Arduino Ethernet Shield Tutorial
The Ethernet Shield is based upon the W51000 chip, which has an internal 16K buffer. It has a connection speed of up to 10/100Mb. This is not the fastest connection around, but is also nothing to turn your nose up at. It relies on the Arduino Ethernet library, which comes bundled with the development environment. There is also an on-board micro SD slot which enables you to store a heck-of-a-lot of data, and serve up entire websites using just your Arduino. The board also has space for the addition of a Power over Ethernet (PoE) module, which allows you to power your Arduino over an Ethernet connection. For a full technical overview, see the official Ethernet Shield page.
playground - RegulatedPositiveVoltageBooster
Outputs 1/4 Watt, up to +60V DC Max Accepts any input voltage (1V minimum) Uses a simple, flexible circuit Warning: If you don't follow the instructions carefully, wiring this circuit wrong can damage your Arduino. The output voltage of this circuit must not be applied to the digital IO of the Arduino. Arduino Project and Schematic Download RegVoltageBooster.zip Schematic Pictures The Arduino 5V boosted to 40V, with a hand made inductor. The same circuit, with the Arduino regulating at 9V instead. Circuit Theory Inductors resist changes in current. There are many ways to explain the relationship between PWM (analog output) and output voltage. Don't worry about the gain of the transistor. The exact inductance of L1 doesn't matter. If you're trying to get more than one watt, then use a darlington pair. Software Summary The Arduino ATMega168 regulates the output voltage. The program was written for both the ATMega8 or ATMega168. Inductors that work Each inductor behaved a bit differently. Safety
Setting up an Arduino on a breadboard
Overview This tutorial shows you how to build an Arduino compatible breadboard with an Atmel Atmega8/168/328 AVR microcontroller and FTDI FT232 breakout board from SparkFun. You could also use the Arduino USB Mini. Originally created David A. Parts To do this, you'll need: The Supplies Basic Parts for wiring up Arduino A breadboard 22 AWG wire 7805 Voltage regulator 2 LEDs2 220 Ohm resistors 1 10k Ohm resistor 2 10 uF capacitors 16 MHz clock crystal 2 22 pF capacitors small momentary normally open ("off") button, i.e. USB to Serial Communication Board You will need a FT232 USB Breakout board from SparkFun. FT232RL USB to Serial Breakout Board, SKU BOB-0071Arduino Serial USB Board, SKU DEV-08165 If you plan to use the top option and have not yet soldered headers to the breakout board, now would be a good time. Bootloading your Atmega Chips There are several options for bootloading your Atmega chips, a few of which are covered in this tutorial. Adding circuitry for a power supply Top Power lines
ArduinoToBreadboard
This tutorial explains how to migrate from an Arduino board to a standalone microcontroller on a breadboard. It's similar to this tutorial, but uses an Arduino board to program the ATmega on the breadboard. Unless you choose to use the minimal configuration described at the end of this tutorial, you'll need four components (besides the Arduino, ATmega328, and breadboard): a 16 MHz crystal, a 10k resistor, and two 18 to 22 picofarad (ceramic) capacitors. Uploading Using an Arduino Board Once your ATmega328p has the Arduino bootloader on it, you can upload programs to it using the USB-to-serial convertor (FTDI chip) on an Arduino board. Uploading sketches to an ATmega on a breadboard. Minimal Circuit (Eliminating the External Clock) If you don't have the extra 16 MHz crystal and 18-22 picofarad capacitors used in the above examples, you can configure the ATmega328 to use its internal 8 MHz RC oscillator as a clock source instead. Attention This procedure works on Arduino 1.0.x software.
ArduinoISP
Learning Examples | Foundations | Hacking | Links This tutorial explains how to use an Arduino board as an AVR ISP (in-system programmer). This allows you to use the board to burn the bootloader onto an AVR (e.g. the ATmega168 or ATmega328 used in Arduino). The code in this example is based on the mega-isp firmware by Randall Bohn. Instructions To use your Arduino board to burn a bootloader onto an AVR, you need to follow a few simple steps. Open the ArduinoISP firmware (in Examples) to your Arduino board. Circuit (targeting Arduino Uno, Duemilanove, or Diecimila) An Arduino board serving as an ISP to program the ATmega on another Arduino board. Circuit (targeting Arduino NG or older) On NG or older boards, connect the reset wire to pin 1 of the Atmega chip on the board, as shown above. Circuit (targeting an AVR on a breadboard) See the Arduino to Breadboard tutorial for details.
playground - Gyro
This is just a basic code snippet for the time being, but please feel free to contribute more information Gyroscopes measure the rate of change of a particular axis at the current moment in time. This means that to keep track of our angle, we need to sum all of the rates of change over a given period of time. We're essentially looking for the integral of our gyro data. In the sample code below we'll be looking at just one gyro axis. First off, you'll want to set the voltage of your gyro (typically 3.3v or 5v) for the gyroVoltage variable. Next you'll need to know the zero voltage of your gyro. The other value you'll need from the datasheet is the sensitivity. The Arduino has 10 bit ADC which can represent a voltage (0-5V) in values from 0 to 1023. /* Keep track of gyro angle over time * Connect Gyro to Analog Pin 0 * * Sketch by eric barch / ericbarch.com * v. 0.1 - simple serial output * */ float currentAngle = 0; //Keep track of our current angle void setup() { Serial.begin (9600);}
Arduino Button Tutorial - 3
The Button This is a momentary switch, with one stable position (open) when no force is exerted, and conducting (closed) when pressed. It is one of the simplest electro-mechanical sensing device. Connect the button like illustrated in the photo of this step. (Don't be impressed by the size of my breadboard. The I/O Pin The AVR (aka ATmega, i.e. the Atmel chip powering the Arduino board) has several I/O pins. Pin 2 will be a good choice for our example. Pull-up Resistor The pin has to be connected to somewhere via the button. A first idea would be to go to VCC. So the solution is to use a so-called pull-up or pull-down resistor. Fortunately, the AVR chip has, internally, a 20 kOhm pull-up resistor that can be connected to the pin (internally). With this pull-up, we'll connect the pin to GND through the button, and have these situations when the button is released, respectively pressed: Input is isolated from GND, so only connected to VCC via the resistor. Consumption Polarity Programming Code
