Interfacing an Old School 15 pin Joystick

Today I’m working with an older PC style 15 pin joystick. This predates the newer USB joysticks by a couple of decades, and makes it a lot easier to interface with the Arduino. I’m using a joystick shield that’s made

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Arduino Christmas Light Sequencer

I’ve always enjoyed watching those Youtube videos where someone has sequenced all their Christmas lights to music. Some are very elaborate. I wonder, what could I do with a Arduino and a SainSmart 8 relay board? I found a project

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Programming the Leixen VV-898 with CHIRP

Previously I posted about manually programming the new Leixen VV-898 from Radioddity, and tonight had the opportunity to program the radio using CHIRP and the programming cable Radioddity just sent me. I downloaded CHIRP, plugged in the cable, and downloaded

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Packt5Dollar $5 Dollar Tech Book / Video Sale

Merry Christmas! Take advantage of Packt5Dollar‬ this Holiday! Electronics and Programming books – The $5 eBook Bonanza is here! Treat yourself to the eBook or Video of your choice for just $5 and get as many as you like until

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Remote Reprogramming your Arduino

Need to make changes to a Arduino that’s remote? Monitor, Control, even reprogram remotely using your web browser on any platform from phone, tablet, or pc. Connect the $30 CoPiino “HAT” to a Raspberry Pi, install the BlueberryC software, and

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