Category Archives: Arduino

Driving Cheap EBay OLED Displays With Arduino

Posted on March 18, 2013 by steve

Over the last couple of years I’ve picked up a few little 128×64 OLED displays, mostly through EBay auction sniping.  These displays are similar to those offered by Adafruit, likely using the same chip-on-glass (COG) OLED display with a SSD1306 … Continue reading →

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AnyDisplay Supported Displays

Posted on January 27, 2012 by steve

Here’s my initial list of displays which will be supported by AnyDisplay. Currently working on a breakout board for the Sharp MLCD devices which should make these easier to work with. Display Type Price Size Resolution Colors Controller Sharp LS013B4DN02 PNLC … Continue reading →

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AnyDisplay: Unified library for graphical displays

Posted on January 1, 2012 by steve

OK, I admit it.  I have a weakness for displays.  Most of the projects that I’ve got in the hopper include some sort of graphical display.  While the ubiquitous LCD character display may be inexpensive, I find them to be … Continue reading →

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Freeduino Runtime Boards

Posted on August 14, 2011 by steve

Assembled a batch of Freeduino runtime boards (from nkcelectronics.com, a mere $1.99 each).  Waiting on some back-ordered DIP-28 sockets from Mouser and I can finish the set. These are neat little boards, Arduino stripped down to bare essentials.

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Excellent Online Arduino Tutorial Series

Posted on July 2, 2011 by steve

Excellent tutorial series from John Boxall on Tronixstuff.  Lots of great information and great product ideas.

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Serial Backpack for Avago HDLx-2416 Using Teensy

Posted on June 23, 2011 by steve

I purchased an Avago HDLS-2416 display from eBay a while back for my refrigerator monitor project (Fridge Squid FTW!).  This is a really nice compact 4-character 5×7 alphanumeric display, extremely bright and readable. Unfortunately it was the wrong part; the 2416 … Continue reading →

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Hacking Eaton HomeHeartbeat Part 4: Why Bother?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by steve

It’s been asked. Why bother? Seriously? HomeHeartbeat was hot sh*t back in 2005, but isn’t it showing it’s age now? All valid questions. Consider this, however – let’s say, for the sake of argument, that you were just now getting … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Getting Started with the Internet of Things

Posted on June 5, 2011 by steve

I rarely write up book reviews except in extreme cases.  I admit that I am a harsh critic; rarely do I find a book worthy of praise, and when I do my reviews tend towards being large volumes in and … Continue reading →

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Robust 1-Wire Support for Arduino via EDS HA7S

Posted on June 2, 2011 by steve

I have purchased several devices from Embedded Data Systems (EDS) over the last few years.  Their HA7Net Ethernet 1-Wire Host Adapter makes integrating 1-Wire devices utterly painless; it is a solidly constructed, well-engineered piece of hardware.  It is also very … Continue reading →

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