DIY Projects

If you have ever wanted to build your very own binary Nixie Clock you may be interested to know that a kit is available with optional housing and Arduino board priced from $69. “All SMD components are assembled, only connectors, pin headers and nixie tubes sockets require soldering. Arduino, … [Read more...] about Arduino Nano powered binary Nixie clock from $69

Adafruit have announced the availability of its new Triple-axis Magnetometer offering a sensor capable of sensing ranges from +-50 gauss (+- 5000 uTesla!) with no range-setting required. For high resolution, you can read at 100 Hz update rate, and if you were not too concerned about a slight loss of … [Read more...] about Adafruit Triple-axis Magnetometer sensor board now available

Following on from yesterday’s final release candidate, the development team at Adafruit responsible for creating the latest CircuitPython 5.0.0, the open-source derivative of the MicroPython programming language targeted towards students and beginners, have announced its availability as a stable … [Read more...] about CircuitPython 5.0.0 stable release now available

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts may be interested in a new project published by Aula Jazmati, offering insight into how to create Raspberry Pi remote access projects using Hexabitz Solid State Relay Modules and Hexabitz Raspberry Pi Interface Module. Classed as an intermediate project the tutorial is an … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi remote access using Hexabitz

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in building their very own Raspberry Pi cluster of mini PCs may be interested in a new tutorial created by the team over at LearnLinuxTV on building your very own Raspberry Pi Kubernetes cluster. By combining the small mini PC into a cluster, you can combine the … [Read more...] about Build a Raspberry Pi Kubernetes cluster