Author: Steve Spence

Arduino Relay Control

Previously I have blogged about using relays with an Arduino, and SainSmart relays specifically. A while back I received a 4 relay, and a 8 relay board, and both of them used negative logic, i.e. a LOW activated them, and

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Adafruit RGB I2C LCD Keypad Shield

This project is a bit more complicated than some we have done recently. Adafruit makes a very nice LCD Keypad Shield, that unlike most of the others, has a 2 wire I2C interface (covers the lcd and the keypad), and

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Adafruit RTC / SD Data Logger

Many of our projects require logging the sensor data to a sd card, and some of those projects require a time / date stamp. We used to use discrete modules to do this, but Adafruit has a very nice Proto

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Will the Real Arduino, Please Stand Up?

For years we have been receiving these wonderful blue Arduino boards with Arduino.cc printed on the back. Imagine my surprise, when this time, it’s a green (teal) board and says ARDUINO.ORG on the back. Not only that, but it comes

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Proto Screw Shields – Continued

Last week I built a Proto Screw Shield from Sparkfun. Although it’s a very nice piece, and easily assembled, I received one from Adafruit today that I believe to be a bit better. First of all, It’s REV 3 compliant, which

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Arduino IDE Improvements

Big things are happening! Sceptical? Download the latest Arduino IDE, and go to Sketch – Include Library – Manage Libraries The new IDE is much more responsive as well! Hot on the heels of Arduino’s 1.6.2 IDE release for Arduino

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