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Arduino : Convert Decimal to Binary

Arduino : Convert Decimal to Binary

When programming Arduino you’ll eventually at some point want to get to converting decimals to binary or the other way around. In most cases it’s normally...

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Arduino Robot Arm – LarryArm v0.1

Arduino Robot Arm – LarryArm v0.1

I have constructed a basic Arduino robot arm using 3 servos that cost me £15 in total plus a couple of hours in time to build...

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Arduino – Redefining the TV Remote

Arduino – Redefining the TV Remote

We use them every day, but has no one got bored of pressing buttons on a stick, it’s far too much effort pressing buttons! Surely there...

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Arduino: Controlling the Robot Arm

Arduino: Controlling the Robot Arm

So the arm is wired into Arduino as per the previous post, Arduino: Modifying a Robot Arm and hopefully this has worked. In this next part...

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Using Processing to Send Values using the Serial Port to Arduino

Using Processing to Send Values using the Serial Port to Arduino

In this write-up, I’ll show how to create a value in Processing and then send this value over the serial port to the Arduino. In the...

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Arduino + Processing – 3D Sensor Data Visualisation

Arduino + Processing – 3D Sensor Data Visualisation

So following on from my previous posts about visualising sensor data in Processing, I’m now looking at drawing 3D representations of the data recorded from the...

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Arduino + Processing – Make a Radar Screen – Part 3: Visualising the Data from Sharp Infrared Range Finder

Arduino + Processing – Make a Radar Screen – Part 3: Visualising the Data from Sharp Infrared Range Finder

So I had some luck with getting the Sharp Infrared range finder working and I’ve now plugged this on to my servo rig to see if...

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Arduino – Using a Sharp IR Sensor for Distance Calculation

Arduino – Using a Sharp IR Sensor for Distance Calculation

Well, looks like my sonar sensor (SRF05) is a just a tad inaccurate for precise measurement as I found from my radar screen I made (Arduino...

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Arduino + Processing: Make a Radar Screen to Visualise Sensor Data from SRF-05 – Part 2: Visualising the Data

Arduino + Processing: Make a Radar Screen to Visualise Sensor Data from SRF-05 – Part 2: Visualising the Data

This is where all the work is done to read an interpret the values from the servo and the sensor. If the readings are to erratic...

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Arduino + Processing – Make a Radar Screen to Visualise Sensor Data from SRF-05 – Part 1: Setting up the Circuit and Outputting Values

Arduino + Processing – Make a Radar Screen to Visualise Sensor Data from SRF-05 – Part 1: Setting up the Circuit and Outputting Values

First things first, we need to build our circuit. This is the easy bit! We’ll be using the Arduino to control a servo that will rotate...

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