Month: May 2011

Cable for Xino (Ciseco Arduino clone) to FTDI

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I have recently been using these ‘arduino’ clone microprocessor boards from Ciseco, called the Xino. They are a very inexpensive way of going from an Arduino prototype to use in a one-off product. They do not incorporate an FTDI USB to TTL converter chip, which reduces cost and, once programmed, the FTDI chip is not … more

8×32 LED display with Arduino – rolling display

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Following on from my basic LED display test, I have moved on to produce an arduino sketch which might be useful to folk. Basically it reads in an analogue value and then converts this to a bar graph display which scrolls across the 8 x 32 LED matrix from Sure electronics (see previous blog post). … more