Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform.
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Atmega328 watchdog, sleep and external interrupts
I have a customised Arduino board that will be connected to a battery and never power reset (it needs to be very reliable and cope with code hangs).
The board will always be put to sleep when not in ...
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Fetching a weather report on an Arduino from a web service
I'm writing some code which is basically supposed to http get some information from my own website and parse it, which (finally) works. However, when I compile the code, it shows this:
Sketch uses ...
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Nodejs-Compass,PID,Motors-with johnny-five
I just finish coding this code which use for control robot using compass sensor with PID control to control motors. Trying to make javascript object for necessary job.
Please guide me for a better ...
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Opinion on performance increase of a robot
Background
A prototype of a firefighting robot has been done recently based on an Arduino microcontroller. It has two servos, one laser LED and 2WD motors. The desktop application is done in C# to ...
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Chess countdown timer for Arduino LCD Keypad
I'm very new to C++ and Arduino, with a background in Python. I've written this code for a countdown timer and a simple menu to set the time available to each player, using button handling code from ...
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7-segment 4-digit display
Is there a better way to organize the methods within this program without compromising the clarity? Running through digits 0-9 with separate functions seems very bulky.
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Two similar libraries for reading pin signals
I have two similar libraries for use in an embedded system (Teensy, sort of like Arduino). One is for debouncing a digital pin, the other is for reading a capacitive pin as if it is a debounced ...
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Algorithm for motion detection using ultrasonic sensor on Arduino
I am using a ultrasonic sensor to detect motion by looking at the variance of the sensor readings, however my algorithm is very prone to give false positives thus erroneously rising a motion event.
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Arduino microcontroller based event handler program, send sensor readings over serial bus
I am working on a project with an Arduino microcontroller and a Raspberry Pi. The code will have to do the following:
If the variance calculated of the ultrasonic sensor detections exceeds 1000, a ...
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DuckyScript precompiler for Arduino Leonardo
I've made a python program to convert DuckyScript code to Arduino code for Leonardo boards. Below you can find both the project files and a sample script.
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Arduino serial data input output
I have created an Arduino sketch that I am using to send and receive data via serial. It works pretty well and doesn't seem go wrong as long as the correct formats are received. Is there anything I ...
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Controlling motors using USB serial connection from Raspberry Pi to Arduino
I am working on building an RC car/robot with Raspberry Pi and Arduino. I connected Arduino to Raspberry Pi using USB and send serial commands with python. I haven't done much programming with ...
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Writing a class to hold Arduino Properties for an Arduino I2C Debugger
I have this class which mostly holds a bunch of properties and their setters. I also have wrappers for some functions of another module. Here is the class:
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Arduino driver for 7 segment display with bit-shift register
This code counts down from 30 to -999 on a 7-segment 4-digit display; it works but I don't know if it is a good way to do it or if it follows best practices. I want to start writing libraries for ...
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Searching for a substring in a ring queue
I am implementing a function which searches through a ring queue for a given substring. The function returns true if the substring is found, otherwise false. There is a cell containing null between ...
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Arduino code powering horoscope generator
This code works, in the same way that a cardboard bicycle works until you cycle through a puddle. It powers a box that plays a sound file in sync with some lights on movement detected by a PIR sensor. ...
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Checking that buttons are being pushed
I made a panel of buttons which run commands when pushed. In order to not have the command run on every loop if the button is held down, I am comparing the button to a previous state and only run if ...
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Moving between two angles in a set amount of time [closed]
I need to slowly change from one angle to another angle over a certain amount of time, using the shortest path between them. I have a function that accepts four parameters — the start and end angles ...
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Driving 7-segment displays
I made a little JavaScript app here that let people generate bitmap for generating characters. Currently it generate code of a dictionary. But I want to also generate a example that let them play like ...
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Door-opener program
I've been working on a little project on an Arduino and I need some help with making the code more efficient / cleaner. I really don't like the three for loops and ...
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Gyrometer/accelerometer sensor fusion with sigmoid transfer function
I noticed, that accelerometer and gyrometer sensor data tend to have problems. The gyrometer is not very precise and the accelerometer is getting problems with vibrations. I built a quadrocopter (to ...
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Enhancing parser for 8 byte command string (expect problems with type conversions) for Arduino/Radio communication
Because the throughput of my radio and device is limited, I wanted to compress my control string. I decided to compress the command into an 8 bytes (quasi) string (throttle high, throttle low, pitch, ...
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Simple and fair scheduler for function calls on Arduino
because Arduino platforms are fairly limited in its capacities, I wrote a small process scheduler. I append a function to an array and define a tickrate. After this tickrate elapses, the function ...
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Arduino based ultrasonic sensor program, output HIGH to control electric motor
I am brand new to C++ and am working with the Arduino micro controller. The project I've been working on for my university requires me to write code to do the following:
If the ultrasonic ...
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Servo commands based on serial port input
Straight to the point: Can you give me pointers on how to make this code more maintainable? In the future, I want to add more more things to this, but first it should be easy to maintain/read. Should ...
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Taking input from push buttons
I want to know if what I have coded is good enough or if there is any simpler/faster/better/less size taking substitute.
I am trying to take input from push buttons and I also want to remove repeated ...
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Domotics control system
This is a project about a domotics control system based on arduino. Nothing great; it's only for testing myself and making stuff.
Before I started coding this, I searched on the net for some useful ...
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PID Controller library
I'm trying to implement a PID without floating point operations on a micro controller. I appreciate all feedback I can get.
Header file:
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Feedback on Arduino class for LED circle animations
I'm fairly new to Arduino and C++ in general, coming from a heavy Python background. The code below is functional, but my lack of C++ knowledge is keeping me from spotting any errors in style, idioms ...
