Category: Coding
JavaScript
Next to the c++ in Arduino Simon is also trying to learn some JavaScript from the SAM app. He finds JavaScript more difficult.
The Elusive Liquid Crystal Display
Simon tried to program the Arduino liquid crystal display for the first time last weekend. First the code kept giving an error, it took us more than an hour to find … Continue reading The Elusive Liquid Crystal Display
Learning Process
So how does Simon teach himself to program? He starts by copying open source codes from, for example, the Arduino manual. The code is available in short excerpts. While copying … Continue reading Learning Process
SAM
Simon has discovered this new tool called SAM https://www.samlabs.com and has been studying their free app for hours, creating a variety of circuits online and trying to write code. He would … Continue reading SAM
RGB calculation
Simon made this chart tonight to be able to program an LED to change colours. He says he calculated all the values himself, the 255 bits being the max. Together … Continue reading RGB calculation
Hardware Development
Simon is fascinated by the prospective to develop his own hardware. This video is just a tiny piece of a “lecture” on the LittleBits proto modules and breadboard he gave … Continue reading Hardware Development
Studying anywhere
Yesterday morning at Park Spoor Noord: Neva dancing and Simon reading up on c++ programming. Today the reading topic changed to energy. He found the nuclear reactor page the most … Continue reading Studying anywhere
What is your Friday night like?
I was spending mine listening to Simon’s lectures on various Arduino functions. He has been reading his English Arduino booklet and it’s amazing how quickly he stores that extremely challenging … Continue reading What is your Friday night like?
Two more Arduino Starter Kit projects
The Color Mixing Lamp project uses three photoresistors covered with colored film. The voltage is proportional to the ratio of their resistances (they act like light sensors). I had to … Continue reading Two more Arduino Starter Kit projects
Watch Simon invert a ready made Arduino code
Simon got his Arduino Starter Kit last night. He built the first project in the booklet using the code (sketch) provided by the manufacturers. In this video he changes the … Continue reading Watch Simon invert a ready made Arduino code
Arduino Uno!
Simon got his real Arduino tonight and sat down studying it until (way past) bedtime.
Geeks out of the box 