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#6328 Eastern U.S Lunar Eclipse
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on 21 December 2010 - 05:05 PM
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oh, i'm so sorry!
#6322 Eastern U.S Lunar Eclipse
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on 21 December 2010 - 01:02 PM
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So, did you see it? Take pics? I have always found lunar eclipses don't live up to the hype, but they are interesting.
#7274 Introduction
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on 08 January 2011 - 02:46 PM
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Can anyone recommend a vendor for sensors?
Welcome!! What kind of sensors???
http://www.sparkfun.com/categories/23 is my favorite place to start.
#8170 LEDs for netduino
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on 23 January 2011 - 02:39 PM
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You can use a plain old NPN transistor, which is fun to use if you want to learn about transistors, anyway. I've used various leds with 220ohm resistors on various ports without and problem so far for testing, but your mileage may vary!
I'd like to find a source for leds with resistors built in.
#7022 Newbie on Serialport
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on 04 January 2011 - 11:39 PM
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Netduino 2 (and Netduino 1)
Here's another of my threads with a circuit diagram including the phanderson chip:
http://forums.netdui...rst-shield-pcb/
#8692 Switching AC
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on 30 January 2011 - 02:33 PM
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I'm using this for my sous vide controller: (i use a transistor to control it from the netduino)
http://powerswitchta...om/default.aspx
I had a 16hr steak and eggs for breakfast!
What are you working on?
http://powerswitchta...om/default.aspx
I had a 16hr steak and eggs for breakfast!
What are you working on?
#8750 2 Potentiometers = Freeze-ups
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on 31 January 2011 - 01:37 PM
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Post the code when you get a chance.
#5165 Disposability
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on 22 November 2010 - 03:43 AM
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Netduino 2 (and Netduino 1)
This is how I started learning about it:
http://forums.netdui...ch__1#entry4293
#7636 Question about COM2
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on 14 January 2011 - 06:05 AM
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Netduino 2 (and Netduino 1)
Staring at Tecchie's Pinout Cards tonight, a question popped in my head:
If you are using COM2, are D7 and D8 (rts/cts) unusable for anything else? Or can the still be assigned as input/output ports?
If you are using COM2, are D7 and D8 (rts/cts) unusable for anything else? Or can the still be assigned as input/output ports?
#5786 Serial Communication via D0 and D1
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on 05 December 2010 - 10:58 PM
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I'm trying to get this onewire to rs232 device working, and of course it's not...
For serial, using D0 for RX (hooked to TX on my device) and D1 as TX (hooked to RX on my device), do I need anything other than:
... and then I can read and write using s1.Read and s1.Write?
What does .Read do if there's no data there? Does it just wait? Return garbage?
I'm getting data via s1.Read with nothing even hooked up to the netduino.
For serial, using D0 for RX (hooked to TX on my device) and D1 as TX (hooked to RX on my device), do I need anything other than:
var s1 = new SerialPort(SerialPorts.COM1, 9600); s1.Open()
... and then I can read and write using s1.Read and s1.Write?
What does .Read do if there's no data there? Does it just wait? Return garbage?
I'm getting data via s1.Read with nothing even hooked up to the netduino.
#5794 Serial Communication via D0 and D1
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on 06 December 2010 - 02:50 AM
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OK I figured it out... I was receiving 4x more bytes than expected because the onewire->rs232 works in a completely unexpected way. Even once I disconnected the device, the uart still had data in it.
So, when I ask it to read a byte, it returns the byte represented in hex using ascii characters...
So, if I was expecting just this byte: 11111111 (in binary) (255 in decimal) (FF in hex)
it actually sends the ascii character F twice followed by linefeed and carriage return, for a total of four bytes.
#7932 About the forum (hard to read this theme)
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on 19 January 2011 - 08:26 PM
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You could vote, here:
http://forums.netdui...ch__1#entry3998
#4111 Questions about time
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on 22 October 2010 - 05:11 PM
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Netduino 2 (and Netduino 1)
Cool. Is your stopwatch sample still applicable? It uses Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware.Utility.GetMachineTime().
#4107 Questions about time
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on 22 October 2010 - 04:27 PM
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Netduino 2 (and Netduino 1)
I've read these two threads:
http://forums.netdui...rch__1#entry514
http://forums.netdui...rch__1#entry650
My basic question is: what does the netduino know about time, and how can I access it? I (think I) know there's no RTC (real time clock), but there is a RTT (real time timer) which is fine, but what ways to get access to accurate time? Can events be raised by timers?
Most of the samples I've seen deal with timing through thread.sleep.
#4748 want little help
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on 09 November 2010 - 06:08 PM
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You could use something like this with the netduino:
http://www.parallax....83/Default.aspx
to sense the motion, which could then alert something to start recording, or raises some other sort of alert.
http://www.parallax....83/Default.aspx
to sense the motion, which could then alert something to start recording, or raises some other sort of alert.
#5982 AnalogInput hardware error
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on 11 December 2010 - 01:58 AM
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Can you post the rest of that code block? If you click break, does it give you a more explicit error?
