Resistors
Resistors are one of the most common components you will come across in electronics. They are designed to lessen the amount of electricity along a… Read More »Resistors
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ESP8266 Weather Station
We made yet another weather station, this time uploading our own actual data to Dweet and Wunderground. Right now we only have temperature and humidity… Read More »ESP8266 Weather Station
Cleanup
Please excuse the mess while we cleanup. We have moved to a new platform and expect everything to be completed in a day or two.… Read More »Cleanup
ESP8266 Basement Monitor
My basement gets wet when it rains a lot so I wanted a way to monitor it. I decided to try using an ESP8266 as it has… Read More »ESP8266 Basement Monitor
Zenith DIY “Radio”
We happened to find an old Zenith radio at a yard sale for not much money and decided to upgrade it, calling it Zen Radio.… Read More »Zenith DIY “Radio”
Miffy
A while back in NYC I spotted the Miffy Lamp in a store window. Miffy is a character created by Dutch artist Dick Bruna used in children’s books. Since… Read More »Miffy
Stand Alone Arduino
Making a stand alone Arduino is actually not all that hard. Five years ago I bought enough parts to make 10 of them. The… Read More »Stand Alone Arduino
Weather Station Roundup
Solar Powered WiFi Weather Station This cool weather station from Instructable user deba168 uses a 3D printed Stevenson Shield , a WeMos D1 Mini with ESP8266… Read More »Weather Station Roundup
Lucky Panda Fortune Teller
Several years back we made a large fortune teller. We wanted to mimic an arcade cabinet. Instructions are displayed on the LCD screen and the fortune is printed out on a thermal printer. We had a lot of fun building this.
Here is what the fortune looks like.
Weather Station
A few years back we made a weather station. Since then we have moved and it is now gone. We are thinking of making a… Read More »Weather Station