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Counting Punches with Circuit Playground Express

“Count punches or weight repetitions with Circuit Playground Express. Story Background The Circuit Playground Express (CPE) has a built in accelerometer. I used it to count how many punches or curls with a weight. MakeCode triggers an event when the …

Project  CRT BOY

CRT BOY

“Intro The CRT BOY is a simple project that tries to build a Game Boy clone using a small CRT screen. The end result will look like a even more retro Game Boy from the 80ies. The micro controller based …

ESP32 / 8266 WiFi instant Camera

“The FS2 is a digital Polaroid that uploads the photo instantly to the cloud This WiFi instant camera is powered by a 2000mA/hr LiOn battery and Espressif state of the art WiFi “System of a Chip” allowing to be …

ESP8266 Smart Plant

“In this tutorial we wil guide you how to make a smart plant with an ESP8266. The tutorial includes hardware requirements, software requirements, a guide to make the ESP8266 work, a tutorial to setup Adafruit IO and a little troubleshooting …

Getting Started with the SmartLED Shield for Teensy

“Introduction The PixelMatix SmartLED shield for Teensy makes it easy to connect to RGB LED matrix panels! The shield makes it easy to connect to the 16 pins required to drive the display, connects an external 5V supply to power …

Gradled Mini: Prototype Modular Discrete LED Display

“This project came into being during my senior year of college at UW-Madison as a personal side venture. In May 2019, I complete my undergraduate schooling. It is not uncommon for students to decorate their graduation “hats” to personalize …

Grbl (CNC Controller) For ESP32

“This is a port of Grbl for the ESP32. The ESP32 is potentially a great target for Grbl for the following reasons - Faster - At least 4x the step rates over Grbl - Lower Cost - - Small footprint - - More Flash and RAM - A …

Herb(ert): A Desk Plant with Automated Irrigation

“I have a history of over/under watering plants. Herb(ert) combines sensor data with edge IoT logic to automate watering and stay healthy! Story Inspiration In our connected world there is no excuse for letting houseplants die. I have …

Homemade Handheld Console

“Welcome to my step by step guide on how to create your own DIY GameBoy with a Raspberry Pi 3 and the Retropie emulation software. Before starting this project, I did not have any experience with raspberry pi, retropie, soldering …

How Infinity Mirrors Work - With Experiments

“While I was building my first 2 infinity mirrors I started playing around with them and I noticed some interesting effects. Today I’ll be explaining how infinity mirrors work. I will also be going over some of the effects …