21st Century Learning and Teaching

Exchange any data between Blynk app and your hardware.

Virtual Pin is a concept invented by Blynk Inc. to provide exchange of any data between hardware and Blynk mobile app. 

Virtual pins are different than  Digital and Analog Input/Output (I/O) pins. They are physical pins on your microcontroller board where you connect sensors and actuators.

Blynk lets you control any hardware connected to Digital and Analog pins without having to write any additional code.

For example, if you need to turn On/Off LED connected to Digital pin, you don't have to write any code: 

1. Just use BlynkBlink code for your hardware. 
2. In the Blynk app - add Button Widget and set it to pin D8
3. That's it! No additional code is required. Simply press Play in the app.

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Step by step tutorial on how to export projects from Blynk into your own apps that will work with any connected product you build.

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In this Arduino LCD Tutorial we will learn how to connect an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) to the Arduino board. LCDs like these are very popular and broadly used in electronics projects as they are good for displaying information like sensors data from your project, and also they are very cheap.

You can watch the following video or read the written tutorial below.

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Play a Melody using the tone() function

This example shows how to use the tone() command to generate notes. It plays a little melody you may have heard before.

Hardware Required

pi-top make project-based Computer Science and STEAM learning tools using Raspberry Pi.

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An automated DIY magnetic table hockey with obstacle detection to count goals and real-time scoring.

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Unpacking the Starter-Kit . Unpacking my NEW Arduino-UNO Starter Kit, which I ordered at Conrad (English version), looks GREAT, quality stuff and well documented! Feeling HAPPY like a kid who got something NEW to play with it! Click here for the Conrad German version. I just finished reading the included projects book: the project codes (Coding) don’t look that difficult; should be easy to learn. The book is very well documented, fool proof! Let the adventure begin!

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FIRST Global organizes a yearly international robotics challenge to ignite a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among the more than two billion youths across the world.

The not-for-profit public charity provides the framework for an “olympics”-style robotics challenge where one team from every nation is invited to participate in a global robotics event that builds bridges between high school students with different backgrounds, languages, religions, and customs.

By bringing these future STEM leaders together in an engaging and collaborative competition that drives home the importance, excitement, and applicability of STEM education, FIRST Global inspires students to learn the skills they will need to make the discoveries their parents and grandparents would consider miracles, impossibilities, or just plain science fiction.

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If you want to build your own gadgets using the Raspberry Pi but don't have the kit or even a Pi, there could soon be another way to get started.

Microsoft is building an online Raspberry Pi simulator that allows users to write code to control emulated hardware, and that currently lets users interact with an LED and collect data from a sensor.

The simulator shows a graphic of a Pi wired to a combined humidity, temperature, pressure sensor and a red LED via a breadboard, a plug board that allows circuits to be wired together rapidly. Users can type in a side panel to enter Node.js JavaScript code, which can be used to control the LED and collect dummy data from the simulated sensor. That code can be executed using a command line at the base of the panel.

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The Google Assistant voice interaction kit will allow Pi fans to add voice control to their projects.

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What is virtual pins:
http://help.blynk.cc/blynk-basics/wha...

DHT11 wiring diagram
http://www.getmicros.net/wp-content/u...

Example code (choose your hardware)
http://examples.blynk.cc/?board=Ardui...

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Two years ago, open electronics had produced “RandA“, an Atmega328-based board for Raspberry Pi to deliver the advantages of both, Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Earlier this month, an updated version of RandA has been released to be compatible with Raspberry Pi 3.

RandA is a development board that leverages the hardware equipment and the computing power of Arduino with its shields, and the enormous potential of the Raspberry Pi. It features Atmega328 microcontroller, has RTC (Real Time Clock) module, power button and sleep timer, connectors for 5 volts and connectors for mounting Arduino shield.

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Interfacing LCD to Arduino - Tutorial on how to interface arduino to lcd screen (16x2 lcd, 20x4 lcd) with arduino code/program, lcd pin diagram and circuit.

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Playing Music:  I was looking for a quick project with the Arduino which could get realized in less than half an hour and with the components from my Arduino Starter-Kit. I found this one for Christmas Music playing <===> Christmas songs with an Arduino Uno and a piezo buzzer <===> which I tried out as…

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For a digital Christmas: let your Arduino play Christmas songs with the piezo buzzer.

