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“Easy” Infinity Cube

“Infinity cubes and icosahedrons are things that have always caught my eye. They however always seemed quite hard to make, because of the relative complex frame. This infinity cube, however, has a frame that is printed in one piece. Making …

Electronics at the speed of light

“A European team of researchers including physicists from the University of Konstanz has found a way of transporting electrons at times below the femtosecond range by manipulating them with light. This could have major implications for the future of data …

Freeform LED Sphere

“My Christmas project is done! Everybody is crazy about LED cubes. I wanted to create one myself, but I wanted to make it an even bigger challenge and since I am not limited by the use of circuit boards, I …

Full Control of Your TV Using Alexa and Arduino IoT Cloud

“Intro: Arduino IoT Cloud Arduino IoT Cloud is a platform that enables anyone to build IoT connected object with ease. In order to control our TV using Alexa, we’ll also be using the Official Arduino Alexa Skill. If you …

Gamepad decoder DTMF

“Thanks to the MT8870 chip, connecting the outputs of STQ, Q4, Q3, Q2 and Q1 to a transistor allowing to open or close the buttons of a GAMEPAD, DTMF tones can be decoded. We only ineed 5 pins (control buttons …

Getting started with SAMD21 Arduino

“Looking for a powerful microcontroller as an alternative to the Arduino? Why not consider the ATSAMD21 which can be programmed by the Arduino IDE? The Atmel’s ATSAMD21 is a low-power, high-performance Microchip’s ARM® Cortex®-M0+ based flash microcontroller …

Glowing Air-Bubble Clock; Powered by ESP8266

“”glowing air-bubble clock” displays the time and some graphics by illuminated air-bubbles in liquid. Unlike led matrix display, slooowly drifting, glowing air-bubbles give me something to relax. In early 90s, I imagined “bubble display. Unfortunately, the idea was not realized …

HDD Platters Lamp

“Finally found a use for those old hard drives. Containing 60 RGB LEDs, this unique lamp makes a nice addition to any room. This unique lamp uses 11 hard disk platters and 60 RGB LEDs and would adorn any room …

HeyTeddy: Conversational Test-Driven Development for Physical Computing

“Physical computing is a complex activity that consists of different but tightly coupled tasks: programming and assembling hardware for circuits. Prior work clearly shows that this coupling is the main source of mistakes that unfruitfully take a large portion of …

How to Make a Voltage Regulator 2000 Watts

“Dimmers - electronic load power regulators are widely used in industry and everyday life to smoothly control the rotation speed of electric motors, fan speed, heating elements of heating elements, the intensity of lighting of rooms with electric lamps, setting the …