The Daily Duino

Another post on Pachube and how easy it is to get setup and going. This post will cover the basic steps on how to get some sensors online!  I will be using my project of two light sensors as an example.  The status of my light sensors are viewable at http://www.pachube.com/feeds/2145 Pachube + Arduino from [...]

Quick update before I zonk out…  Yesterday I setup an account for Pachube and spent all night getting familiar with how it works. Pachube describes itself as a service that enables you to connect, tag and share real time sensor data from objects, devices, buildings and environments around the world. The key aim is to [...]

So, you have a *great* idea for an Arduino project… you’ve thought about what parts you will need and how they will work… but where will you find the parts?… and are you sure that’s the right resistor value?! Today I would like to share a few tools that I use to help me, when [...]

Wow, ice storms pack quite a wrath! Having no power for almost a week made me really consider doing some “alternative energy powered” Arduino projects. Perhaps using a solar panel, dynamo or other method… but first a week worth of Internet to catch up on!! While I catch up, here’s a neat video to tide [...]

There are many reasons to learn the art of soldering, if you don’t already solder.  Whether to take a project from breadboard prototype to a completed project… saving money by buying a kit instead of a pre-assembled… harvesting parts from old/broken electronics… modifying existing consumer electronics… the reasons go on and on! BUT learning to [...]

Signals come in two basic types – Analog and Digital. Analog signals are capable of being any value, where Digital signals are called “discrete”, meaning they capable of being in only one of two states! The terms for these two states of a Digital signal are varied but include; ON/OFF, TRUE/FALSE, 1/0, HIGH/LOW, etc. So [...]