We've all heard that "if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself." And that’s usually fine when it comes to ...

In this video I'll be showing you how you can control the contrast and the back light brightness of a 1602 LCD display with just the Arduino. The contrast is typically adjusted with a variable ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

In this digital age, we come across LCDs all around us from simple calculators to smartphones, computers and television sets, etc. The LCDs use liquid crystals to produce images or texts and are ...

An infrared proximity sensor, or IR Sensor, is an electronic device that emits infrared light to detect objects and motion in Arduino projects. This interfacing of the IR sensor module with Arduino is ...

There’s a first time for everything, and occasionally a useful thing for your first time. If you’re about to produce your first live event with a video mixer, this article is your useful thing. I’ll ...

A new Arduino compatible audio development board will soon be launching via the Crowd Supply website offering an open source design for audio and digital signal processing (DSP) applications. The ...

There is a boring part of every computer introduction class that shows how a computer is made up of input, output, and processing. Maybe it wouldn’t be so boring if the input device was a nunchuck.

1. Download and install the Arduino IDE (1.8.0 or higher, or 2.0 or higher) following the recommended procedures for your operating system. 2. Start the Arduino IDE and open the Preferences window ...