Arduino Leonardo is a micro-controller board based on the ATmega32u4. This board form factor and functionality is quite similar to Arduino UNO (7.1 cm x 5.3 cm x 1.5 cm ; 20 g) , with the exception that the USB interface is built into the micro-controller itself instead of using external serial-USB converter IC on →
Sparkfun has pretty interesting to look at article How LEDs are Made. How LEDs are Made factory tour article shows how LED supplier YunSun (Shenzhen China) makes LEDs. YunSun buys their LED dies from Taiwanese company (thin sheets contains thousands of LED dies). LED wire bonding machine attaches a hair-thin gold wire from the top →
This Friday fun is about Finland, the country I live in. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia to the east, and Estonia to the south across the Gulf of Finland. About.com →
CodePen is a playground for the front end side of the web. CodePen is an HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code editor in your browser with instant previews of the code you see and write. It allows easily to explore web technologies with just your browser (no other development environment needed). CodePen can be found at →
I wrote about Visual Programming for Arduino last year, and now I found a new tool that I did not know about that time. Mind+ is a flow-based visual programming software for Arduino. It is designed for easy learning electronics and computers. Mind+ sells DIY kits based on electronics blocks and Mind+ software. The Mind+ software →
Advanced research needs nowadays advanced ICT. It means typically fast signal capturing, fast networks and big data handling capabilities. CERN’s openlab has published a document explaining stuff it wants someone to invent so it can get the most out of the large hadron collider (LHC) and its other instruments. CERN openlab Whitepaper on Future IT →
Here are some resources to find latest news on Internet of Things (IoT): Business Insider magazine has quite interesting Internet of Things news section. VentureBeat has also Internet of Things news section. IoT News Network IoT News Alltop Internet of Things →
When testing with Arduino circuits, it is often useful to see digital signal states on different pins. It is easy to measure single signal pin state with multimeter, but when you want to monitor several pins visually you need something else. One useful option is to use LEDs connected to pins to show their state. →
Rubic’s Cube had it’s 40th Anniversary this week. Although the Rubik’s Cube reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1980s (from where I remember it most), it is still widely known and used. Since then it’s sold over 350 million units, making it the best-selling toy ever. Rubik’s Cube is a hard task to →
The Arduino Ethernet Shield allows you to connects Arduino to your local LAN or Internet with Ethernet connection.. Just plug Arduino Ethernet Shield module onto your Arduino board, connect it to your network with an RJ45 cable. The original Arduino Ethernet Shield is based on the Wiznet W5100 Ethernet chip. Arduino IDE comes with example →