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Playing “Flappy Bird” on an LED Matrix

“Use your hand to control the height of a pixel, and then navigate through a map full of obstacles to avoid. Get to the end to win! An Idea Most people have probably heard of the game Flappy Bird, where …

Plotting Live Data of a Temperature Sensor (TMP006) Using MSP432 LaunchPad and Python

“The TMP006 is a temperature sensor that measures the temperature of an object without the need to make contact with the object. In this tutorial well plot live temperature data from the BoosterPack (TI BOOSTXL-EDUMKII) using Python.”

Precision Control for DC Motors

“This control circuit will provide the correct rotational speed and direction of a 12-V DC motor. Nothing special in that? But there is definitely, when you consider the multitude of potential options for actuating the motor. You can adjust the …

Raspberry Pi Web Page Based Sprinkler Controller

“Replace your sprinkler controller with a simple and inexpensive Raspberry Pi, web page-based system. Story Replace the old old sprinkler controller in your garage with a web page-based Raspberry Pi controller. In this project, I took a new Raspberry Pi …

Shapeshifter V2

“OPEN SOURCE and OPEN HARDWARE DRUM MACHINE made in Italy by Faselunare.com Shapeshifter is an Open Source and Open Hardware User Expandable Drum Machine Users can expand both firmware and hardware. The v2, based on TEENSY 3.6, has …

Super Simple Sumo Bot

“Hi all! I am a robotics teacher and I like to make my students think. I teach them how to build robots, but I dont give them all the answers. Sometimes they have to design by themselves a piece of …

These new soft actuators could make soft robots less bulky

“Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a way to build soft robots that are compact, portable and multifunctional. The advance was made possible by creating soft, tubular actuators whose movements are electrically controlled, which makes them …

Two-Mode Servo Tester

“When I buy a new servo motor, I want to quickly check if it is working. The Two-Mode Servo Tester lets me do that in a minute. Servos, at least the cheaper ones I know, sometimes do not work as …

2D-based single photon emitters integrated with CMOS-compatible Silicon Nitride waveguides

“Researchers from the Photonics Research Group, an imec research group at Ghent university and MIT announced that they have integrated single photon emitters in 2D layered materials with a Silicon Nitride photonic chip. Even for moderate quantum yields, dielectric cavities …

3D microchips could pave way to more efficient “spintronic” computers

“Researchers from The University of Manchester, with colleagues from the universities of Groningen and Utrecht in the Netherlands, say 3D curved microchip structures could be used to develop more powerful – and energy efficient – spin-based computers. The work, published online in …