Posts tagged Multimeter
DIY Arduino Board
DIY Arduino Board

A DIY Arduino board is presented here, with most of the capabilities of the classic Arduino Uno board, but with a slimmer profile and more flexibility in hardware. The advantage to using the DIY Arduino board is its ability to change the input voltage (2.7V - 5.5V), the crystal oscillator (0-16MHz), and the use of LEDs and regulators when needed. The DIY board is capable of very lower power modes, without the requirement of draining components such as LEDs or regulators. The ATmega328P chip is at the center of every Uno board (in recent years), and is also at the center of the DIY board, which allows the DIY Arduino to behave almost identically to the Uno board.

Read More
Arduino, ElectronicsJoshua HriskoArduino, Arduino DIY, DIY, DIY Arduino, 16 MHz, Quartz Crystal, Quartz Crystal Oscillator, Crystal, Crystal Oscillator, Arduino Uno, Arduino DIY Boar, Arduino DIY Board, ATmega, ATmega328P, ATmega328, ATmega328p, 22pf, 22pf Capacitor, Capacitor, RGB, RGB LED, LED, PWM, Pulse-Width Modulation, Wiring, Arduino Wiring, Arduino PWM, Breadboard, Breadboard Arduino, Arduino Minimal, DIY Arduino Board, Multimeter, Arduino Power Consumption, Arduino Power, Arduino CurrentComment
Arduino Uno R3 vs CH340
Arduino Uno R3 vs CH340

The CH340 Arduino board contains an ATmega328P-U-TH chip, which differs from the classic ATmega328P-PU in official Arduino Uno Rev3 boards. The CH340 is an inexpensive USB-to-Serial chip (datasheet here) that takes the place of the Rev3 board’s more expensive ATmega16U2. This creates issues when programming the Arduino board with certain operating systems (specifically Windows), however, for most Linux and Mac systems - there appears to be no issue. In this tutorial, I will explore the CH340 Arduino board to see whether there are differences in performance and power under different operating conditions. This will definitively answer whether the CH340 is a worthy alternative to the Rev3 or if it’s just a cheap imposter.

Read More
Arduino, Electronics, ProgrammingJoshua HriskoArduino, Arduino CH340, Arduino Uno, Arduino Uno CH340, Rev3 vs CH340, R3 vs CH340, CH340 Arduino, Arduino Board, Arduino Comparison, Multimeter, Arduino Operating System, Arduino Upload, Upload Time, Upload, Arduino Sketch, Arduino Power Consumption, Power Consumption, Arduino Time, Arduino Power, Arduino Linux, Arduino Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi ArduinoComment
Arduino Internet of Things Part 2: Lowering The Power Consumption Of The ATmega328P Breadboard Arduino And The HM-10 Bluetooth Module
Arduino Internet of Things Part 2: Lowering The Power Consumption Of The ATmega328P Breadboard Arduino And The HM-10 Bluetooth Module
Bluetooth, Arduino, Programming, Editor's PicksJoshua HriskoInternet of Things, Arduino, ATmega328, Breadboard, ATmega, Amazon, Bluetooth, Web, Chip, code, DHT22, DIY, Adafruit, GitHub, humidity, Sketch, loop, Open-Source, IoT, parse, Quartz Crystal, Multimeter, temperature, Upload, Wiring, Crystal Oscillator, Arduino Internet of Things, BLE, Arduino BLE Comment