Star Trek fans wanting to build their very own DIY Star Trek Tricoder may be interested in a new Arduino project this month published by the team over at Element 14. Check out the humorous video below to learn more about the build and how it was created over 10 stages. Hardware you will need … [Read more...] about DIY Star Trek Tricoder project created using a little Arduino
DIY Projects
Learn the Internet of Things with this free course by Microsoft
If you are a beginner and interested in learning about the Internet of Things you may be interested in a new free course created by the engineers at Microsoft. The IoT beginners course consists of a 12-week, 24-lesson curriculum all about IoT basics and each lesson includes pre-and post lesson … [Read more...] about Learn the Internet of Things with this free course by Microsoft
Building a 7 axis industrial robot arm from scratch
Engineer, maker and YouTuber Jeremy Fielding has taken on the huge project of building a seven axis industrial robot arm from scratch. Machining components and designing every aspect of the robot arm himself. Check out the amazing progress he has made in the videos embedded below. Jeremy explains … [Read more...] about Building a 7 axis industrial robot arm from scratch
Build HomeKit home automation devices using HomeSpan
If you would like to out custom home automation systems and devices to your home or business you may be interested to know that the HomeSpan Arduino library available from Github provides an easy-to-use way of creating your own ESP32-based HomeKit devices entirely within the Arduino IDE. HomeSpan … [Read more...] about Build HomeKit home automation devices using HomeSpan
Raspberry Pi 10 Gigabit Ethernet card setup and tested
Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in obtaining the highest possible connections through their network may be interested in a new video created by Jeff Geerling showing how he tested and installed a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 with a 10 Gigabit Ethernet card. Geerling used a ASUS XG-C100C 10G … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi 10 Gigabit Ethernet card setup and tested
Automatic Tesla charger powered by a Raspberry Pi
If you own a Tesla or any other electric vehicle that you need to charge at your home, you may be interested in this fantastic automatic Tesla car charger built by Pat Larson. Check out the video below to learn more about the project which automatically springs into action once Pat parks his car in … [Read more...] about Automatic Tesla charger powered by a Raspberry Pi
Test your USB cables for faults using the Arduino Cable Tracer
If you have a pile of USB cables this handy Arduino Cable Tracer project can help you test and diagnose your USB cables from issues, making sure you have the most efficient and safest possible system charging your mobile devices and gadgets. The project has been built by the team over at … [Read more...] about Test your USB cables for faults using the Arduino Cable Tracer
Raspberry Pi HQ camera project inspired by Tokyo’s old camera shops
Photographers and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in building their very own using the mini PC and the official Raspberry Pi High-Quality camera. The project has been created and designed by Ruha Cheng and her husband Penk Chen and has this week been published to the official Raspberry Pi Blog. … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi HQ camera project inspired by Tokyo’s old camera shops
Nixie tube clock shield for Arduino makes building your clock easy
Building your very own Nixie tube clock is becoming easier and easier thanks to sites such as Nixie Tester and custom-made new boards. Such as the Arduino Nixie tube clock shield that is compatible with Arduino Uno, Micro, Nano microcontrollers but apparently works best with the new Arduino Nano 33 … [Read more...] about Nixie tube clock shield for Arduino makes building your clock easy
TiBeast programmable robot dog with 12 degrees of freedom
If you're interested in learning more about robotics and are looking for a fully featured professional 12 degrees of freedom (12 DOF) programmable robot dog that can carry up to 1.5KG/3.3 lbs of load in motion. You're sure to be interested in the TiBeast a programmable robotic pet that comes … [Read more...] about TiBeast programmable robot dog with 12 degrees of freedom
Nixie tube clock project powered by Arduino
If you are considering purchasing a Nixie tube clock kit you may be interested in a new Arduino project published by Doug Domke to the Hackster.io website this week providing full instructions on how you can build your very own. Nixie tube clock build has been classed as an intermediate project and … [Read more...] about Nixie tube clock project powered by Arduino
CANADUINO Arduino MEGA 2560 compatible programmable logic controller
Engineers and developers looking for a programmable logic controller (PLC) might be worth checking out the new CANADUINO Arduino MEGA 2560 compatible PLC which has been created by Universe Solder Electronics based in Canada. As the name suggests the CANADUINO MEGA 2560 PLC 500 is based on an Arduino … [Read more...] about CANADUINO Arduino MEGA 2560 compatible programmable logic controller
