A sprout board in a basic description would be a motherboard or breakout board. It allows a micro controller to dock with it as well as a accessory shield. It also offers a host of onboard components as well as
We have come across two companies that make structural modular pieces for mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic controls and more. Ideal for making Arduino powered equipment and mechanisms. These are the industrial versions of Erector Sets and Lego’s. Let’s go
We are raffling off a Arduino Mega 2560 with a 4 line x 20 character White on Blue LCD. Tickets are $5 each, and the raffle ends April 30th. Ticket sales benefit Water Purification units for developing nations and disaster
This week we received a INA210 from Texas Instruments. Officially it’s a “Voltage Output, High/Low-Side Measurement, Bi-Directional Zero-Drift Series Current Shunt Monitor”. It allows us to monitor the amps flowing through the shunt, and to display the “right now” amp
Since we are involved in off grid solar power systems, we have a need to monitor battery voltage. The Arduino can do this easily with a simple voltage divider. With some simple mods, we can control loads, generators, or notifications
A Voltage Divider is a simple circuit for dividing a higher voltage into a lower voltage without cumbersome transformers, etc. The example shows the proper values of two resistors (in ohms) for obtaining 12v from 120v. Using the formula and
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