Start Arduino IDE, follow the instructions in the WIKI on installing the XIAO board and configuring the correct port for it (Getting Started section).The Seeedstudio XIAO Wiki covers downloading the necessary drivers and setting up the Arduino environment, so I am not going to cover it.
#Arduino magic mirror install#
For my future projects, I wanted the pins coming out the top of the board, so I can install it flush to the bottom of a case, so mine are “upside down”.
You probably want your pins so they are longer on the bottom, so they will connect into the breadboard. I haven’t soldered in a long time, so soldering the leads to the board was a little challenging at first, but then I found that just laying the tip on the middle top edge of every pin worked great! The tiny board comes with breadboard leads that you can solder to the board, if you wish. It is about the size of a US Penny, and only about $5 – but it is a fully functional Arduino board. The Seeeduino XIAO is Seeedstudio’s smallest Arduino board. All of this and more is/ should be possible with Grove sensors and an Arduino or Raspberry Pi board.Īlright, enough intro, let’s look at the Seeeduino XIAO! The Hardware For my pentester friends, imagine smart drop boxes, ones that only scan for WiFi devices when there is a human in the room, or one that sleeps when the lights are off and only activates when someone turns the room lights on. Or one that could display a changing color bar that syncs with music.
#Arduino magic mirror how to#
In future articles, I will show how to make smarter drop boxes with Grove sensors (I talk about one way to do this in my previous Seeed article).īasically, imagine a Magic Mirror that turns on when you enter the room. In this article, I quickly show how I used a XIAO and an LED Ring in an Arduino Magic Mirror. My personal goal for using the XIAO is twofold, to make smarter “Magic Mirrors”, and Red Team Pentest drop boxes. I will give a quick overview of the Seeeduino XIAO and show a few examples of it interfacing with sensors. I honestly have to say, I haven’t had this much fun playing with hardware in a long time! Stuck at home because of the quarantine, and looking for something to do? Look no further, how about creating a DIY project with Seeeduino XIAO! Seeedstudio sent me their newest Arduino board and several Grove sensors for testing and review.
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