DS1307 RTC chip from Adafruit

RaspberryPi is a great budget computer. To keep the cost of the unit down, there is no real time clock. This is usually taken care of by the software: the operating system gets the accurate date-time automatically from one of the time servers. When a RaspberryPi is kept offline but accurate time keeping is needed, […]

Arduino-controlled IKEA Lamp

This is a project I have been working on for the past 2-3 weeks. I wanted to create a night light which had to be very simple to use and with no parts that can be consumed by babies! 🙂 I used 20 RGB LEDs (which I got from www.oomlout.co.uk), an old Eriksson phone charger […]

Oomlout.co.uk – order received…

On Sunday night, I placed an order on the oomlout.co.uk site for a few bits I needed for a small project I’ve been working on. I received the parcel on Tuesday morning and was very pleased with the fast delivery. When I opened it, I was really impressed with everything. First of all, all the […]

About the Oomlout.co.uk site

The www.oomlout.co.uk is a very interesting site. To begin with, they have an online shop where you can buy Arduino boards, shields and electronic components. Well, there are many sites that do exactly that. What’s interesting is that they’ve created a great Arduino Starter kit. This kit is the best kit I’ve seen around for […]