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I recently tried out an example for a DS18B20 temperature sensor. The code example mentioned 2 libraries, so I went forward and downloaded them and imported them into my IDE but was disappointed to see an error like this when …

In previous posts we showed some examples for the 4067 16-Channel multiplexer – Arduino and 4067 LED example The HCF4051 device is a monolithic integrated circuit fabricated in MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) technology available in SO-16 and PDIP-16 packages. The HCF4051 analog …

The is a 16-bit, general purpose parallel I/O port expander for I2C bus applications. The 16-bit I/O port functionally consists of two 8-bit ports (PORTA and PORTB). The MCP23017 can be configured to operate in 8-bit or 16-bit modes. Lets …

In this example we connect an Arduino to a L9110 fan module. This is a commonly found, basic low cost module which consists of an L9110 chip and a small motor attached. You need 4 connections between the arduino and …

I fancied trying the https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/CapacitanceMeter , to look at the theory visit that page. I was wanting to see how accurate this is and also wanted to test this on other variants such as the Chipkit and the MSP_EXP430G2 to …

A keypad is a nice simple method of accepting user input into your project. These come in a number of styles and generally there are 2 types a 3×4 keypad and a 4×4 keypad. The numbers stand for the rows …

Sometimes in your projects you simply do not have enough I/O lines available, take for example a lot of the multiple LED examples, these use 8 outputs to control 8 LEDs via your Arduino UNO, that can restrict the amount of …

Just recently I spotted various I2C OLED displays on sale at reasonable prices and fancied trying to connect these up one of my Arduino’s. Being relatively small size, requiring only 2 connections SDA and SCL from the Arduino but still …