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My PIR detector sketch

This time I have written a sketch to control a light with a PIR detector, well in this case the light is just a led. When the PIR detector detects movement it turns on the light, and after 30 seconds the light goes out. This is a common circuit in home automation, some of these […]

Arduino digital clock

I found a DS1307 module in my mailbox today. The DS1307 is a serial real time clock, or RTC. You can easily find this chip at your favourite electronics dealer and make your own circuit with it. Several companies that make Arduino stuff sell modules with this chip. They all come with a small battery […]

Arduino Mega 2560 and sd card module

I bought a sd card module some time ago, from a Chinese seller on Ebay. These modules are really cheap, I paid 2,03€ for it and that includes shipping to Belgium. You really wonder how they can do it. To try it out I connected the sd card module to my Arduino Uno and uploaded […]