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Simple Wireless Measurement Device

Simple Wireless Measurement Device

This is a wireless measurement device designed to measure the life of low-power circuits in IoT systems. It pairs with a companion device that allows accurate time-series measurement of power performance.

The most useless IoT table lamp in existence

The most useless IoT table lamp in existence

How I made the most useless IoT table lamp in existence. Now comes with mechanical and electrical design comments!

How to program an ATtiny85 easily

How to program an ATtiny85 easily

How to program an ATtiny85 in Arduino easily with micronucleus.

Webroots 2: Viewing things

Webroots 2: Viewing things

Wiring up and using OLEDs

Getting Started with SMD, resources and
common components

Getting Started with SMD, resources and common components

What to pick? What to chose? Your standard reference to the world of SMD parts.

How to stream data from Arduino to Android with the JDY-08

How to stream data from Arduino to Android with the JDY-08

How to get the JDY-08 module to stream data to your Android phone!

Arduino LED strip shield

Arduino LED strip shield

An Arduino shield for driving LED strips!

Building a wireless controller

Building a wireless controller

How to build a simple wireless joystick controller for Arduino.

Data types, pointers, and a pickle? (14)

Data types, pointers, and a pickle? (14)

When programming in Arduino, you might have occasion to go beyond the standard datatypes of int and String. Data Types You might have noticed that if you did the following: int count = 5; int groups = 2; Serial.println(count/groups); Serial would have printed 3. This can be a head-scratcher,

An integrated Arduino nRF24L01+ module

An integrated Arduino nRF24L01+ module

While blinking LEDs can be really fun, wireless communication is like magic. I combined an nRF24 chip with a ATMEGA328P on a PCB.

Arduino "invalid application sizeof" error

Arduino "invalid application sizeof" error

Fear the orange bar in Arduino, for comes when all is not well.

Building an Arduino compatible HM-11 Bluetooth board

Building an Arduino compatible HM-11 Bluetooth board

After messing around with the nRF52 for a little while, one day I wondered if there was a cheaper option for bluetooth modules, because all I really wanted was the Bluetooth from the nRF52. It took awhile to look, but I was not disappointed. I found the CC2541. Introduction HM-11

Don't power an Arduino Mini Clone with 12V

Don't power an Arduino Mini Clone with 12V

Tl;dr, don't power Arduino Pro Mini Clones with 12V. You will see smoke. I was attempting to rebuild my Sunrise alarm clock with an Arduino Pro Mini. However when I plugged in my 12V supply, a capacitor exploded on the board. The brown bit that you see

M0 Plus Breakout Board

M0 Plus Breakout Board

Chronicling my adventures of making and remixing various boards with the marvelous SAMD21 M0+ chip in all it's various incarnations.

Problems with CH340G drivers

So some cheap Ardunino Nano and the WeMos D1 Mini use the CH340G drivers. This has caused some users that are on Yosemite or later to experience persistent rebooting issues. The current fix is to use a newer version of the WeMos D1 Mini, ie the WeMos D1 mini Pro

Arduino DIY Sunrise alarm clock

Arduino DIY Sunrise alarm clock

I built a sunrise alarm clock in Arduino.

Action, Sensor Reaction (4)

ULCEK Tutorials

Action, Sensor Reaction (4)

Often when we build devices we want them to react to the external environment. This means we have to implement some sort of sensor to detect the changes. In this case we'll build a light detector that brightens according to how much shade is thrown upon it. We&