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Music Reactive Mood Lights

“Back in freshman year (Spring of 2019), I wanted to spruce up my dorm room. I came up with the idea of building my own mood lights which would react to the music I listened to on my headphones. Frankly …

Programmable Keypad

“In this project I’ll show how to make relatively simple and inexpensive programmable keypad for mapping your most used keyboard shortcuts, applications and more. This keypad is detected as keyboard in all major OS, no additional drivers needed. Supplies …

Upcycled RC Car

“RC cars have always been a source of excitement for me. They’re fast, they’re fun, and you don’t have to worry if you crash them. Yet, as an older, more mature, RC enthusiast, I can’t be …

GoodBoy - 3D Printed Arduino Robot Dog

“This instructable details how to make a small quadruped robot using 3D printed parts. It is designed to be compact, simple, and inexpensive to build. This project uses an Arduino Uno as the microcontroller. In this instructable you will find …

Space Hinvaders Color

“A micro game with Color LED matrix where the pixels used for the entire game are about those of a single sprite of the original invader. I really like old video games, and I had never found a space invader …

3D Printed Arduino Based RC Transmitter

“This project will show you how I went about designing and building an Arduino based RC Transmitter. My goal for this project was to design a 3D printable RC Transmitter that I could use to control other Arduino projects. I …

3D Printed Arduino Macro Keyboard

“This was my first project working with the Arduino Pro Micro. You can use it in Zoom or Discord chats to do things like toggle mute, toggle your video, or share your screen. On top of that, you can program …

Add a Digital Display to an Old Communications Receiver

“One of the shortcomings of using an older communications gear is the fact that the analog dial isn’t very accurate. You’re always guessing at the frequency you’re receiving. In the AM or FM bands, this generally isn …

Alarm Keypad MQTT ESP8266

“In this Instructable I show you how I made a battery powered keypad to enable and disable my home alarm. In the future I plan to make an improved one which has a RFID reader included and which is not …

Battery Hero (aka Cutout Switch)

“Last year I brought a thermoelectric cooler for camping. These aren’t the best for cooling items down from room temperature but they will kept items cold if they come out of a fridge. The big issue is that the …