arduino

I have had a particular Arduino Nano working in my PC for about 13 months. Now it doesn't. When I connect, or unplug it, I hear the Windows "device connected/disconnected" sound. However, it does not show up in Device Manager's Com Ports list. (It used to be Com19) Any ideas how to get it back?

Hi trying to build an arduino device that will read the PC keyboard language status (in a multi language OS) so I need a windows app that will send it to a USB port can anyone help with this code? thanks! Yaron

I did a lot of research these days and found no useful informations (to me, at least): I want a simple program to read CPU (and possibly GPU) temperatures, but I also want that program to send those values to a usb (connected to an arduino), making programs like Speedfan or HWMonitor not...

Overview I called this project the “Internet of Stranger Things,” but so far, there hasn’t been an internet piece. In addition, there really hasn’t been anything that couldn’t be easily accomplished on an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi. I wanted this demo to have more moving parts to improve the...

Overview I do a lot of woodworking and carpentry at home. Much to my family’s chagrin, our house is in a constant state of flux. I tend to subscribe to the Norm Abram school of woodworking, where there are tools and jigs for everything. Because of this, I have a lot of woodworking and...

Overview I am a child of the 80s. Raiders of the Lost Ark was the first movie I saw by myself in the movie theater. The original Star Wars trilogy was an obsession. And WarGames is one thing that inspired me more than anything else to become a programmer. But it was movies like The Goonies...

Developers targeting Windows 10 IoT Core can use a programming language of their choice. Today, this includes C#, C++, Visual Basic, JavaScript, Link Removed and Node.js, but we’re not stopping there. Arduino Wiring is the latest addition to IoT Core. Arduino is one of the most popular...

I guess it's kind of a getting started or template week, including today's Hardware Friday post... :) Link Removed This package contains project templates for Windows IoT Core Applications The Windows IoT Core Project Templates enables development for Windows IoT Core devices (such as...

In the last post of our Microsoft MVP Theme week, as all the MVP's start making their way home after a great, but brain filling week, we highlight Link Removed, Microsoft MVP Embedded and awesome IoT teacher.. Microsoft Ignite NZ session with Netduino devices Last week I did a session about...

It’s been an exciting time over the last six months with our first release of Windows 10 IoT Core during //build/ 2015, the first public release in early August 2015, and most recently a new Windows Insider Preview release. Today I’m pleased to share what’s next for Makers on Windows 10 with new...

The final post for the VS Code Theme week comes from the man, the myth, the legend in his own mind :) Link Removed. Given it's Hardware Friday and VS Code week, how can we mesh these two together? Maybe a little Arduino development with VS Code? Yeah, that's the ticket! Link...

Visual Studio 2015 is out and for all your Arduino makers, the Visual Micro Arduino for Visual Studio 2015 [Beta] is now out too! Link Removed This Extension requires Visual Studio C++ to be installed before projects can be created or opened Beta release of the Arduino Ide for Visual Studio...

20 select videos from last week... Link Removed This week on Channel 9, Nikola and guest host Giorgio Sardo discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed @gisardo ... Link Removed This is the first in a somewhat experimental series called Brain Dump on Node.js with...

Nearly all our recent Windows 10 IoT posts seemed to be focused all on Raspberry Pi don't they? Well David Jones, MS MVP, recently released this great post that shows that there's also an Arduino Windows 10 IoT story too... Windows 10 IoT: Windows Remote Arduino and Universal Windows Platform...

IoT is all the rage, but how do you connect those "things" TO the internet, to the cloud, to Azure? Luckily Visual C++ MVP Alon Fliess is here to help with a great blog post. Link Removed Introduction to the Internet of Things – From the Device to Microsoft Azure Cloud Technology advances in...

Oh you know I couldn't pass this up as our Hardware Friday post! It's IoT, it's Windows, much will be open source, it's new and it's IoT (yeah, I know I already said that, but it's IoT! ;! Link Removed Link Removed You’ve heard quite a bit recently about Microsoft’s strategy for bringing...

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Hello all, I have been using an arduino ethernet for a few days and everything worked well. While uploading a sketch (arduino code) i received an error stating that the arduino was no longer connected to COM 4. I opened up the device manager, the arduino wasn't connected was there even though...

C9 Netduino Shield Series - Using Arduino Shields with a Netduino - Part II IntroductionIn our previous article, we examined what an Arduino shield is, how to build a simple custom shield and discussed how to quickly identify shields that are good candidates for a Netduino adaptation versus...

How to use the Task Manager in Windows 7 Professional This is VERY troublesome. There are numerous comments and suggestions in various forums by frustrated users unable successfully to fight their way through the myriad of options that do not work seamlessly. What worked so easily under XP...