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Best serial monitor?

I just recently started using a Sparkfun serial lcd. I am able to control it through an arduino, but I want to be able to control it through a terminal on my computer. To be able t …
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4answers
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Serial Enabled LCD

What sort of LCD should should i be using to go with my Arduino? I have used the HD44780-compatible LCD in the past, but heard that the Serial Enabled LCDs make life a lot easier. …
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Should I consider using RS-485 for my next project

I am planning on an automation project that will be using several different sensors including but not limited to: Temperature, Barometric Pressure, Air flow, Humidity, etc. As I …
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Iphone hardware serial port access

Does anyone know how to access the Iphones serial port, from a program on the Ipod to allow that application to send signals. The idea is that the ipod could be used as the brain f …
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How to reverse engineer I2C and SPI protocols?

If I have an unkown device which talk I2C or SPI how can I reverse engineer the protocol. Basically I am looking for something similar as snoop or tcpdump. For software Mac is pr …
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3answers
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Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) to USB Adapter

I have an old apple keyboard that I would like to use but it uses the ADB bus instead of the newer USB bus. Griffin used to produce a product called the iMate which was an ADB-to-U …
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3answers
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Serial Port Lock

Is there a way (other than restarting the computer) to clear a Serial Port Lock?
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2answers
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Unit testing AVR assembly language

How do you unit test your assembly code? I'm working on a serial servo controller as part of a hexapod robot project and the code has got to the point where it's becoming complica …
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3answers
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3pi Robot with Bluetooth

Hey, I want to use bluetooth to grab the info off my 3pi rather then have it display on the small LCD. Pololu provides a lib for serial communication. I'm wondering what the best …
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1answer
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Upload to an Arduino from the command line

If I have a sketch compiled to hex, is it be possible to upload this sketch to an Arduino board using avrdude directly from command line? Pekkaa figured out that arduino ide exec …
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Ideal WiFi to Serial (or SPI) bridge?

What are some recommendations on an ideal WiFi to Serial bridge? My ideal qualities would be: Simple connectivity, SPI or Serial Reasonable fast speed, at least 1mbit/sec ideally …