Project : Steering wheel audio controls

Project: Steering wheel car controls for SONY CDX-GT410U Objective: Connecting Astra G factory audio steering wheel controls to SONY CDX-GT410U car stereo unit Issue being solved: While the Opel Astra G (1998-2009) has the factory option of fitting audio controls under the steering wheel for quick access to the radio …

Arduino – switching loads

Hello again. We talked in the last posts about turning outputs on and off and how that enables the Arduino to interact with the environment by switching loads on and off. So, in this post I will address how exactly that interaction will happen and I hope I will clear …

Arduino – debounce

Hello let’s talk a little about switches. Switches in general are usually mechanical in nature. To be more precise they are two contacts which are shorted out by a mobile metal element. This metal element is pushed off the contact with a spring. Why am I going into all this …

Arduino – inputs

We had a look at how the Arduino board can influence the exterior world but that would be incomplete without a look on how the board can accept inputs from said world. Digital inputs In the same way we saw while using them as outputs, the GPIO (General purpose input …