Connect the Arduino to your computer using the USB cable. Open the Serial Monitor in your IDE to see the values from the sensor – this will also help you to calibrate your plant monitor.

Serial.print(count); Serial.println(" Bytes"); } } Now wire the hardware as shown here. Open the Serial Monitor in Arduino IDE, hold the RFID Tag very close to the central part of the RFID Reader, and ...

The Arduino ecosystem is an amazing learning tool, but even those of us who love it admit that even the simplified C Arduino ...

Serial Port Monitor from Eltima The Serial Port Monitor software tool from Eltima Software is, in fact, a professional port sniffer and analyzer system utility good for RS232/RS422/RS485 port ...

As a preview of his latest book, Arduino Project Handbook: 25 Practical Projects to Get You Started, Mark Geddes takes us through the project to create a simple Arduino plant monitor. In this project ...

While the Arduino family of boards connect to your computer using a USB virtual serial port, the ATmega ones have an actual serial connection on-board.

If you want to DIY solution to your energy consumption, here's how modders created a home energy monitor from an Arduino, some wiring, and a little custom code.

Keeping an eye on your server health isn't the most romantic of pastimes. That's what compelled modder mkanoap to build a computer-free monitoring system that was as cheerily simple as Xymon's red ...

Still, it's a handy project if you need to monitor and track the air quality in your home. Hit up the link below for the Arduino source code, a build guide, and all the details of the tests.