From the monthly archives: June 2012

Reading RFID tags with Arduino and ID12

By On 19. June 2012 · 7 Comments

The mission: getting started with RFID

With my recent gadget order I also bought an ID-12 RFID reader with a corresponding breakout board. The breakout board is needed because the ID12 chip contacts have a 2mm grid while the breadboards have a 2.54mm grid.

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New gadget: Arduino Uno

By On 8. June 2012 · Leave a Comment

Just a short update: I recently received some fun stuff, including an Arduino Uno.

I’ve also been soldering some components together, and I’m really excited about getting into the Arduino Universe. So stay tuned for more updates on that topic.

As a first impression I shot a little video with two blinking LEDs […]

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Numeric converter using different bases

By On 3. June 2012 · Leave a Comment

Inspired by a short conversation with jsilence I was looking for a NewBase60 converter written in Java and C#.

NewBase60 is a format suitable for building parts of URLs, e.g. for URL shorteners. Instead of just using numbers for the short links it uses letters as well, while internally still using […]

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