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arduino serial port programming [migrated]
I bought an arduino-on-breadboard kit. I have several pc with serial ports, now I'm being told I need a usb to serial converter? I thought I was ready to start uploading sketches, please advise.
I'm ...
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Programming an ATMega328 with Arduino bootloader via a FTDI USB-serial adapter
I would like your advice relating to using the Arduino IDE and avrdude to program an ATmega328 which is preloaded with an Arduino bootloader. I am using a USB to TTL-serial breakout board based on an ...
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How to Debouce Six Buttons on One Analog Pin With Arduino
I'm using analog pin 5 on Arduino to detect presses from 6 push-buttons. On the picture top-right button is number 1 and then from right to left they go as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Program should print 0 when ...
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Arduino Starter Kit, Color Mixing Lamp Project 4
I just started looking into electronics and circuits. I purchased the Arduino Starter Kit to help get me started. I have a question regarding one of the 15 projects it comes with. Specifically with ...
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How to make Arduino Duemilanove Atmega 168 store instructions and act acording to them [closed]
I'm trying to make a small car with Arduino for kids. I have connected 2 DC motors at the end of chassis and one spinning wheel which is able to rotate for 360 degrees and L293NE IC with my Arduino ...
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If one has used PIC uC, how different is it to migrate to using a different uC like say Arduino or ARM?
There seem to be quite many vendors making uC and some uC are more popular than others say for example Arduino and PIC because of their low cost and abundant features and ARM because of its high ...
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How different is the Arduino language than Atmel Studio language? [closed]
I see that on the official Arduino website, the reference page contains the functions and vales you would use specified to the Arduino compiler.
http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage
What would ...
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Arduino Vs DIY board
The arduino website goes into some of these questions, but not in great detail.
So, what is the difference if one were to purchase an Arduino board or make one yourself? What benefits does buying ...
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Is programming Arduino a subject of CSE(computer science) at university?
If get admitted in "computer science and Engineering" department of any university, would there be any subject for programming Arduino?
This Arduino also looks like a subject of "Mechanical ...
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Saving user input as an array and recalling it later
I am currently working with an Arduino Mega and a SainSmart LCD and I have gotten most of my project to work except for a problem I am currently having.
On my LCD screen, I have various buttons, and ...
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Is it possible to program an Arduino in other languages?
Is it possible to program an Arduino with other languages that aren't C/C++ based? What would be required to do so? I know that other IDE's are available, I'm curious about actual programming ...
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Is it possible to program a hall-effect sensor with an Arduino?
On pg. 18 Figure 5 of this data sheet you will see a pulse train that allows for programming the sensitivity of the A1362 Hall-Effect sensor. So far I have tried to manually apply required voltage ...
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How to properly open and close files “inside” a member function? [closed]
I am using Arduino Uno and the Ethernet Shield with a 2GB SD Card. I have the following working code intended to be used to write data on the SD Card (note: the SD Library is properly initialized and ...
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Problem on printing “Ethernet.localIP()” to Serial Monitor
I am using Arduino Uno and the Ethernet Shield. I have the following code:
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Design of a system to measure the speed of a falling simulated raindrop
I would like to know if using an IR emitter and a photo-transistor would do the job. Here are the specs of the photo-transistor.
Also I'm using the Arduino Uno board; any tips on how to program it ...
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Arduino Mega 2560 stuck at uploading
I have two Arduino Mega 2560 boards, both gives errors when trying to upload sketches (I bought the second board thinking its a fault with the first one, but same thing happen with the new board).
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Programming a Baby Orangutan using Arduino Uno?
I have the following setup:
Arduino UNO without the chip:
Notice that the Atmel chip is missing.
And i have a Baby Orangutan:
The orangutan burned with Arduino Uno R3 Bootloader.
I connected ...
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Accelerometer and Transistor
Here is my program, I want to:
The microcontroller, Arduino UNO R3 sends 3.3V to the sensor, Accelerometer, MMA7361
The sensor turns on and send signal to the microcontroller.
