Microcontrollers

Intro

Many Splat*Spacer's are fans of the Arduino microcontroller prototyping and experimentation platform. The Triangle Arduino Hackers group holds regular events at different locations in the Triangle, including Splat*Space and TechShop RDU.

Resources

Arduino Reddit

Using MOSFETs with Arduino

Using Power MOSFETs with an Arduino, to control high current / high-voltage devices, is not always as straightforward as it might appear. Here are several threads from the Arduino.cc forum that speak to using MOSFETs with Arduino.

• http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,63972.0.html
• http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,26511.0.html
• http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,18407.0.html
• http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,65428.0.html
• http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,61133.0.html
• http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,12440.0.html
• http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,52752.0.html