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DIY Miniature Solar Tracker

“In this project I will show you how to create a solar tracker which like the name implies can follow the movement of the sun throughout the day. And at the end I will show you the energy harvest difference …

DIY Touch Sensor/Switch ESP8266 | Node MCU

“NodeMCU has a single ADC(Analog to Digital Converter) input which is not enough for big complex projects but is definitely enough for small projects which require a single analog sensor or even a simple switch. The in-built analog-to-digital converter …

Energy Manager Using Heltec LoRa 32 WiFi and Arduino

“This project involves the implementation of a system responsible for collecting data about the electric energy generated by an off grid photovoltaic system and transmitting them to an LED panel through wireless, using two LoRa 32 WiFi controllers, responsible for …

From Flashlight to Motion Sensor With ESP8266 and MQTT

“In this post, I would present items below: LEDs need a limiting current circuithow to make a flashlightmake a light powered by the portable battery, and dimming the LEDs by ESP8266 via MQTTThe video is the recap and a short …

Internet Connected Power Usage Monitor

“Monitor the power usage for your home and individual devices with this Particle Photon connected Current Cost EnviR power monitor. Introduction Current Cost make a range of electricity power meters, including the EnviR that wirelessly connects to a clamp meter …

OpenDeck MIDI Platform

“OpenDeck is a platform suited both for prototyping and developing custom MIDI controllers. Platform uses class-compliant USB MIDI which makes it compatible with any MIDI software on any OS. Main part of the platform is board on which various components …

The Not So Crap Clock

“First, why call it the Crap Clock? Well, it lowers expectations with the hope of exceeding them :-) Also there is an LED on the seconds display which will never light due to a bit of short sighted design. Second, this …

3D Scanner - Arduino + Step motors

“What’s up my friends, welcome back. Almost all of my DIY project have a 3D printed case of some sort of printed part. To print an object, you first need the 3D file. You have the file, you print …

Arduino Whistle Command Recognition

“A part Arduino, part Java project that aims to recognize compound whistle commands, e.g. to activate a fan, or even steer a drone. Story Last March I went looking for inspiration to start a new, exciting Arduino project. Picky …

ATtiny84/85 Transmit Only Serial Output

“This instructable corrects/updates/amends a previous instructable which used the SoftwareSerial class to implement serial output for the Atmel ATtiny84 and ATtiny85 devices. There are a couple of significant issues associated with use of the SoftwareSerial class: It requires …