In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to interface an MQ-2 Smoke sensor with Arduino Uno. Results of the smoke sensor are displayed over the serial monitor. When you need to monitor a fire initialization, Smoke Sensor is the best way to detect the percentage of carbon monoxide (CO) in parts per million (PPM). The […]
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In the last few days, I get hands on an interesting Raspberry PI touchscreen display. I was wishing to use it to test some projects like a retro gaming console and/or a home control display, but using it I thought that it is enough interesting for being worth a dedicated post. The display is the
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In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to install libraries with Arduino IDE, listing different methods to achieve this result. Installing libraries with Arduino IDE is important to enhance your code to support external devices with the help of pre-built software defining communication protocols What are Arduino Libraries Arduino libraries are files written
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In this tutorial, I’m going to show how to identify and map ports on Raspberry PI Pico pinout. The Raspberry PI Pico brings to RPI fans a lot of new ports, compared to the computer boards. One of the most appreciated features is that we can have analog ports (needed for many sensor projects). Let’s
Raspberry PI Pico Pinout (including Pico W version) Read More »
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to install Transmission client on a headless Raspberry PI to get files downloaded from a low power consumption computer and avoiding to keep other power-hungry PCs on. Even if the streaming services have changed a bit the roles, internet downloads have evolved during the years to
Raspberry PI headless Transmission torrent client with web GUI Read More »
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to wire and use the 28BYJ-48 and ULN2003 with Raspberry PI Pico, with MicroPython code. Stepper motors can trasform your code logic into move in robotic projects. The 28BYJ-48 stepper motor (with ULN2003 motor driver) is the cheapest model and works with a simple code on
Stepper Motor with Raspberry PI Pico: 28BYJ-48 and ULN2003 wiring and MicroPython code Read More »
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to connect and use an LCD Display with Arduino Uno. Using a display is a common need to have data visualization for projects including mobile screen. I2C 16X2 Liquid Crystal Character LCD Display is one of most used device and can be interfaced to Arduino Uno
LCD Display and Arduino Uno: I2C Liquid Crystal wiring and code Read More »
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a tenant, add a device and configure it to message by MTTQ and Python with Thingsboard on Raspberry PI. We’ll start from a fresh ThingsBoard installation, according to my ThingsBoard and Raspberry PI: getting a Professional IoT dashboard tutorial. Creating a tenant and adding
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