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# DinoDisplay

A little something to learn microcontroller to serial to OS-process communication.

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## About

* Created an Arduino-based PC hardware data display to learn serial communication between an arduino and a PC, as well as how to pull system information, such as CPU core temperatures.
* Utilizes WMI and Open Hardware monitor to fetch and provide said data to the arduino for display on a chosen screen solution (LCD/LED/etc.)

## Postmortem

* One of my first microcontroller -> serial projects. Cute!