Oh, arduino it!!!

I have just spent two hours attempting the most simple thing imaginable and failed miserably. All I want to do is to toggle an led on and off with one push of a button. This is, essentially what the 'De-bounce' sketch does. Just not for me.......I can get the led to toggle on ok, it just won't toggle off for me. I have followed the instructions to the letter, I think, but no joy. Anybody got any bright ideas?
I should mention that I am using a Nano 328 for this but I cannot conceive that this should make any difference.

Where did they go?

The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that VIVID STOCK have disappeared from our list of suppliers we recommend. This is because they have left Ebay and we have no other address for them. There seem to be no suspicious circumstances, they have simply left without any reasons being given. 

Weekend of work...........

but not on the workbench. I spent most of the past weekend being technical in the attic and on the terrace but not one bit of my time was spent on the workbench. Cables galore and a sat dish were re-jigged but nothing else. Hey ho, I will get there soon, I promise.

Good things come..................

to those who are prepared to wait.

The blog is attracting many more visits now than we originally expected. Both Ian and I have been working a little too hard to be able to do as much as we wanted to with our personal projects but we will be getting around to them as soon as we can. As we both work at Plymouth University, and the university is currently going through a very busy time, the best we are able to do at present is to keep this blog up to date. One thing to mention in passing, is the fact that the Raspberry Pi is now beginning to ship and should be with us fairly soon now. More when we have one. The number of visits has now passed the 800 mark with 37 countries checking us out, thank you all for visiting us. The running total I have been keeping above the map is now closed as it takes a lot of time to keep checking and, recently, I have been missing some visits. So, from now on, the map itself will be the only record.

After a short break,

Shrink wrap (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

here we are again. I was in need of a break to recharge the batteries and so we had a short holiday visiting friends and relatives. Upon returning, I had received another accelerometer and a pack of heat-shrink sleeves to help with my projects. I also made some plans to finally rebuild my attic room into some sort of a happy place with computers, a small workshop and a test area for the trundle. As it looks as though I might have a quiet weekend coming, it may happen quite soon.
As you may see above, we have now hit 35 countries that have looked at this blog. It would be good to know that you all intend to return on a regular basis. This, however, will depend on the content provided. This blog is not just for Ian and myself, it was always intended to be open to all. If you would like to contribute to it yourself, please email us and we will enable you to do so.