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Arduino's new DIY electronics starter kit has an UNO R4 board

A rduino boards are a popular choice for DIY electronics, but it's not always clear how to get started with building projects ...
Hackaday

Solar Panel System Monitoring Device Using Arduino

[Carl] recently upgraded his home with a solar panel system. This system compliments the electricity he gets from the grid by filling up a battery bank using free (as in beer) energy from the sun. The ...
EDN

Alphanumeric LCD with Shift Register on Arduino – part 1

One of the limitations of the small 8 bit microcontrollers like the Atmel ATMega family adopted by the Arduino board, is the reduced number of I/O ports. Among the main advantages of these ...
EDN

Arduino Uno Clock and Temperature Monitor with LCD

The past month or so I’ve been playing with the Maxim DS1307 Real-Time-Clock and DS1621 Temperature Sensor ICs. I hooked them up to an Arduino Uno board with a Parallax Serial 16×2 Character LCD. I ...
Hackaday

Driving A Nokia QVGA Screen With Arduino (or Any UC)

This is a Nokia 6300 screen. It’s a 320×240 display that has about 2″ of diagonal viewing area and boasts 24-bit QVGA TFT technology. It’s going to look fantastic in your next project and it won’t be ...
Htxt.Africa

This Arduino monitor stand lets you rotate your screen with the press of a button

While the 16:9 landscape monitor arrangement is the de facto way to use a PC right now, it’s not perfect for everything. Youtube content creator Making Stuff had a particular problem when it comes to ...
Time

A 13-Year-Old Built His Own Google Glass and It’s Pretty Impressive

Who needs to shell out $1500 for a pair of Google Glass when you can just make your own? Clay Haight, 13, created his own (quasi-functional) pair as a part of a DIY project. According to Make: Clay’s ...