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7-Segment LED Display PCF8574 I2C Arduino

Adding a serial data transfer capability to a 7-Segment LED Display can be done by using PCF8574 I/O Port expander with I2C interface. Arduino UNO controls the PCF8574 by sending display codes for each segment. Similar circuit based on PIC16F876 ...
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Arduino Ohm Meter

Arduino Ohm Meter is one of the simplest circuits that can be built with minimal number of required components. As can be seen from design schematic a standard 2x16 LCD display and 3 resistors are all you need to complete ...
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LED Battery Level Indicator Arduino

LED Battery Level Indicator can be built using Arduino UNO board and 10 LEDs. Similar design that uses 2x16 LCD display can be found at this link. RGB LED variant is here. For Raspberry Pi version click here. I/O lines ...
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Making a siren using Arduino

Generating sound patterns with Arduino is a topic of this article. All you need is Arduino compatible board a simple DC buzzer and current limiting resistor. In this project I'll show how to build a police siren using Arduino Mega ...
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Fading LED with PCF8591 Arduino I2C

Controlling LED brightness with Arduino is one of the basic circuits you can built. Fade sketch is even included in the basic examples in the Arduino IDE. However on Arduino boards it’s done by pulse width modulation, changing the duty ...
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Arduino 7-Segment LED Display MAX7219

MAX7219 is a serial input/output common-cathode display driver. It can interface the microcontroller to 7-segment numeric LED displays, bar-graph displays, dot matrix display or  individual LEDs. This IC has some very useful features like built in decoder, multiplex scan circuitry, ...
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RFID Security Access Using Arduino

In this post I’ll show you how to build a RFID reader for security access based on Arduino MEGA board. The code I've used is a modified version of a design that was published at Arduino project hub. I added ...
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Arduino Photoresistor Relay Control with PCF8591 Module

Relay controlled by light intensity can be implemented using Arduino UNO compatible board. In this case Keyestudio UNO R3 and AD/DA module with PCF8591 chip. Similar simpler design is available here. On this particular module a photoresistor and a potentiometer ...
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I2C Serial LCD Interface Module Arduino

In this post I’m going to show you how to use a Serial I2C Interface Module to control 2x16 LCD display with Arduino. For similar design using PIC16F876 click this link. Instead of using 8 or 4 bit parallel connection ...
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Arduino with DS3231 Real Time Clock

In this post I’ll show you how to interface a RTC module DS3231 Real Time Clock  with Arduino. This particular module uses I2C protocol to transfer current time to a micro controller. DS3231 library and header files should be installed ...