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TLID Clock

“TLID stands for “time left in day”. The idea for this project came from a frustration with my sleep schedule in college. I would work late into the night and wake up at 10, 11, and even 2 the next …

Universal Battery Charge Indicator 3.7v-24v

“As we all deal with various potential battery e.g 3.7v li-po li-ion battery, 6v 9v, 12v, 24v lead acid battery. It can be charged using its respected chargers but if we want to monitor charge status then we …

Wifi Binary Clock

“Inspired by a binary clock that was difficult to read, and very inaccurate, I set out to create a simple to read binary clock that set itself over a wifi connection. Once the WiFi credentials have been entered into the …

Yet Another Clock

“As can be seen from my previous uploads I obtained some 7 Segment Display boards from some old weighing equipment. My previous effort used an Arduino with a Real Time Clock module. This Instructable uses a ESP8266 D1 Mini connected …

Accidentally a Lightsaber

“So you know how you have an idea for a project but you don’t quite how to execute it. I wanted to make an electronic glow stick using ws2812, I wasn’t sure how I was going to do …

BlinkBox - A test tool for addressable LED development

“I work with addressable LEDs a lot. For all that they’re great for, they’re kind of hard to debug when you have a lot of them connected up at once. This is especially apparent when you have many …

Clock With IR Remote Control for Time/Date Settings

“This is a simple clock made using readily available components. The Microcontroller used is an inexpensive STM32F030F4P6. The display is a 16x2 LCD with I2C backpack (PCF8574). The clock circuit can be built using small prototyping boards and a TSSOP28 …

DIY Heat Sinks

“In a recent thread on Head-Fi, someone asked how well a paperclip would work for heat-sinking a TO-220 part. Much speculation ensued (much of it from your humble author), including opinions that a penny might work better, and then …

DIY Light Alarm Clock

“Have you ever wanted to try one of those fancy alarm clocks that mimics the sunrise to wake you up? Do you want to add some colored lights to your room? Do you want to control it all from any …

DIY RGB Cherry MX Macro Board

“An 8-button mechanical switch macro keypad with RGB lighting! This is a demo board to showcase the HCC Module, but its cool enough to be its own tutorial. I’ve done a macro board in the past, but I really …