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Can an Arduino emulate a USB mass storage device?

Question: Can I connect an Arduino's USB port to the USB port of another embedded device that is expecting a USB thumb/flash device? Or, can I connect a USB module to this embedded device, with the other end connected to GPIO's of the Arduino? This…
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Can I use an external power supply and still communicate with my computer over Serial?

I read the following online: If you plug in both USB power (say from a pc) and external power via the 2.1mm jack, the Arduino chooses power source automatically. If the external 2.1mm DC is providing greater than 6.6V, the Arduino will take power…
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Bluetooth HID module

I try to build custom controller and now searching for bluetooth hid module. Which BT HID module compatible with arduino? (not bluetooth serial) List of some modules: BlueSMiRF HID - from sparkfun, expensive (based on rn-42, also available RN-42-EK…
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Logging multiple gigabytes of data with Arduino

I have Arduino Uno with SD card shield. I'm planning to log a huge amount of data from various sensors - including accelerometers and 3D compass - to the SD card. However, I have understood that Arduino, 64GB SD, FAT and large amount of data are…
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I bought USB > FT232RL, can I use it to program a bootloader onto an Arduino?

I bought this thing off of eBay: eBay Link Will it allow me to program an ATmega[xxx] (Arduino clone) with a bootloader? --> If so, how would I go about it? What should I do, and what should I certainly not do? --> If not, what do I need (or…
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Can a stepper motor be controlled directly from an Arduino?

I'm planning to build a simple XY plotter, and have been looking at the possibility of using a pair of small 5V 4-phase steppers to provide the movement. In my research, I've often seen stepper driver boards advertised, ranging from very big and…
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What purpose does the yellow and green LEDs have on the Arduino?

I have wired up a small project with a shift register (see below), but depending on how I put the 74HC595 IC (8-bit shift register with 3-state output register), the green and yellow LEDs of the Arduino stop shining. What are these LEDs for? Do they…
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How do I repurpose Arduino's reset button

Is there a way to repurpose the reset button for the code, like an on-board button? I don't need it to reset, but it would be useful to make it run through a list of RGB LED cycles.
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How can I adapt the DallasTemperature library to accept another 1-Wire class?

A commonly used library is the DallasTemperature library, used to access DS18B20 sensors on a 1-Wire bus. When creating a DallasTemperature object you pass a reference to a OneWire object. OneWire can create a 1-Wire bus on pretty much any port of…
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Why do I need to include libraries used in other libraries?

I have a simple library which uses another library. Here is the header: #ifndef __DERIVEDCLASS_H__ #define __DERIVEDCLASS_H__ #include class DerivedClass { private: HardwareSerial* serial; public: …
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How to reset ATmega328P fuses using USBasp programmer?

I think I bricked two ATmega328Ps when I was trying to burn new bootloaders using Arduino Pro Mini, the USBasp programmer and the Extreme Burner AVR software. I had two ATMega328p with bad booloaders and I intended burn the correct bootloader to the…
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7 Segment display dimming

I've got project that needed to have some (4) digits display, and had plenty of 7 seg. displays lying around. I didn't have any multiplexers left but have instead wired it up as per this diagram: I've the wired my duemilanove with the a-dp pins on…
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ATMega32u4 (Leonardo) Serial Baud Rate

Does anyone know what the actual baud rate that the CDC Based virtual serial port on the Leonardo runs at is? Serial::being() for the CDC version is just empty, so it's not setting a baud rate anywhere. Basically, I'm debating between using the 32u4…
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delete the memory or re-upload a program

At the moment I am following the instructions of this project https://github.com/JoernL/LimiTTer. Besides the peripheral parts like a Bluetooth module and an NFC module, the central unit is an Arduino Pro Mini. I am a bloody novice with Arduino and…
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Using SPI without driving MISO

I am developing an application where an Arduino Pro Mini communicates with a 12-bit ADC over SPI. The communication is one-way, meaning that the ADC will only send data back to the Arduino, not receive any. The MOSI pin is therefore not required in…
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