Use Arduino as an ISP programmer to program non-Arduino AVR microcontrollers

After reading my recent tutorial on using Arduino code in non-Arduino microcontrollers, one of my readers asked me if it is possible to use Arduino as an ISP programmer to program these micro controllers, instead of using a separate dedicated AVR programmer. The answer is a definite yes and I use it all the time, […]

Arduino announces two new boards

Recently in Maker Faire Rome, Arduino announced two new Linux based Arduino boards – Galileo in collaboration with Intel (Yes 😉 ) and Arduino TRE in collaboration with Texas Instruments (the company behind BeagleBoard). Together with Arduino Yun, now the total number of official Arduino Linux based boards is 2. Intel Galileo This board is […]

Arduino Makefile hits v1.0.0

After several months of development, I am proud to announce v1.0.0 of Arduino Makefile. What is Arduino Makefile? It is a set of makefiles for Arduino, that allows you to compile and flash code into Arduinos and also communicate with it through Serial all using the makefile, without opening up the Arduino IDE. This is […]

Getting started with electronics at Maker Party

Mozilla India is conducting a Maker Party today at Jaaga and I going to conducting a workshop there. Maker Party ‘Maker Party: Bangalore 2013’ is a Mozilla Hive India initiative in an attempt to map and empower a community of educators and creative people who share a passion to innovate, evolve and change the learning […]

How to use Shift Registers

Shift Registers are one of my favorite devices. It is really fascinating, when you understand how they work. Ever since I learned how Shift Registers work and how you should use them, I was planning to write an article explaining it. While browsing around, I found an excellent video by Kevin Darrah which explains how […]