I said, in the last post, that the second project was actually going to be soldering the breadboard for the distance tracker... I decided to get some help from some EEs to get that done instead of try to figure it all out on my own. Since the Nintendo DS screen is right here...Parts needed:1) …
First Summer Project — Distance to LCD
The first project for the summer is a quick prototype to plug in an LCD screen and a PING))) from parallax to interface with an Arduino [the second project will be to write the code for the AVR and then solder some connectors to a breadboard, plug in the AVR, LCD, PING, and 9V power …
New electronics
I was warned that once I entered the realm of the Arduino (I have the Arduino Mega 2560) that I would be addicted... They were wrong! [not really, but I don't want them to think me weak] -- the truth is that they are very addicting. Once I followed the tutorials by newbiehack.com microcontrollers were …
Hardware and Firmware
I started looking at getting an Arduino MEGA just so I could hook it up and begin wiring the test harness for it and plugging it in, etc. I also started looking at the PIC again and seeing if it was viable to skip the Arduino MEGA and take the basics then put the PIC …
Arduino programming
This is the part that I can do well. Arduino programming language stems from C and Java stems from C/C++. Reading the Arduino code has not been very difficult for me. I have a few Arduino and PIC programming books and even a JStamp and Javelin that I could work with if I wanted to.Here …
Electronics for printer – RAMPS 1.4
I was out looking for more information on the Arduino MEGA and the RAMPS 1.4 system. I thought, at first, they were two separate systems. As it turns out they are the same system: RepRap Arduino MEGA Pololu Shield (RAMPS) PCB - this is good news; even better than before. As it also turns out …
IN MY MIND BY WINK DOUBLEGUNS 