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  • December 5, 2017

    Day 5 Arduino Advent Calendar

    Let's Get Started with the Day 5 Guide! Arduino Advent Calendar Day 05 - Push Buttons   Congratulations for making it through to Day 5 of the Arduino AdventCalendar! Today we're going to show you how to use buttons! The button we're using today is a momentary pushbutton, and they're the same...

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  • December 4, 2017

    Day 4 Arduino Advent Calendar

    Let's Get Started with the Day 4 Guide! Arduino Advent Calendar Day 04 - Temperature Sensor Yesterday you measured light, today it's time to feel the heat (or at least measure it) with a temperature sensor.  Public Service Announcement   We are...

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  • December 3, 2017

    Day 3 Arduino Advent Calendar

    Let's Get Started with the Day 3 Guide! Arduino Advent Calendar Day 03 - Light Dependent Resistor (aka Light Sensor) Yesterday you blinked, faded and flickered an LED using a GPIO pin on your Arduino Board. GPIO stands for General Purpose...

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  • December 2, 2017

    Day 2 Arduino Advent Calendar

    Arduino Advent Calendar Day 02 - Fade, Flicker and Twinkle I hope you conquered yesterday's installation of the Arduino software and got your onboard LED blinking. Again, if you need help, hit us up on the forums. In our Day Two baggie...

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  • December 1, 2017

    Day 1 Arduino Advent Calendar

    Arduino Advent Calendar Day 1 - Meet the Arduino Can you believe it? It's already December 1st! Where did the year go? Oh well, the good news is it's time to dive into our Arduino Advent Calendar! We're placing the...

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  • November 23, 2017

    Happy Thanksgiving and Lead Time Update!

    Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends and suppliers! To our Aussie customers - please note that all orders placed from today with a dispatch lead time will likely be delayed due to Thanksgiving in the US. We're thankful to...

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  • November 13, 2017

    Micro:Bit Soil Tester

    The Micro:bit is a very versatile, multi-use tool. It is small and does not look flashy, however, it has so many uses that the only limit is your imagination! It can be used to create and play games, to care...

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  • October 25, 2017

    Little Bird Doorbell

    Since we got the UPBox+ 3D printer I have had it going *every* day!   So many prints...so much fun! I used the bird head STL I found on thingiverse - also a resistor.  The first bird I printed I managed...

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  • October 24, 2017

    Review of the Pi-Desktop

        I've finally had a play with our Pi-Desktop and have had a plesent experince with it. This kit is not only a nice case, it also includes an add-on board which contains a power on/off button (yes!), a...

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