WIFI Mains Power Dimmer / Switch
MAINS Power Dimmer / Switch Module project by Tracker J: Now it’s about time to talk also about what many of you has asked for: DIMMING! It’s a total different story, little bit complicated but, as you will see, not so hard to understand. General considerations: There are...
Continue ReadingHave you ever seen a fan resistant to dust and water?
New series of Sunon fans with IP68 protection brings reliability even to conditions, where a usual fan doesn´t withstand too long… Still more noise and vibrations and in extreme case even a total malfunction – this is a typical “end” of the fan after a long-time operation...
Continue ReadingSimple Acoustic Guitar Sound Receiver
This design of acoustic sound receiver features low power operational amplifier. It has rail-to-rail input/output and 0.85mA supply current per amplifier. It uses piezo speaker as its microphone that can be attached to easily due to its size and dimension. The circuit is comprised...
Continue ReadingSeven Segment Display Arduino Thermometer
by Ardumotive_com @ instructables.com: Today I will show you how to make your own 7 segment - 2 digit - thermometer with Arduino uno and DS18B20 temperature sensor. I prefer to build my own arduino based circuit by using the ATmega328p uno possessor, but this is optional for you....
Continue ReadingInside the Intel RealSense Gesture Camera
by Sinjin Dixon-Warren @ chipworks.com: The Intel® RealSense™ gesture camera represents another foray by Intel into the consumer products space. The camera has been incorporated into the Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 15. Intel disclosed at IDF14 that the device is formed using three...
Continue ReadingEven you switch ecologically?
More exactly, we talk about switching-off a device. Marquardt 1550 Eco Switch enables this extraordinarily easily. Do you know a situation, when a seemingly usual thing is fact not that usual... Whether it´s a car with a hybrid drive or a lot of devices which we meet every day...
Continue ReadingMaking A SMD Reflow Oven
by packetbob @ instructables.com: I decided to put together a toaster oven and wanted something that could handle large boards and possibly do small production runs. Doing a web search, you will find many options for toaster oven reflow controllers. They range from one-off designs...
Continue ReadingMaking PCBs with CNC
Rui written an article on how to build your own PCBs using a CNC machine. Rui Cabral writes: The PCB manufacturing method i used before buying my CNC machine was the lithography method and worked as follows: First i printed the board design on an acetate sheet. This sheet was...
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