Introduction to Calculating Power (Watts) If you are not familiar with calculating resistance or current, please visit these posts. This will help you better understand basic electrical principals before trying to calculate power. The Unit of power is the WATT. Power itself is easy to calculate, but we Read More »
Introduction to Calculating Current (Amps) In the last post, we discussed how to calculate resistance. If you are unfamiliar with calculating resistance, please review the post before continuing. In this post, we will learn to calculate current. We talked about a variable resistance being similar to the water faucet Read More »
Introduction to Calculating Resistance (Ohms) In this section, we will be calculating Resistance in series and parallel circuits. A resistor is one of the most basic components of electrical circuits. The unit of resistance is called an Ohm. It’s purpose is to restrict the flow of electrons. To relate this to Read More »
Introduction to the photoelectric resistor The photoelectric sensor can be used to detect the intensity of a light source. This can be used to detect night and day such as you would see in a night light in your house, or a security light on your garage. In industrial applications, Read More »
Introduction to the Ultrasonic Distance Sensor The HC-SR04 ultrasonic distance sensor has a variety of applications: 1) It can be used in robotics for a robot to detect the distance to an object that it needs to avoid. 2) The sensor can be used to measure the water level in Read More »
Introduction to the Hall Effect Sensor A hall effect switch is a component that provides an output based on the strength of a magnetic field. This can be used for many applications, such as a simple alarm on a door or window. More complex applications would include the speed or direction Read More »
Introduction to Arduino (Microprocessor Introduction) This document will give you a Microprocessor Introduction to the Arduino Uno. There are other variants of this board, such as the Mini, Nano, Yun, Leonardo, and Esplora. In addition, there are many off brand products such as Einsboard and Funduino. Although the Read More »
Introduction In short, a transistor is a switch. This is much like the switch you use to turn on the lights in your home, but with a lower DC voltage, and a smaller amount of current (amps). Instead of the switch being physically moved to turn a load Read More »
Introduction I purchased the ZS-042 on Ebay (advertised as DS3231 AT24C32 IIC) as a replacement for my DS1302 RTC modules. The DS1302 seemed to work very well for my application, but it lacked accuracy. Over a period of about 4 months, the DS1302 gained about 8 minutes. The ZS-042 seems Read More »
Introduction to IOT2020 In this document, we will setup and configure the Siemens Simatic IOT2020 processor to be able to accept a simple “Blink” program using the Arduino IDE. Although I believe the information in this document to be accurate, you assume all responsibilities for safety, and must verify Read More »
