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Learn to use Arduino IDE
So we’ve seen what are the different type of Arduinos and what are Arduino Shields in the past. Now lets go ahead and see what is required to communicate with your Arduino board. There is a Arduino software that needs to installed on the computer to allow interaction of Arduino over USB. The Arduino IDE…
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What are Arduino Shields ?
A great addition to the Arduino project was the introduction of Arduino Shields which are directly mountable on an Arduino board, providing extra functionality such as wireless communication, ethernet or servo/stepper motor control. The possibilities of the hardware are just limitless and this adds to the increased functionality with the Arduino’s. The functionality directly depends…
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Getting Started with Arduino
Welcome to the amazing world of Arduino! Started by students at the Design Institute of Ivrea, Italy, in 2005, Arduino has sparked innovation across all ages. From the sheer fun of making an LED blink once per second to running a fully working 3D printer to powering a small satellite, what you can do with…
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Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi is ultra-low cost credit card sized computer that fits right in your pocket. It was made by the Raspberry Pi foundation to promote basic computer science in schools. Raspberry Pi with its advantages like small size and cost have made it way into almost every remote corner of the world. It reduced the…
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What’s new in Windows 8.1 Update ?
Windows 8 has undoubtedly been a milestone in terms of change but not success. Microsoft has been patiently listening to the community and fixing everything possible to please its customers. The windows 8.1 update did manage to please few but much more was expected from the redmond based company. It has been no surprise that Windows…
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Microsoft Goes Desperate; Waives Off Licensing Fee Of Windows Mobile For Indian OEM’s
Microsoft’s windows mobile OS has definitely failed to make any impact globally. It has literally crumbled to the volume of phones running either iOS or Android. Especially in India, It has been miserable and failed to pierce the market. Microsoft has undoubtedly been trying to lure various OEM’s to produce windows phones but talks with Indian OEM’s who…
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Satya Nadella is the new Microsoft CEO
Microsoft finally named Satya Nadella as their new CEO to replace Steve Ballmer who had announced his retirement few months ago. Nadella will take in charge as the CEO immediately allowing Ballmer to retire early. The announcement also included that Bill Gates is stepping down as the Chairman of Microsoft and Microsoft’s lead independent director…
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Raspberry Pi sells more than 2 Million Units
Raspberry Pi Foundation recently announced that more than 2 million Raspberry Pi units have been sold since it’s launch. The foundation expected that it would sell 2 million Raspberry Pi units by January 2014 or at least by February 2014 but, when the sales report came out, they were in shock because the 2 millionth…
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Vine for Windows Phone Finally Released
Vine which was demoed during Nokia World 2013 event in Abu Dhabi last month has finally been released to the public on the Windows Phone Store.It’s a moment of relief for the Windows Phone users at last as the popular applications from iOS and Android get Windows Phone versions.The Windows Phone version of Vine supports…
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Coder Review
Google recently launched their own Raspberry Pi project which is free, open-source and is available in Github for you to mess around with. Coder is a platform which can simplify the lives of teachers and educators who teach basics of building on the web. It is a platform which creates a local server and lets…
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Nokia Announces a Windows Tablet Lumia 2520
Nokia announced their first tablet Lumia 2520 at Abu Dhabi and it is powered by Windows. It has a 10.1 inch display and the same finish like other Lumia phones from Nokia. Has a 1920 x 1080 display with good brightness and viewing angles. It runs on the 2.2 Ghz quad Core Snapdragon 800 processor.…
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Windows 8.1 Available For Pre Orders, Set To Launch On 18th October
Microsoft has officially confirmed that Windows 8.1 code named “Windows Blue” would be launched officially across the globe on 18th October. Development was completed at the end of August and since then everyone was waiting for the launch date from Microsoft. Availability and Pricing The Current Windows 8 users will be able to upgrade to…
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Grand Theft Auto V For PC Expected To Come Real Soon Suggests Reports
Rockstar had to face quite some backlash from the community since they failed to let go any information about the launch of Grand Theft Auto V for PC, although it was expected to release soon after it being released for consoles, Rockstar is yet to make any formal announcement. In something really dramatic, member of…
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Microsoft Launches Rapid Prototyping Tool For Windows Phone Apps
Microsoft has finally launched a rapid prototyping tool for Windows Phone app development called “Windows Phone App Studio”.It’s currently in beta and is aimed at users who want to create quick prototypes for their App ideas. Microsoft said: Windows Phone App Studio beta is a web-based app creation tool designed to help people easily bring an app idea…
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UDOO: The only prototyping board you’ll ever need
The first to arrive was the Arduino. It made prototyping easy and fast, but not interfacing with computers. Then came the RaspberryPi. It was totally different from the Arduino. It was more of a computer and for electrical prototyping it had GPIO pins in it, but it was still not as efficient as the Arduino…
