arduino Circuit Friday: DHT22 Last week for Circuit Friday I introduced temperature sensing with a thermistor - effectively a resistor whose resistance changes based on temperature. We were then able to read the variation of current through
arduino Arduino Yun to Parse.com There are no shortage of cloud-based solutions, and this is a very good thing. What used to require substantial investment of skill, time and money, can effectively be outsourced for pennies on the
iot Messaging and the New Web The Widget Company now has two successful devices on the market. WidgetX (LED) has a web server built into it, and is expecting REST operations for control. WidgetY (photocell) has a WebSocket server
arduino Circuit Friday: Thermistor My family has recently moved into a new home, and we are struggling to fine tune the thermostat in this Colorado Fall, where daytime temperatures hit 70°F and drop to 30°F
arduino WidgetY and the New Web My how time flies! The Widget Company has gone on to make many new friends with the revolutionary WidgetX device. Connected to the Internet, you have the power to control an LED through
web WidgetX and the Old Web In my last article on "IoT and the New Web" I talked about how consumer expectations are trending towards instant gratification. I went on to talk about how that experience impacts
arduino Tic Tac Toe Light I had the great privilege of being a speaker at HTML5 Developer Conference in San Francisco recently. It was the second HTML5 Dev Conf I have presented at, with the first one being
iot Real-Time Quadcopter Telemetry Modern commercial aircraft have what is commonly referred to as a "black box". The black box is a flight data recorder. It captures numerous sensor data points across the aircraft, and