seconds u... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins Things to do with a chipKIT™ Lenny and a QuickIO. No. 2: Virtual Mouse Number two in my series of what to do with a Lenny and a QuickIO . How about a mouse? Yeah, a mouse. Honest :) Well, maybe not an actual mouse, but maybe make it control the mouse pointer in an "almos... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins Hacking the SWA1 Smart WiFi Power Switch The SWA1 Smart WiFi sockets are great cheap WiFi controlled sockets that you can get on Amazon. Not only are they very convenient, but they are eminently hackable. Hackable to the extreme. Inside one ... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins Configuring Yùn WiFi It's not always obvious how to configure the WiFi on the Arduino Yùn properly, since most of the good settings are hidden away in the "advanced" interface. So I'll do what I can to expose them to you.... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins Reading Serial on the Arduino I see many many questions on the Arduino forums from people trying to read data from a serial connection and not fully understanding how it works - and hence failing. So, how should you read from seri... 24 May 2023
Matt Jenkins The Finite State Machine Many of the programming questions on the Arduino forum can be answered with one simple response: Implement a "Finite State Machine." But what actually is a "Finite State Machine"? Put simply, a Finite... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins Making accurate ADC readings on the Arduino There are many sensors out there which output a voltage as a function of the supply voltage as their sensed value. Temperature sensors, light sensors, all sorts. Measuring that voltage, and converting... 24 May 2023 Our blog
Matt Jenkins Fixing the Dragino Yun Board So there's the Arduino Yun. That's quite a nice concept - an embedded Linux computer (MIPS based, YAY!) and microcontroller combined on one board. Just such a shame it's an Atmel microcontroller and n... 24 May 2023 Our blog