Want to learn what all the rage about Arduinos (and other microcontrollers) is?
Come join students and faculty for an informal conversation about Arduinos and related projects. We meet every Thursday from 3 PM – 4 PM in the STEM Lab (CC 1180). You do not need to own an Arduino or have prior experience!
Last week we talked about retrofitting a tipping bucket rain gage with an Arduino. Fred Buls found an old abandoned rain gage and decided to revive the device with an Arduino. Right now the Arduino is able to print out the time of each tip. The group discussed how the device works and suggested additional improvements to the system including, a real-time clock, a data storage SD card and wifi capability.
This coming week we will check up on the rain gage and talk about other projects.