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zdots pir sensor

Not your usual PIR sensor – playing with ZDots

I made an order a while ago from DigiKey. I got some basic electronics prototyping stuff as well as a few sensors and LEDs t play around with. One of the more interesting things I picked up was a Ziglog ZDots PIR sensor (click to view datasheet). Now this is not the usual PIR sensor [...]

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Digi-Key shipment

PySerial and Arduino – communication with software

My first order of stuff from DigiKey arrived today – yay!  Unfortunately it is so tightly packed inside the box that I am unable to dig in more here at work.  More on that later… Yesterday i began exploring making the arduino communicate with the computer it is attached to.  Not having a breadboard left [...]

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