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Connecting a Potentiometer

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A potentiometer (often abbreviated to pot) is an electronic component with three connections, the...

Updated 6 months ago by Tom Lynch

Using a HC-SR04 distance sensor

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The HC-SR04 is a ultrasonic distance sensor, it uses ultrasound to send out a ping and measure ho...

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How to connect a push button or switch

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Buttons and switches are a way of opening and closing a circuit, i.e. making and breaking a conne...

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Using a Sparkfun Sound Detector

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The Sound Detector is a board made by Sparkfun electronics that provides a way to detect ambient ...

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Making sounds with a piezo

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'Piezo' normally refers to an electrical component which can be used to make sound, however more ...

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Using a Sparkfun MP3 Trigger

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The MP3 trigger is a board made by Sparkfun electronics that provides a way to play MP3 files fro...

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Using an MPR121 capacitive touch sensor

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The MPR121 is a tiny microchip formerly manufactured by NXP, now under Resurgent Semiconductor, i...

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Powering an Arduino

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Here is some resources about powering Arduino or other electronic projects: General How to powe...

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How to install Arduino libraries

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Arduino libraries are collections of code that are designed to provide additional, reusable funct...

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How to cancel a booking in ORB

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You can cancel a booking by visiting ORB on the SISO app or in a or a web browser. You can book a...

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How to get the app

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Step 1 – Install the App The ORB app is called "smarthub" on both App Stores: Android Download an...

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What is ORB?

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ORB stands for Online Resource Booking, and it is UAL's way of booking access to Technical Resour...

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How to access the CCI ORB

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How to Login You can log in to ORB using your UAL username and password: Go to orb.arts.ac.uk. E...

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How to book a space using ORB

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You can book a space at CCI by using the SISO app or in a or a web browser. Step 1 - Login For mo...

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How to Connect to MySQL Database on the CCI Server

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Please consult this article, if you don't know how to connect to the CCI Server. Download and ins...

Updated 6 months ago by Ilia Pavlov

Making Websites and Putting Them Online

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There are loads of different ways to put your work online, and trying to figure out what will wor...

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How to connect to the CCI server

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We run the CCI server as a resource to host websites and projects for students and staff at CCI, ...

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How to configure Weights & Biases for you ML project

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What is Weights & Biases? Weights & Biases (wandb from now on) is a platform for AI/ML developmen...

Updated 6 months ago by Ilia Pavlov

Audio Files with Librosa

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Code and audio for this article can be found here: https://git.arts.ac.uk/ipavlov/WikiMisc/blob/m...

Updated 6 months ago by Ilia Pavlov

Enable GPU support with Pytorch (macOS)

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This tutorial is to enable the use of the GPU in the Macbooks available on the lockers. All of th...

Updated 6 months ago by Mayra Cristina Berrones Reyes