Month: September 2015
Mini Project: Doorbell Memory
by Jan Buiting @ elektormagazine.com: Even in the Internet & Wi-Fi age where it seems irrelevant just where you are at a specific time, it’s sometime useful to know if a visitor called at your door while you were out. Who knows, it might be the DHL man with a delivery of...
Continue ReadingUSB power supply active load tester
Sasa Karanovic has designed and built a DIY USB power Supply active load tester, that is available at GitHub: USB Power supply Active Load Tester or short PAL Tester is unit designed for testing the quality of the power supplies. Idea was to create low-cost, precise device for...
Continue ReadingBasic Automotive Lighting Control with MCU
The electronics trend in automotive is continuously rising due to the demand in the market. The technological developments are now into embedded system in which the manufacturers are developing products that suits to the needs of the people. In this design, it features a automotive...
Continue ReadingPhoenix EH basic is more than just a “basic” enclosure
If you´re searching for an enclosure with a high variability and for a reasonable price, then we can recommend you the EH basic series enclosures. Searching for a compromise between the quality (materials, design,…) and production costs is a theme at development of every device...
Continue ReadingDIY Digital Tape Measure
by electronics for everyone @ instructables.com: Today I hope to teach you all about ultrasonic sensors and hopefully by the end you'll have a nice little digital tape measure of your own to use as you please. This is my second version of this project so if you can get it as small...
Continue ReadingPlug-in touchscreen makes a Raspberry Pi tablet
by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: Distributor element14 has a 7-in. Touchscreen Display for the Raspberry Pi, expanding the ecosystem of accessories, to enable users to create all-in-one integrated projects such as turning their Pi into a tablet, infotainment system or embedded...
Continue ReadingWifiPixels – ESP8266 Wifi unit combined with a NeoPixel
WifiPixels are a combination of a ESP8266 Wifi unit combined with a NeoPixel(Addressable RGB) LED ring all in one. http://wiki.protoneer.co.nz/WifiPixels Video here. WifiPixels - ESP8266 Wifi unit combined with a NeoPixel -...
Continue ReadingA Spark.io Indoor Ambient Quality Monitor
Davide Gironi has build an indoor ambient quality monitor based on particle.io : SXAM (Spark to Xively AMbient quality monitor), is an ambient quality monitor that logs 4 environmental parameters to the xively.com and display the ambient status by using for RGB leds. SXAM logs:...
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