The learning process with Arduino continues… Last week I had ordered bunch of goodies from Sparkfun, and today morning I received them. I tried to assemble few circuits, but I understood I need to get a decent soldering station to continue my experiments. But I was able to make Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) to work.… Continue reading Liquid Crystal Display with Ardunio
Temperature Sensor with Arduino & LED
This is a mini project using Arduino. This uses a temperature sensor and Arduino Uno. int pin = 2; int temperaturePin=0; void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); for(pin = 2; pin < = 9; pin += 1){ pinMode(pin,OUTPUT); } } void loop() { float temperature = getVoltage(temperaturePin); temperature = (temperature - .5) * 100; int toLit =… Continue reading Temperature Sensor with Arduino & LED
Upgrading RAM for my 27 inch iMac mid 2011
I had 4GB RAM which was the default when I bought the mac. After upgrading to Mac OS Lion I really needed more memory, Especially when I am working with Xcode. Local cost was around AED 580 (160 USD) for 2X4GB. Next option was to check online and Amazon came to rescue. Cost for 2X4GB… Continue reading Upgrading RAM for my 27 inch iMac mid 2011
Imthiaz’s Blog powered by Amazon CloudFront
I have been experimenting with Amazon Web Services for sometime. I was successful in offloading media traffic with the help of Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront plugin for WordPress. But it was never enough. Please don’t think my blog traffic is very high, but this is the only website I have with which I could… Continue reading Imthiaz’s Blog powered by Amazon CloudFront
AWS – Adding extra EBS volume to your EC2 instance
When you boot an Amazon Linux EC2 instance it boots with a 8GB EBS volume. If you need more space you need to add additional drives. This article can help with that…