I figured out that I will need a timer. I searched the internet to recover my knowledge about the different timer modes in arduino. Then I built a function for configuring the timer. After that I ...

There are hardware timer libraries for Arduino, for example, TimerOne, TimerThree, and FlexTimer2. But we don't always want to mess with hardware timer, only a soft timer library is needed.

If you've got an Arduino of any variety, you might have noticed some of the pins on the board have a tilde mark or PWM printed next to them. What is PWM?

The Arduino Team presented some new products at Maker Faire this weekend. It’s a significant update. The Arduino UNO and Arduino Mega 2560 update the Duemilanove and Mega respectively. They n… ...

Arduino enthusiasts and makers looking for a project to keep them busy over the next couple of weekends might be interested in this Arduino flying start lap timer, which has been featured over on ...

Droplet and StackAR, developed by MIT’s Media Lab, allow users to set timers or program an Arduino using light-based communication. By pressing the tool against a screen, flashes of light can ...

With a little work, you could probably adapt this idea to any number of circuits out of the 555 playbook, like a PWM generator, for example. There’s almost nothing a 555 can’t do.