Ok, this was stupid fun and really easy. I’m relearning the Morse code — I originally learned it using the excellent ARRL CDs. As part of re-learning it, I thought it would be fun to see if I could learn it visually as well, by looking at a blinking LED. It kinda makes my brain hurt, but it actually might be doable.
So here it is, my simple Morse Code arduino sketch.
I think I might try parsing Morse next, it’s a much more interesting problem…
[tags]arduino, morse[/tags]
Ok, this was a bit more fun and geeky. The SHT15 is a temperature/humidity sensor made by Sensirion. I bought mine from Sparkfun, and at $42 it’s a bit pricey, but it’s pre-mounted on a breakout board saving me a nasty soldering job.
The SHT15 isn’t as fragile as a lot of other electrical components — you can get it wet, put it in the sun, etc. I’ll probably just mount it at the end of some very long leads and not bother putting any sort of protective case on it.
Being the rocket scientist that I am, I didn’t download the specs until I decided to actually write code. Turns out that the SHT15 uses a serial protocol developed by Sensirion; but they were kind enough to post some sample code for the 8051 so it wasn’t too hard to get working on the Arduino.
If you’re trying to get this working, take a look at my Arduino sketch. Writing code to read serial protocols using clock and data pins isn’t for the newcomer, but it isn’t terribly difficult if you know a bit of C, bit-wise operations, and have sample code to reference along with the timing diagrams.
[tags]arduino,hacking,sht15[/tags]