November 2016 archive

Experimenting with Arduino-Builder

Arduino IDE

Lately, I have been experimenting with Arduino-Builder. It was been available as a command line interface to compile sketches since version 1.6.6 of the Arduino IDE.  It is actually what the Arduino IDE invokes behind the scenes to compile the sketch. It is written in the Go language. The source code is available HERE on …

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An ATmega328 with two Identities

Arduino as an ISP

Some would say that an ATmega328 with two identities is not possible. However, it depends on who you ask.  🙄   First though, before we ask, here is some necessary background information. Microcontrollers from Atmel (AVR) and Microchip (PIC) have a built in ‘signature’ or identity. This signature is a unique code that identifies its …

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If you have the time

RTC DS1307 Back View

The arduino does not have an RTC (Real Time Clock). However, it is trivial to add one.  And if you have the time, you can do a number of interesting things with your arduino, limited only by your imagination. I am using the DS1307 RTC module which looks  like this:           …

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