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Buttons and switches are a way of opening and closing a circuit, i.e. making and breaking a conne...
Using a HC-SR04 distance sensor
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Connecting a Potentiometer
A potentiometer (often abbreviated to pot) is an electronic component with three connections, the...
How to use a rotary encoder
A rotary encoder is a device used to measure the rotation of something, similar to a rotary poten...
Using the serial monitor and serial logger
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Using Arduino Leonardo to send USB MIDI data
One of the secrets of Arduino Leonardo is the in-built USB MIDI support. This is really useful fo...
Where to buy components
The following list is of common suppliers, other than eBay... Electronics UK Arduino boards, shie...
Which VR headsets does CCI have?
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What is on the soldering bench?
There are a number of Hakko FX-951 temprature controlled soldering stations available, the solder...
About the Silhouette Cameo 4 vinyl cutter
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Creating Digital Embroidery Designs with PE Design 11
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Creating Digital Embroidery Designs with PEmbroider
PEmbroider is an open-source library for embroidery design, maintained by CMU's Studio for Creati...
Using the Brother Innov-is V3 Embroidery Machine
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Creating Digital Knitting Patterns with DesignaKnit
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