Category: Arduino
WeMOS D1 ESP8266 vs Arduino Uno, Arduino Due and Teensy 3.2. Which one is the fastest board?
educ8s.tv uploaded a new video comparing the performance of ESP8266 Arduino board with the most popular Arduino boards. In this video we are going to compare the computational speed of the WeMOS D1 ESP8266 based Arduino compatible board with the computational speed of the most...
Continue ReadingPrototype to production: Arduino for the professional
Jacob Beningo @ edn.com discuss how you can benefit from the Arduino platform if you are a professional. Despite its popularity among hobbyists and electronics enthusiasts, the Arduino has become infamous among professional embedded systems developers. I must admit that for the...
Continue ReadingT-baneklokke – A Coundown clock
Joakim made a coundown clock for his wife and documented the whole process on his blog: The clock is built using an Arduino, and has a battery powered real time clock to remember the time while powered off. To make it truly stand alone I added the possibility to set the time and...
Continue ReadingArduino IR remote and Software controller
This is a DIY Infrared remote for speakers, replacing the original. Arduino Nano and controlled via a custom .NET application and placed in a laser cut enclosure. This one is an interesting one, it’s something we’ve been looking at for a while and figuring out how to solve it. We...
Continue ReadingESP8266 Wifi controlled Home Automation
geekrex @ instructables.com shows us how to use ESP8266 Wifi module for home automation. He writes: ESP8266 is a great thing for starting to Wifi And IOT. It is also cheap and be used for making cool projects connected to the Internet .Learn how to make a simple IOT Project with it...
Continue ReadingDisplay YouTube Stats on LCD Screen
In this guide "padeath" shows us how to use a 320x240 LCD display with Arduino UNO to display youtube statistics. The stats are updated once in a minute using the google API. This little Instructable will show you how to use a 320x240 pixel LCD screen connected to an Arduino Uno with...
Continue ReadingBeetle: Minimize Your Arduino Projects
KickolasNage @ instructables.com introduces us to Beetle , a tiny arduino board able to minimize your projects to the size of a quarter. The DFRobot Beetle is one the latest innovations in minimalistic Arduino technology. About the size of a quarter, and the capabilities of an...
Continue ReadingWeMOS D1 ESP8266 Over the Air (OTA) update
In this video educ8s.tv is going to show us how to wirelessly update the code of our Arduino project, using the WeMOS D1 ESP8266 based board. This is an impressive, and very useful feature. A few weeks ago, we took a first look at the very promising new board, the WeMos D1. You can...
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