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Z-Pan&Tilt-Platform in action
This camera plattform shots every 5 seconds one image and then moves to a new position. This video has been speed up 10 times. Otherwise it would take 5×50 seconds of your time to follow the whole...
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Arduino with hall sensor
In this article I will show you, how easy it is to sense a magnetic field with an Arduino. At first I will describe the electronic circuit, then I present the small code necessary for this design....
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Decoded Conference – Wir sind dabei!
Gestern haben wir eine nette Nachricht erhalten – bei uns in München findet am 23. Oktober 2010 die “Decoded Conference” statt. Die decoded conference steht für eine Verbindung von Design und Code (..)...
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Zipfelmaus @ decoded conference – München 23.10.10
Das Zipfelmaus-Team war gestern auf der Decoded Conference in München und hat dort auch einige ihrer Projekte vorgestellt, wie z.B. die Arduino Pan&Tilt Kamera Plattform, den Arduino Jeep und zwei...
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Mit dem Z-Acceleration-Shield auf hoher See
Anfang Juni waren wir auf hoher See unterwegs mit dem Kreuzfahrtschiff “Adventure of the Seas”. Wir berichteten hierzu bereits auf geekcruise.de. Das Zipfelmaus-Team hatte natürlich nicht nur...
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Arduino: neues vom Weather-Shield
Eigentlich könnte alles so einfach sein, aber wenns so einfach wäre, könnte es ja jeder, z.B. Elektronik entwickeln. So zieht sich die Fertigstellung der Hardware des Weather-Shield für die...
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Arduino: Weather-Shield – schematics, layout, code, …– everything you need
I’ve been working quite a while on my weather station project. Since the first version of the hardware had some bugs, I redesigned the electronics from scratch and created a weather shield for the...
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Arduino quickie: add a watch-dog to your application
This is a small hint, how to add a watch-dog to your Arduino application. I’m using the Arduino in 24/7 mode in my weather station. For unknow reason the software sends no data to our host system, it...
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Arduino: Speech control with the EasyVR Shield
Introduction Recently I’ve found an quite interesting Arduino shield on: http://www.veear.eu/Products/EasyVRShield.aspx. Using this shield you can control your Arduino using speech commands. The shield...
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Arduino: OLED I2C display and Lightning Shield
Currently I’m working on two Arduino projects, both will upgrade my weather station. OLED I2C display The OLED is connected to an Arduino Nano via I2C and it measures the current voltage of the solar...
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OLIMEXINO-328: the better Arduino?
Today I would like to introduce you to a nice Arduino Duemilanove clone, the OLIMEXINO-328 from Olimex. It has been kindly provided by de.farnell.com. Some information about the board can be found...
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new pcbs: lightning shield, current shunt monitor, …
I have a couple of new pcbs in development. Firstly there is the lightning-sensor-shield. It uses a AS3935 sensor from AMS to detect lightning. I’m pretty excited to get this one running. Then we have...
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Arduino: measuring current: use a current shunt monitor
Measuring current with an Arduino or any other microcontroller is not as simple as measuring voltages directly with the Arduinos/microcontrollers ADC. In most cases a designer would use a current shunt...
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USB powered high power LED lamp
General Here is a prototype of my new USB powered high power LED lamp. This design is based on an Arduino Nano and one 1W Olson LED from Osram (LCW_CQ7P.EC). Next to that it has some cool features: -a...
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ECG: measure your heartbeat
Its pretty interesting to measure ones heart beat. A lot of fancy analog circuitry is needed for this. But fortunately there is a Arduino shield for this: the SHIELD-EKG-EMG from Olimex. ECG wiring...
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Adding an e-ink display to the Raspberry Pi
Introduction Most people know e-ink or e-paper displays from reading devices like the “Amazon Kindle”. For a few months there are e-paper displays available that can be directly accessed by an Arduino...
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