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Homing stepper motors using the AccelStepper library!
OVERVIEW Following in the foot steps of our last tutorial, we will now see how to achieve the same results using the popular...
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Arduino Scrolling Text v2.0 – With direction and speed control!
OVERVIEW Quite a while ago, I did a tutorial on how to create Scrolling Text using a MAX7219 LED Matrix and an Arduino. It worked, but...
Brainy-Bits
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Control stuff using your hands with the APDS-9960
OVERVIEW Sometime you buy stuff and forget about it! This is the case when it comes to this little module. The APDS-9960 is like 3...
Brainy-Bits
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Using a Nextion LCD to create an Arcade control panel
OVERVIEW As you may already know, I love classic arcade games. I’ve even built some for myself using the MAME emulator. My friend also...
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It’s raining… Forgot to close the windows? NodeMCU WiFi windows monitor!
OVERVIEW After building our new shed, it happened to rain pretty hard one day. Of course I forgot to close the windows and water got in....
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Arduino Libraries! What they are, how they work and how to install them
OVERVIEW If you’ve been following our tutorials for a while, you have seen us use Arduino Libraries in many of our tutorials. Libraries...
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Control a ‘LOT’ of Servo Motors using a Joystick, Arduino and PCA9685 PWM Module
OVERVIEW We have seen in prior tutorials how to connect and control Stepper Motors. Stepper Motors are great for many projects but can...
Brainy-Bits
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One Code to rule them ALL! Arduino sketch doing two things
OVERVIEW If you looked at our last tutorial, you saw that we were using two different code / sketch… One for the Transmitter and a...
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How to use the NRF24L01 2.4GHz wireless module with an Arduino
OVERVIEW There are many ways to add wireless capability to your Arduino projects. WiFi modules like the ESP8266 makes that possible, but...
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Using WiFi in your next projects with the NodeMCU – Introduction
OVERVIEW Being able to control or get information from your projects using WiFi is something that we all want to experiment with at some...
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How to connect and use a Nokia 5110 LCD with an Arduino
OVERVIEW There are many tutorials out there that show how to connect and use a Nokia 5110 LCD display with an Arduino. In this tutorial...
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Dual Axis Camera Slider using a Joystick to set IN and OUT travel
OVERVIEW In our prior tutorial we saw how to control 2 stepper motor simultaneously using the Arduino Serial Monitor. Continuing from...
Brainy-Bits
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Arduino Camera Slider using NEMA Stepper Motors – Part 1
OVERVIEW In this tutorial we will see how to control 2 stepper motor simultaneously using the Arduino Serial Monitor. To help us achieve...
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The Arduino Button Box Project: Let’s get Soldering! Tips and advice…
OVERVIEW If you’ve watched our last tutorial, “How to make a PCB using an Online service”, you will remember that we created a PCB using...
Brainy-Bits
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Create more inputs on your Arduino using the CD4021 Shift IN Register
OVERVIEW Sometimes while building a project, you run out of inputs on your Arduino to connect multiple switches. For example the...
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Build a simple RC Plane/Drone finder using a DigiSpark
OVERVIEW If you ever flown an RC Plane or Drone, you know that it’s easy to lose control and no matter how good you are, crashing is...
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Let’s make a simple Arduino RFID reader using the RC522 Module
OVERVIEW If you have worked in an office before, you are probably aware of those RFID cards or Tags that would unlock specific doors...
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Arduino Countdown timer using the MAX7219 8 bits Display
OVERVIEW In a prior tutorial we created a countdown timer using an 8bits Display. Unfortunately the display we used when creating the...
Brainy-Bits
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Control a Stepper motor using an Arduino and Potentiometer
OVERVIEW Sometimes keeping things simple is best! In this tutorial we will see how to move a stepper using only a regular Potentiometer....
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Electronic Miter box! Control a Stepper Motor with a Keypad and an Arduino
OVERVIEW In this tutorial we will see how to move a stepper motor to an exact position that we enter on a keypad. Plus we will display...
Brainy-Bits
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