The principle of this setup is somewhat simple ... sensor drives an infrared emitter to illuminate an object, then looks for the reflectance from the object to detect its close proximity. Now is the ...

One phototransistor to detect infrared and visible light; An I2C digital temperature sensor to introduce between-device digital communication; While the above short bullet list may not sound like ...

The Arduino IDE is used to write the program that will interact with your Arduino and the devices connected to it. In the Arduino world, such a program is called a sketch, which has its origin in its ...

An Arduino is a popular open-source single-board microcontroller. Learn how to program one and let the possibilities take shape. By The Big Book Of Hacks Published Jan 10, 2013 3:00 AM EST Get the ...

Knowing the encoding methodology it was trivial to manually translate the bits for later use in an Arduino transmitter sketch. We find it amazing how simple [Dave] makes the process seem, even ...

If you develop some skills with Arduino programming, you'll not only open the door to basic programming skills, you'll also get a foot in on hardware and robotics. The bottom line is simple.

Using the Arduino Sketch [Eric] has written, you can easily plug in your Wi-Fi information and IFTTT key and trigger. All that’s left to do is put this IoT motion sensor to work by mounting it ...