Raspberry PI, Arduino and Electronics made simple
A photoresistor (also known as photocell) is a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR). As the name suggests, these components act just like a resistor, changing their resistance in response to how much light is falling on
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Ultrasonic Sensor is great for all kind of projects that need distance measurements, avoiding obstacles as examples. The HC-SR04 is inexpensive and easy to use and can be easily connected with a Raspberry PI Ultrasonic
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Raspberry PI and Arduino are the 2 most loved boards between makers. These small electronic cards are often seen as competitors. A deeper look to their features (see my post Arduino vs Raspberry PI) make
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Raspberry PI can be used to interface real world from its GPIO as, for example, by Controlling a stepper motor. Furthermore, you can also use Raspberry PI to dialog with some devices (like Arduino) by
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Servo Motor (SG90) are specia motors capable to rotate within a 180 degrees area. They are cheap and can be used in many DIY projects as they can control better turning position. With Raspberry PI
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7 segment display is a simple electronic display composed of 7 (surprise) LEDs. It is common to find an addictional led for a little dot near classic 7 segments. It runs in a very simple
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4 digit 7 segment display is widely known and used in clock, simple screens and low cost number displaying. Raspberry PI can directly manage it by using proper GPIO connections and a few lines of
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Infrared sensors are really common to devices which need to be controlled from a remote within reduced distances. Typical applications are in remoting TV, media center, robots, air conditioning systems, etc. With the growth of
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Getting environment conditions is the first and simpler task required to create more complex electronic automations. Raspberry PI with DHT11 sensor can get tempreature and humidity values with cheap pieces In this article I will
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One of most common electronics projects is creating a Weather Station also able to send temperature and humidity measurements in real time. Configuring a weather station with Raspberry PI and Arduino makes this simple and
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