Arduino data loggers: A helping hand in physical geography.
Microcontrollers such as Arduino have been increasingly used by researchers to create and customise their own tools. In geography, microcontrollers are frequently used to design data loggers for monitoring purposes. We reviewed the use of Arduino in physical geography to unravel the opportunities an...
| Publicado en: | Geographical Journal Vol. 189; no. 2; pp. 314 - 329 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2023
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