Blink(1) – Review
I’ve already blogged some months ago about the blink(1) project: the designer – ThingM – chose to fund it through the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. It was the first campaign I backed and now I’ve finally received it.
Arduino to C# using socket
When you want to make Arduino “talk” on your network, you usually choose the HTTP protocol, that allows to use a web browser (IE, Firefox…) as a client. Sometimes however you need Arduino to send data to other applications: in this case you can implement a socket connection.
PCB Services: price comparison
Sometimes, on this blog I write about cheap PCB services: how to use SeeedStudio’s Fusion PCB service, the availability colored PCBs from iTeadStudio, a quality comparison between the two services above and OSHPark… Brad today posted an interesting comparison between the price of three famous services… For example, considering only the cheapest service (without caring about production time) here’s the…
Type4me GUI
When I published my Type4me project, someone wrote me pointing out that the steps to send your sequence of characters to the device were a little complicated: open a terminal emulator (PuTTY…) connect to the correct serial port send the sequence check if the device answers correctly (OK!) For this reason, I’ve just finished the first…
Type4me
Today’s project was designed to solve the need to enter, using a keyboard, the same sequence of characters (a password, a greeting…) many times.
How to publish a Thinapp to a group of users
Sometimes you may need to publish a Thinapped application to a specific group of users. If you use Thinapp with VMWare View, from the latter’s GUI you can assign your Thinapp to a pool or a desktop, not to users or groups: You can allow a specific user or group to run your Thinapp modifying the Package.ini file within the folder that contains your project: Type…
enc28J60 and Arduino (13)
Today’s tutorial is about getting an accurate time via Internet, using the NTP (Network Time Protocol) service.
RSS feeds in english
I worked on my RSS feeds so you’ll be able to display and subscribe them also in english: – change the site’s language to English: – use the link on the top-right of the page: If you prefer, here’s the direct link: http://lucadentella.it/en/feed
enc28J60 and Arduino (12)
Today I’m going to show you an unusual way to send SMS from Arduino…
enc28J60 and Arduino (11)
Today’s tutorial is a bit different: I’m going to show you how to make your ethernet shield wireless!