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Motor Temperature Estimation Without a Sensor

“I just finished building a bunch of Mini Cheetahs which the lab is loaning out to other research groups. Since we’re giving these to people who for the most part aren’t hardware oriented, these robots need to be …

Nano Weather Shield V1.1

“Display weather information and activate RGB color patterns via this shield, including built-in BMP280 and photoresistor, designed by me. Description Even though it is my first attempt at designing a PCB board and layout, I wanted to share with you …

Network boot your Raspberry Pi

“This tutorial is written to explain how to set up a simple DHCP/TFTP server which will allow you to boot a Raspberry Pi 3 from the network. The tutorial assumes that you have an existing home network, and that …

New and Improved Geiger Counter – Now With WiFi!

“In one of our previous tutorials, we examined the development of a DIY-Geiger Counter showing the efforts of “Instructable” user Prabhat who combined the ESP8266 with a touch screen display to create a truly intuitive version of his Geiger …

Smart Dustbin with Garbage Level Monitoring

“An advanced smart dustbin project. Hey all! How’s you doing? Ever wondered making Smart Dustbin that monitors garbage level..?? I am back with a similar type of project. In this video I made Smart Dustbin that open and closes …

syncing time via VGA

“The title is slightly misleading :-) What it really is, and this is a TL;DR too: PPS via Arduino into the I2C pins of a VGA connector of a Linux-running-PC which then gets interfaced to NTPd. how As described …

Simplified 3D Printed Animatronic Dual Eye Mechanism

“Having built a simple single-eye mechanism in the past, I wanted to improve on the design as well as making it more accessible to the maker community. The updated assembly uses parts that can easily be bought online, and almost …

Smart Building: Household Utility Monitoring System

“Use flow rate sensor to capture water consumption in household and provide visual information via web apps. 1.0 Background: The project aims to use a flow-rate sensor to capture water consumption of a household and upload the information of …

3D Printed Modular LED Wall

“This is how to very easy make a LED wall using 3D printed modules, 12 mm WS2812 led lights and 38mm ping-pong balls. However, making the mechanical construction was very complicated. Instead I designed a 3D modular system. Each module …

5.8 Watt UV Box “The UV HotBox”

“A brighter UV-light for bar and event staff to scan customers’ UV ink and ID cards. Our newest team member, Nick, is also a Bouncer for clubs and events here in Reno. He saw our powerful UV LEDs in …