#5984 AnalogInput hardware error
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on 11 December 2010 - 02:11 AM
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hmm, seems like the analogpin isn't getting released properly, would be my guess? Something to do with ReadLM34 being static?
Maybe try something like this:
instead of:
... but then again analog input might not be idisposable, so this might not help.
I'm about to jump onto my other computer and can try it out myself.
Maybe try something like this:
instead of:
AnalogInput analogPin = new AnalogInput(inputPin);try:
using(AnalogIntput analogPin = new AnalogInput(inputPin))
{
...your other code...
}
... but then again analog input might not be idisposable, so this might not help.
I'm about to jump onto my other computer and can try it out myself.
#5986 AnalogInput hardware error
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on 11 December 2010 - 03:52 AM
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This worked for me -- note the .Dispose() towards the end; the "using" i suggested earlier might not work because of AnalogInput not being IDisposable
public static double ReadLM34(Cpu.Pin inputPin)
{
// Reads an LM34 analog temperature sensor several times and converts the
// Code example for potentiometer at:
// http://forums.netduino.com/index.php?/topic/638-basic-analog-input-circuit-and-program/
int vRef = 3300; // 3300 mV, or 3.3V
int readingTot = 0; // Summed total of the iterations
int numReads = 10; // Number of times to take a reading
double tempF = 0.0; //
AnalogInput analogPin = new AnalogInput(inputPin);
// Take a number of readings and average them together to get the final
// temperature calculation
for (int i = 0; i < numReads; i++)
{
readingTot += analogPin.Read();
}
tempF = (readingTot / numReads) / 1024 * vRef / 10;
analogPin.Dispose();
return tempF;
}
#4788 Netduino power
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on 10 November 2010 - 03:49 AM
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Check this out:
http://forums.netdui...ch__1#entry3812
.. i'm thinking 15v should be fine.
#4925 Measuring Analog Value and output it on console?
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on 15 November 2010 - 12:04 AM
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This might help you:
http://forums.netdui...it-and-program/
#11580 Trenton Computer Festival this weekend!!!
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on 02 April 2011 - 01:47 AM
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Hi there, I haven't been hanging around the forum as much, but have been busy, busy, busy! With Netduino projects and other things.
Anyway, this weekend is the Trenton Computer Festival! (in Trenton, NJ) There's going to be an all-day "Arduino Workshop", which could be of particular interest, including an open hack time, which I'm hoping to bring my Netduino+ to.
Also, the flea market has traditionally had a wider variety of computer stuff, some older stuff, junk, etc. -- as compared to most computer flea markets.
Either way, everyone enjoy your weekend!
Anyway, this weekend is the Trenton Computer Festival! (in Trenton, NJ) There's going to be an all-day "Arduino Workshop", which could be of particular interest, including an open hack time, which I'm hoping to bring my Netduino+ to.
Also, the flea market has traditionally had a wider variety of computer stuff, some older stuff, junk, etc. -- as compared to most computer flea markets.
Either way, everyone enjoy your weekend!
#7877 "Open Collector"
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on 19 January 2011 - 12:30 AM
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Netduino 2 (and Netduino 1)
Form the manual for my uLCD-144: (emphasis mine)
From wikipedia, I feel like I have a good handle on what "open collector" means -- but how do I do that with a netduino?
Master Reset signal. Internally pulled up to 3.3V via a 4.7K resistor. An
active Low pulse greater than 2 micro-seconds will reset the module. If
the module needs to be reset externally, only use open collector type
circuits. This pin is not driven low by any internal conditions. The host
should control this pin via one of its port pins using an open
collector/drain arrangement.
From wikipedia, I feel like I have a good handle on what "open collector" means -- but how do I do that with a netduino?
#7905 "Open Collector"
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on 19 January 2011 - 12:49 PM
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Netduino 2 (and Netduino 1)
Great, thanks for the feedback. I wasn't sure if with the netduino I could set it to an inputport and get the same open collector effect -- or use some other technique in code that does not require a transistor (and resistor as fred stated!)
Right now I have it hooked up directly to the netduino and it works fine. So....
#5659 Pre-Assembled Kits
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on 02 December 2010 - 07:26 PM
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What, as an example, do you want pre-assembled?
#6382 So, what's on everyone's Christmas List??
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on 22 December 2010 - 06:25 PM
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Realizing that not everyone celebrates Christmas, and it's only a few days away anyway:
If you had a list of stuff that a magical creature would pick from and deliver to you via your chimney Saturday morning, what would be on it??
Here's mine:
Please note: no socks on this list!!
If you had a list of stuff that a magical creature would pick from and deliver to you via your chimney Saturday morning, what would be on it??
Here's mine:
- www.stepgenie.com - stepper motor controller
- a stepper motor to experiment with
- an LCD display
- netduino mini
- Make magazine subscription
- and since i've been really good this year: http://www.saleae.com/logic/ logic probe system everyone keeps talking about
Please note: no socks on this list!!
