Testing SMS Gateways

Published on July 14, 2009

For one of my projects I'm testing an SMS gateway, and decided it would be fun to build a useful alarm clock out of it. For those of you who know Python, you may find this funny. /dev/ttyUSB0 is my Arduino with a temperature sensor. <pre class="brush: python; light: true; ... Read more.

Arduino 101

Published on July 1, 2009

Tonight, I'm proud to say, I've returned to childhood. Let me explain.OK, fun over, back to work. For the last year I've been wanting to purchase an Arduino, for no other reason than to play with. Like a kid. My Arduino arrived two days ago. This is a ... Read more.

Simple Arduino + LED Tutorial

Published on July 1, 2009

For this you'll need: an Arduino, an LED, a USB cable, and the Arduino software. 1) Get the LED, and plug it in to your Arduino. Plug in the long end to pin 13, plug the short end to the GND. 2) ... Read more.

Operation Cold House

Published on June 14, 2009

Status: My house is cold. I want to start playing with simple electronics before starting Operation Field, so have created Operation Cold House. This is just simply sticking a temperature sensor onto an Arduino, linking that up to my little home "server", and uploading ... Read more.

Operation Field

Published on April 13, 2009

Status: 10% It is time for a new project. I've finally decided I want to do some electronics stuff - at least play around in that realm a little. However, I want to "get out and about" a little as well, so this leads me to my idea: ... Read more.