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First Steps with the Arduino-UNO | Maker, MakerED, Coding | Sensor-Kit SKA-36 . Got my package delivered with my ordered Arduino Sensor-Kit today (2 days later than expected...). First impressions: nice plastic suitcase (helps me to keep order...), 60 pins quality breadboard and cable-set, 40 sensors and a download link (www.joy-it.net/sensorkit/) for the code…

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Was braucht der Erfinder von morgen? Ganz einfach …

Sensoren und Aktoren
Mikrocontroller (Arduino, Intel & co.)
Software (Arduino IDE, C++, Phyton & co.)
Werkzeuge (Multimeter, Lötkolben, usw.)
Grundlagen Wissen
viel Spaß am Experimentieren
Oder kurz gesagt:

frisches Wissen und Zugang zu neuester Technologie
Denn neueste Technologie und frisches Wissen sind das Alphabet des 21. Jahrhunderts. Wenn Du diese beherrschst, konsumierst du nicht mehr nur Produkte und Services. Nein, du gestaltest deine Welt selbstbestimmt und baust eigene kleine Maschinen.

Du kannst zum Beispiel:

technische Gegenstände reparieren oder verbessern
interaktive Dinge für das Internet der Dinge (IoT) bauen
kleine Roboter & Dronen bauen
Maschinen bauen, die Maschinen bauen (3D Drucker, CNC Fräsen)
Wäre es nicht aufregend all diese Dinge zu bauen und mit der physikalischen Welt interagieren zu lassen?

Die digitale Welt würde für dich nicht mehr am Bildschirm Ende aufhören sondern um dich herum eine bessere Welt erschaffen. Stell dir vor, was du mit deinen Ideen alles verändern kannst.

Ich möchte dich auf diesem Weg  – dem Weg zum smarten Maker – unterstützen. Dazu habe ich diesen Blog aufgebaut.

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Introduction: DIY Distance Meter With Arduino and a Nokia 5110 Display

In this tutorial we are going to see how to build a very useful Distance meter with a big Nokia 5110 LCD display using Arduino. Easily measure the distance from your Arduino and build interesting devices with this project!

Building a distance meter is a great learning experience. When you finish building this project you will have a better understanding of how the ultrasonic distance sensor works, you will know how to wire a Nokia 5110 lcd display and you are going to see in action how powerful the Arduino platform can be. With this project as a base and the experience gained, you will be able to easily build more complex projects in the future.

We can use this project to measure the distance index in Real Time so we can use it in my projects

Without any further delay, let's get started!

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Here at Make: we see new, ingenious projects from our community every day. Many of these are made possible by the use of development boards. However, if you’re new to the subject, it can be confusing to parse out the differences between boards and the advantages of using one over another.

We’ve created this super simple guide to help you get started. Then, when you’re ready check out Arduino Uno and Raspberry Pi Starter Kits, which come with all the goodies you need for your inaugural projects. Not sure you want all those peripherals yet? Start with the essentials: Grab the board of your choice and bring yourself up to speed with our Getting Started With series for Arduino and for Raspberry Pi.

Is there a simple rule of thumb to help me decide?

Yes, there is! Think about what you want your project to do. If you can describe it with less than two ‘and’s, get an Arduino. If you need more than two ‘and’s, get a Raspberry Pi.

Examples:
“I want to monitor my plants and have them Tweet me when they need water.” That can best be done by an Arduino.

“I want to monitor my plants and have them Tweet me when they need water and check the National Weather Service, and if the forecast is for fair weather, turn on the irrigation system and if the forecast is for rain, do nothing.” That would best be handled by a Raspberry Pi.

Isn’t that rule of thumb oversimplifying what is actually a much more complex issue?

Yes. That’s what a rule of thumb is.

Look, this is confusing! Just tell me which one I should buy!

An Arduino. It’s a system designed for beginners.

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Der mBot von Makeblock ist ein Roboter für Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene gleichermassen. Dank der dazugehörigen grafischen Programmieroberfläche können sich Programmierneulinge problemlos an den mBot wagen. Aber auch etwas erfahrenere Benutzer kommen auf ihre Kosten.

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Makerfest at LTESCH in Luxembourg (Europe) A <===> Makerfest <===> was organized at Lycée Technique ESCH/ALZETTE on 04-07-2017. Over 1.000 persons, apparently 2.000 expected, were present on the second Makerfest at LTESCH (Luxembourg), organized by BEECREATIVE, Service National de la Jeunesse, SCRIPT. Lots of different schools from around the country were present with their students (learners)…

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From Pi My Life Up: In this tutorial we will be going through the steps on how to setup a basic Raspberry Pi TOR Access Point. Before you get started with this tutorial you must of already complete…

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