Single Board Computers- The Arduino YUN Review

Prelude Hackers and hobbyists have used the arduino for a diverse number of projects and have made it a very popular. Its simple to use and easy to program. For people who have a slightly 'more' requirement, ARM based single boards came into the market. Initially the ARM boards were tougher to build and program...

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Using Eclipse with Arduino on Windows: Uploading and Compiler Flags

Arduino IDE project used library There is a segment at http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/Eclipse about how to use the arduino IDE project library. I am basically rewriting it like I did it. Step 1: Verify that you have downloaded the Arduino-0023 In the Last tutorial we had made sure that our downloaded core and files were in place...

Using Eclipse with Arduino on Windows: Method 2

You can compile your own static library in Eclipse. The best way is to create this as a library project, and to define a build configuration for each combination of AVR CPU and clock frequency you have.Step 1: Library Build Open Eclipse and start a new C++ project. C++ Project Project Name: ArduinoCore Project Type:...

Using Eclipse with Arduino on Windows: Method 1

Arduino IDE project used library There is a segment at http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/Eclipse about how to use the arduino IDE project library. I am basically rewriting it like I did it.Step 1: Verify that you have downloaded the Arduino-0023 In the Last tutorial we had bade sure that our downloaded core and files were in place and...

Using Eclipse with Arduino on Windows: Basic Setup

First things first. At the time of this writing the arduino 1.0 release was available but since there were a lot of people including myself who were having problems with the damn thing, I decided it was best to go with the available and working. There are so many tutorials out there on how to...

DIY remote shutter release for Canon 1000D, 400D, 450D, 550D, 600D

If you have ever read a photography article or book about getting sharp pictures you would know that there is always a section about using remote shutter releases. The IR remote shutter releases are more popular online while professionals rely on using the good old cable ones. So I went online to find out what...

Adding Password Protection to Your Embedded Project

Introduction Enter Password Passwords and such small bits and pieces of information are generally stored in eeproms in digital systems. While developing such a system the general methodology is that the user is made to enter a predefined length of characters which is encrypted using an algorithm and a key. This encrypted password is then...