Chipkit Uno force sensitive resistor example
A force-sensing resistor is a material whose resistance changes when a force or pressure is applied.
Force-sensing resistors consist of a conductive polymer, which changes...
Chipkit and MQ2 Gas sensor example
Gas Sensor(MQ2) module is useful for gas leakage detection. This particular version is suitable for detecting H2, LPG, CH4, CO, Alcohol, Smoke or Propane....
Max6675 and Chipkit Uno example
In this example we take a look at the MAX6675 Cold-Junction-Compensated K-Thermocouple-to-Digital Converter
The MAX6675 performs cold-junction compensation and digitizes the signal from a type-K thermocouple....
Interfacing the AD keypad module
I purchased this module as part of a microcontroller kit, its an interesting little module as it has 16 buttons but with only 1 I/O...
Chipkit and 8×8 LED matrix
In this example we again use the MAX7219 but this time we will be driving an 8x8 LED matrix like the following module
The MAX7219/MAX7221...
Chipkit and 7 segment display module
In this example, we will use the chipKIT Uno32 board and connect this to a MAX7219-driven 8-digit seven segment LED display.
The MAX7219/MAX7221 are compact,...
Chipkit Uno and 4X4 Keypad shield with display interface
In this example we connected a 4X4 Key-pad shield with display interface from http://store.iteadstudio.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=308
Here is a picture of the shield minus the LCD5100 display, as...
Chipkit Uno and hc-sr505 Mini PIR Motion Sensor
The HC-SR505 Mini PIR Motion Sensor is based on infrared technology and it can automatic control by itself with high sensitivity and high reliability....
Chipkit Uno and Bargraph display example
The bar graph is basically a series of LEDs in a line, this is a common hardware display for analog sensors. It's made up...
Chipkit Magic-8 Ball
In this example we will create a Magic 8-ball using an Chipkit Uno and an LCD keypad shield, when one of the buttons is pressed...