How to connect switches
Switches (buttons, pushbuttons, tact switches) are commonly used with Arduino. But, for beginners, it’s sometimes irritating when it comes to
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Self-made Arduino shield – making a PCB
Sooner or later, everyone bitten by Arduino bug would want to make his own extension. At the beginning Proto Shield
Continue readingGalvanic isolation: optocouplers
For sure, you have heard the term galvanic isolation many times. In brief, it’s about separating the source of signal
Continue readingTilt sensor
Nettigo offers tilt sensors with 30° and 60° (exactly from -30° to +30°) operating range. Tilt sensor is a kind
Continue readingPin header soldering
During meetings with readers I found out that many of them like the Arduino project, but the greatest barrier is
Continue readingTemperature and LCD
In Nettigo recently appeared LCD kit for Arduino – it is 2×16 alphanumeric LCD with soldered connector fitting to a
Continue readingArduino’s eye, or about a photoresistor, not Tolkien’s mythology
Arduino’s eye – sounds like a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien, while it’s about connecting photoresistor to Arduino. With this article
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Recently there was silence on Starter Kit, because before holidays I was preparing to Bootstrap 9.4, what took most of
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A long silence on the blog is just broken! During the last few months I was strongly engaged in projects
Continue readingHow to measure temperature with Arduino and MCP9700
One of the sensors included in Arduino Starter Kit is a temperature sensor. It’s analog device which doesn’t need any
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