Unanswered Questions
218 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Can I use regular pins (Example: D2, A3, etc...) as serial (RX, TX)?
Python/Arduino Beginner here...
I have a DFplayer I am trying to hook to my Arduino and I want to hook it up through the regular pins instead of the RX and TX pins, but I've not been able to find ...
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Bluetooth communication not working with DC power but works with USB power?
I am running an HM-10 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module to transmit serial data (using SoftwareSerial) from an analog sensor onboard my Arduino Uno to a serial terminal app on my Android phone. When I ...
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ArduinoDue - Matlab: SerialUSB.write() sends ASCII?
I'm trying to get some binary data from an Arduino Due to Matlab.
Basically this is the setup:
Due:
byte usbMsg[33]= {0};
// filled with dummy as example
usbMsg[1] = '00000001';// in[3];
usbMsg[2] =...
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PCA9685 - Hardware problem with diode?
I'm working on a project, where I need to run several high-torque servos. For that I bought come of these PCA9685 boards.
I hooked everything up with my arduino and connected an external 5V - max 3A ...
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Black screen when using higher SPI-speed for RA8857 LCD-controller
I'm using an Arduino Due that talks via SPI to an LCD (800x480) with the RA8875 controller chip.
The most recent datasheet I could find is: RA8875 datasheet.
Everything works as expected when using ...
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Getting atsam3x8e (Arduino Due) to work
I decided to make a pcb based on the atsam3x8e (microcontroller used in Arduino Due). For the design I copied most of the layout that I found on this site and looked at the official Arduino Due ...
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TRIAC Pulse driver for Spot Welder (help needed with programming)
I have designed and built a transformer driver board for my spot welder. It is powered from mains electricity (230 V) and consists of the following segments: triac drive and protection, zero cross ...
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Correctly Powering Lilypad Arduino
I am trying to correctly power a Lilypad Arduino that is attached with an HC-05, Lilypad temp sensor, and Amped pulse sensor. So far I have found that powering by plugging the Lilypad into my laptop ...
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Creating a sine wave with a DAC and feeding it back
I want to produce a digital sine wave, send it to DAC0, and then receive it back as input on A0 and plot the graph. I am using an Arduino Due. I wrote the following code:
#define maxSamplesNum 120
#...
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Atmel SAM MCU (on Arduino Due) only boots after second power up
I am using an Arduino Due as a prototyping board for a microcontroller project. The due has the chip Atmel ATSAM3X8E, with an ARM Cortex-M3 core. I am programming the flash directly using Atmel Studio ...
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Connecting Arduino Due's DAC output to pc sound card with protection
I would like to connect the DAC outputs of my arduino board to my pc sound card input so that I can use my sounds card as an osciloscope.
I have two questions:
1- if I don't use an amplifier, how ...
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Reading Reveive Hold Register from USART in SPI Mode on Arduino Due
Sending with this function here works fine:
uint16_t usart0spiTransfer16(uint16_t spiMessage16) {
uint16_t sdo = 0;
byte firstByte = spiMessage16;
byte secondByte = (spiMessage16 >> ...
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Arduino Due upload firmware issue
I have Arduino Due on SAM3x8e. I'm on Ubuntu 14.04. Before today I uploaded firmware via terminal using those commands:
$ stty -F /dev/ttyACM0 speed 1200 cs8 -cstopb -parenb
$ /home/q/apps/devel/...
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Arduino Due native programming port
Arduino does not recommend to program the Due board via Native port as it is not reliable:
If the MCU crashed for some reason it is likely that the soft erase procedure won't work as this procedure ...
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Interfacing WM8731 code to Arduino Due
WM8731 codec was successfully interfaced with Atmega328 like variants in Arduino. It was first done successfully by Open music labs who are the makers of the breakout board for WM8731. Taking this ...
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