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A reed switch is a small device that when the device is exposed to a magnetic field, the two materials inside the switch pull together and the switch closes. When the magnetic field is removed, the two materials then separate …

This example shows how to interface a basic touch sensor to our arduino, this sensor came as part of a kit of 37 sensors. Touching the metal sensor pin produces an output at the ‘DO’ pin. The output is not …

This was a quick test for a multi color LED. Pins 2, 3 and 4 were used   [c] int red = 2; int green =3; int blue =4; int j; void setup() { pinMode(red,OUTPUT); pinMode(green,OUTPUT); pinMode(blue,OUTPUT); } void loop() …

The Colour LCD Shield provides an easy method of connecting the popular Nokia 6100 LCD to your Arduino. The board comes as shown with the 128×128 mini colour LCD, as well as a backlight driver circuit (boosts to 7V), and three momentary push-buttons (tied …

In this example we connect a photoresistor to an Arduino, the value read from the photoresistor corresponds to the amount of light present. The photoresistor is connected to analog pin 0 in this example. A photoresistor (or light-dependent resistor, LDR, or photo-conductive cell) is a …

An RGB led is a combination of a Red, Green and Blue LED’s in one package, they can be common cathode or common anode types In the example I used an RGB LED breakout. The LED was wired up as …

In this example we will show a basic example of connecting a DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor to your Arduino. This is a very nice little, low cost sensor which requires only a pull up resistor to VDD. This can …

In this example we will connect a Piezo buzzer to our arduino and play some basic sounds, this uses the PWM functionality of the Arduino. A piezoelectric element may be driven by an oscillating electronic circuit or other audio signal …