Year: 2016

Dziku discuss how to configure a cheap 433MHz wireless module for serial communication: HC-12 are cheap 433MHz wireless serial port communication modules with a range up to 1800m in open space. Each costs about $5 when bought from China, and 2 of them can create wireless UART link...

VoCore is a small Linux computer with Wifi that can work as a full functional router. It runs OpenWrt on top of Linux. It contains 32MB SDRAM, 8MB SPI Flash and uses RT5350 (360 MHz MIPS) as its heart. It provides many interfaces such as 10/100M Ethernet, USB, UART, I2C, I2S, PCM, JTAG...

A reflow oven is one of the most useful tools for hardware developers, a machine used primarily for reflow soldering of surface mount electronic components to printed circuit boards (PCB). ESTechnical, a hardware manufacturer based in UK, works hard to produce open source hardware gadgets...

Action cameras are light and portable camcorders that are great for filming outdoor sports and activities. While there are varieties of commercial action cameras available in the market, makers and tinkerers prefer an alternative route of making their own version of any piece of...

Rupert Hirst shares his thoughts on creating a V-USB based media volume control: Although you may think a rotary encoder is just a rotary encoder, when selecting one for a specific purpose such as a volume knob, the feel  and quality can play a large part in your design decision....

educ8s.tv uploaded a new video on Raspberry Pi Sense Hat Tutorial: Dear friends, in this tutorial we are going to take a first look at the impressive Sense Hat add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. It was developed for the Astro Pi mission and 2 of these boards are deployed to the...

A how-to on using the BMP180 barometric sensor with the Arduino @ Random Nerd Tutorials: The BMP180 barometric sensor (model GY-68) is the one in the following figure (front and back view). It is a very small module with 1mm x 1.1mm (0.039in x 0.043in). It measures the absolute...

This tutorial is for helping you to flash firmware in your favorite ESP8266 module. First i small introduction to ESP8266: The ESP8266 is a low-cost Wi-Fi chip with full TCP/IP stack and microcontroller capability produced by Shanghai-based Chinese manufacturer, Espressif. The chip...