The GPS System has to be one of the most brilliant things ever invented.
~30 sattelites in orbit that can tell you where you are anywhere on the globe, with precision down to about 2 meters. Of course you and your Arduino should get in on the action! We’ll also look into plotting our data in the Google maps API.
Shift Registers. Never be short on pins again
If you need to control a lot of inputs / outputs on a MicroController, Shift registers are the way to go. In this project I’m using shift registers to build a circuit that control endless LEDS from 5 pins of a Micro controller
I’m making a LED display inspired by the old-timey neon signs with handwritten font; The LEDs will light up one by one to illuminate the sign.
In this project i used the Digispark attiny85: These tiny boards only have 6 GPIO pins so to manage a large amount of LEDS with a limited number of pins, you’ll need shift registers.