Author Archives: lucaszan

Arduino multiwii quadcopter

I’m building a quadcopter with pieces from lots of stores like sparkfun.com, hobbyking.com, soldafria.com.br and adafruit.com, here’s a recent photo of him: Get all the pieces info at http://quadcopter.lucaszanella.com  

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xbee sample code with FTDI

If you received your xbees recently and want to do a super simple test, just connected one xbee to your arduino (xbee rx to arduino tx and xbee tx to arduino rx), and the other xbee to your FTDI board … Continue reading

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Laser alarm

With this simple schematic I’ve done you can build your own laser alarm. 1 x NPN 2N3094 transistor 1 x 1000uF capacitor 1 x 10k ohm resistor 1 x photocell (LDR resistor) 1 x buzzer 3v power supply When the … Continue reading

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Arduino parking sensor on my knapsack

This is a “parking sensor” that I made for my knapsack, but you can use it on your car.   You’ll need an arduino board, a ultrasonic range sensor, a 9v battery, a switch and some wires. This is the … Continue reading

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