aTeVaL 2.0 – The Universal Tool
The aTeVaL 2.0 is a development board that you can use as an ISP programmer as well as a serial programmer for the Arduino IDE. Here’s an introduction.
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Sleep Modes and Power Management
By using sleep modes and power management, valuable battery power can be saved on projects. I’ll show you how to control these features.
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Using the ATmega328P standalone
I’ll show you different ways to program the heart of the Arduino UNO, the ATmega328P, standalone. This saves space, costs and battery.
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Logical operations and port manipulation
Portmanipulation is much faster than the classic Arduino functions. For this, logical operations are the basic tool. Both will be explained in this article.
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IR remote controls
I explain how IR remote controls transmit signals and how to build a remote control yourself. I also present the IRLib2 library.
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AP3216 (CJMCU 3216) ambient light and proximity sensor
The technical data and setting options of the AP3216 module (CJMCU 3216) are explained. I also present my Arduino library AP3216_WE.
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HC-SR501 motion detector
The HC-SR501 PIR motion detector is described. I am going into the operating principle, the different versions and settings.
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VL53L0X and VL53L1X – ToF distance sensors
The characteristics of the VL53L0X and VL53L1X are explained and the sensors are compared. Suitable libraries for controlling the sensors are introduced.
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TSL2561 – light sensor module
The TSL2561 measures light intensity from which lux values can be calculated. Its interrupt functions can be used with the Sparkfun library.
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APDS-9960 – the all-rounder
The APDS-9960 allows measuring gestures, distance, ambient light and color. The module and its functions are explained in this post.
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