Pull up and pull down resistors

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Written by Winfred de Kreij

 Example of a pull down resistor.

 Example of a pull up resistor:

BMW - Windows XP startup - shutdown

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On a beautiful day I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool if other devices also had start-up and shutdown tunes, just like your computer? For example, your TV, your car or your motorcycle? Since I was looking for a simple project to that uses an Arduino microcontroller, I decided to add the Windows XP Startup and Shutdown sounds to my BMW F650.

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Arduino URLs

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 Arduino Primary source of Arduino info.

 BBB Cheapest Arduino (Freeduino) available ($15).

DC to DC Convertors: Murata and AnyVolt Micro

Digi X-CTU software to program Xbee

Discover Circuits website, lists 26.000 electronic circuits.

Electronic Circuits. Good source of background information on electronics.

gmail notifier How to make Arduino notify new emails.

Introduction to I2C

Jameco Electronic parts 

Make Arduino on Make blog.

NKC Electronics Arduino parts

Notes on LEDs Very good source on the details of using LEDs

How to connect an OLED display to an Arduino.

Serial Communication with Perl

Sanguino

Sparkfun Xbee RF unit.

SundanceSolar for solar panels

www.uchobby.com great source of tutorials

Physical Computing lab Another Great source of tutorials