September 2011

Don’t forget that the MCU on Netduino and some Arduino boards are powered by 3V3, which means also the inputs and outputs are adapted to… Read More »Arduino: Don’t forget…

There are several platforms you can use to build prototypes for Arduino-compatible boards. Here are a few good examples, as seen in the picture (left… Read More »Arduino: Prototyping

I got a message from Thomson Reuters IP Solutions (IP as in Intellectual Property), from which this is a snippet: U.S. Patent Reform: The New… Read More »USA to clean up patent registration

No soldering is required for this Arduino shield, except to build it (it’s sold as a kit), but that was on the other hand quickly… Read More »Arduino: ProtoScrewShield, the electricians dream

Here’s a demo of sending SMSs from a Netduino Plus. The demo is intentionally bare bones to show the essentials. The background music was a… Read More »Netuino: Sending SMSs based on events

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I just received an e-mail about access to the Google+ API. Right now only public information can be accessed by third-party developers, but more’s to… Read More »Access to the Google+ API

Books I own, and that I have any opinion on. Of these I’ve had the most use of Practical Arduino. Example code is available for… Read More »Books about Arduino or Netduino

If you intend to buy either/or, this might be of some help. Note that there are many Arduino clones as well as other Arduino-compatible boards… Read More »Arduino vs Netduino

Actually two wires: data and ground, but the 1-Wire protocol is still quite minimalistic and ideal for communication with sensors, as implemented in e.g. digital… Read More »1-wire communication