Category Archives: Arduino

Shrimp Reference Design

Finally settled on an Arduino design for the shrimp version of my series.   This is pretty much the version I am going to use. Also noticed that the driver version of the FTDI USB to TTL adapter I got … Continue reading →

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Long Weekend Coming To An End

Did a lot this weekend, tomorrow we decorate the house. I still have a few more things to take core of before I go to sleep, need to clean up, get an AC adapter, and come up with a standard … Continue reading →

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Black Friday 2013

Another black Friday.  Had more control this year but I still spent something. I got a pair of UPS’s which I did need.  I may return a Dremel I got. I did get my arduino wireless project, unfortunately the signal … Continue reading →

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Tweet Box

Photos to come this weekend, but I got my little box working so when I press a button, it talks to my Linux box and sends an SMS message. I should be able to get it to tweet as well. … Continue reading →

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Getting One More Unit

I like these Arduino Units I putting together. Need one more for tomorrow, I think I can get it build in an hour or two. Will have more pics tomorrow, but I think I am good with what I got. … Continue reading →

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Getting Better At RF

I am testing RF units now, it is kind of tricky because I need two. Got one unit build and am about to start the second unit. Hopefully I will get at least two units by the Thursday so I … Continue reading →

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Need To Learn Arduino Serial Communication

Getting more advanced with arduino, I need to find a way to send and receive messages via serial port on the Arduino. That way I can have the arduino speak with my PC or Raspberry Pi via USB Port. Kind … Continue reading →

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Successful Arduino Meetup

Dang what a busy Day, Started off with a Skype Meeting with Retrofit Decommission meeting of one of our HPUX servers Weekly Linux Server Engineer Meeting Then the Arduino Meetup The arduino meetup was also a 2 in 1 meeting. … Continue reading →

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Arduino In A Box

One of the reason I wanted to but Arduino on a breadboard was so I could strip out what I needed it fit it into tight places, here is what I did today with yesterday’s Arduino. I found the box … Continue reading →

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Arduino, Ethernet, and Sensor in a Small Box

  I am trying to cram a PIR, Arduino and ethernet module into a tiny power box. It looks like it will fit, months ago before I started with tiny ardunio’s I was able to fit an Uno in here. … Continue reading →

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