When I move the sensor ...
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If YOU were starting out now, what PIC16F-compatible IDE and compiler would you choose, and why?
This is going to be a bit long as I wanted to cover all the obvious questions before they arise, give a rationale to some of my thinking, and prove I've done my groundwork! If time is short, skip down ...
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Arduino EthernetServer with interrupt
I have an arduino application doing two things in the loop:
A webserver that waits for a connection and renders some html forms to change configuration values.
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Arduino Uno replace with Atmega8
Can I take out the Atmage328 and replace with a Atega8 for programing instead of trying to program using a breadboard?
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Why does my ATtiny13 report wrong device ID?
I am using an Arduino (with ATmega168) as an ISP programmer to program ATtiny13. When I try to do this, avrdude reports:
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Starting in circuity, Should I use Arduino? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to become an embedded software developer?
First, I am sorry if this is the wrong stack, feel free to move it to the correct one if possible.
I am a rather ...
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Simplest way to upload sketches onto “hackduino” without having a arduino duemilanove
Update: The ATmega came bootloaded with the arduino software is that can simplify anything
I have this board:
I'm looking for a bone-simple way to upload sketches.
Ideally without buying ...
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How to flash LEDs with a microcontroller?
What I'm planning to do is program a microcontroller to keep track of time and flash LED lights.
The features I would need:
Decrease/increase interval between flashes
Flash specific LED lights ...
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Which String methods got changed with Arduino 1.0?
It seems that several of the String methods (so far I'm sure it applies to trim() and the to upper/lower functions) in the ...
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Gyroscopes Output Voltage drift when not moving, trivial question
I don't have good experiences with gyroscopes and i would like to ask the question.
Do the Output Voltage of Gyroscopes, whether analog or digital, usually drift when it is static?
Ideally there is ...
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Write an AVR Program
So I saw a post talking about the commercial feasibility of an Arduino (http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/11333/commercial-use-of-arduino-is-it-suitable) . From this it said a great idea ...
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Arduino: why does simple include not work
Hello in my arduino code i simple want to include another file like this:
#include "letters.h"
but it says
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Uploading Program to Arduino Using FTDI Cable or Programmer
I would like detailed instructions on how to go about uploading a program onto an Arduino using an FTDI cable/programmer. I'm just not quite sure what parts to order and how to go about doing it.
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RF decode logic (not Manchester encoded) - Arduino
Continuing from my previous post, I am trying to decode the encoded RF data directly on Arduino. I've adopted the "sampling" approach, as against the "interrupt" based approach, reason being I believe ...
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End of MFI ? Cable to arduino n others
I am interested in the MFI made for iPod program, and found
This $59 Cable Lets You Connect iPhone to Arduino — No Jailbreaking!
Programming iPhone Sensors Book
I have ordered the cable and will ...
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Code for ripple effect of an 8x8x8 LED cube Arduino
I want to code the ripple effect animation as seen in the first 7 seconds of this video.
This is how my code works now. It uses 9 shift registers(74HC595); 8 for the 64 columns and 1 for the 8 ...
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Which programming languages are supported to program Arduino?
I would like to start to play with Arduino.
I've read that C and C++ are the official languages but I've also found other way to communicate using Python or Java for example.
Which programming ...
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IMU - 3000 with ADXL345 and Arduino
Has anyone used the IMU-3000 with an attached accelerometer? I am creating a system which interfaces the IMU-3000 and attached ADXL345 (IMU Fusion board from SparkFun) with an Arduino board to do all ...
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How to import a library into a Arduino program?
I have a Arduino program wich make use of the processing library.
The program code starts with
import processing.serial.*;
When I try to compile it with the ...
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How do you develop software for the Arduino?
Is the main way of programming the Arduino's Atmel MCU thru a Visual Programming environment such as Max/MSP? Or do you have to write typical C code?
What are the different ways available?
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How to Sleep Arduino
How do you program a sleep mode for your Arduino?
Especially for battery powered designs, what are good techniques for sleeping the CPU but waking up only when needed?
