DIY Projects

Bluetooth Low Energy Swiss-army knife or Btlejack is a small software client designed to be used with the BBC Micro:Bit mini PC and can be used with one or more devices running a dedicated firmware. Once installed you will be able to sniff, jam and hijack Bluetooth Low Energy devices. Current version of this tool (2.0) supports BLE 4.x and 5.x. “Btlejack relies on one or … [Read more...] about Sniff, jam and hijack Bluetooth Low Energy devices with Btlejack

Raspberry Pi enthusiast and maker Martin Mander has created an excellent Raspberry Pi weather station enclosed in an old Walkman tape player. Using a Raspberry Pi Zero together with a Pimoroni Unicorn HAT HD, which is the perfect size to be seen through the transparent door window of the tape player. Mander has removed the inner workings of of the 1984 Hitachi Personal … [Read more...] about Retro cassette deck Raspberry Pi weather station

A unique project has been created by maker Murtaza Tunio the form of a thermal typewriter which uses a thermal point-of-sale printer to allow you to capture your thoughts, ideas and notes any printed format. Created as an art project the thermal typewriter allows you to transform mechanical keystrokes into physical letters on a sheet of paper. It’s creator explains more … [Read more...] about Thermal typewriter offers a “magical” typing experience

If you need inspiration for your next Arduino project this rapid-fire Nerf sentry gun might be worth more investigation built by maker and 3D printing master, James Bruton. The Arduino powered Nerf blaster is capable of firing 10 dance at once and uses two BLDC-powered rollers to accelerate cartridges of 10 darts each. Check out the video below to learn more about the clever … [Read more...] about Arduino rapid fire Nerf blaster

Maker TeCoEd has created a fantastic little Internet of Things weather station using the Raspberry Pi Enviro+ pHAT which provides a wealth of environmental sensors together with a full-colour LCD display for your data. The Enviro+ pHAT can be purchased for about £45 and is specifically designed for environmental monitoring letting you measure air quality (pollutant gases and … [Read more...] about Internet of Things weather station

Electronic enthusiasts interested in building their very own glass circuit boards are sure to enjoy this tutorial created by Heliox in her recent video. The tutorial shows you how to create your very own glass substrate circuit boards at home, Heliox explains the process in her native French language but YouTube can also be used to automatically translate the instructions which … [Read more...] about Easily build your own glass circuit boards

If you are still considering how to get started setting up home automation and transforming your regular home into a smart home you might be interested in a selection of videos embedded below which provide an introduction, examples and inspiration on how you can and home automation to your living space. If you would prefer not to use the major platforms being touted by … [Read more...] about Home automation ideas, projects and inspriation

Scott Powell has published a new tutorial to the Hackster.io website this week providing instructions on how to set up your very own LoRa Mesh Chat system that is capable of working without a cellular network and is perfect for disaster scenarios or as a way to send SMS style messaging to a group without the need for cell coverage. Powel explains a little more about the project … [Read more...] about LoRa Mesh Chat does not require cell coverage