What is a rotary encoder? A rotary encoder (RT) is a device that you can rotate infinitely. On most rotary encoders, when you rotate them you will feel a bump (known as steps), and most RTs have about ...

This is tutorial number 1 from our series of Arduino tutorials and in this part I will talk about blinking an LED using the one already available on the Arduino Uno board or using an external LED to ...

If you're looking to make yourself somewhat more productive on this lazy weekend, and you've got an Arduino or two collecting dust, we've got just the thing to add line after line to your dwindling to ...

This tutorial will guide you through the process of building a tachometer around an Arduino. Tachometers are used to measure rotation rate in Revolutions Per Minute ...

Before I start talking about this really cool thing called Arduino (Italian for "good friend"), let me say a few things about the fascinating subject of physical computing. Physical computing has been ...

Arduino has today announced the availability of the latest Arduino IDE in the form of version 1.6.6 which has now been released and is available to download. The release of the Arduino IDE 1.6.6 and ...

Arduino has today announced via the official Arduino blog that the latest Arduino IDE 1.6.10, AVR core 1.6.12 and SAM core 1.6.9 have now been released and are now available to download. The latest ...

We've all missed the buzzer and forgotten a load of laundry once or twice. While setting an alarm is easy enough, but this Arduino-powered alert system will just send you a text when it's time to grab ...