One of my class assignments this week is to use the BBC Micro:bit to interface with a Scratch program we’ve written. I thought that this was the perfect opportunity to use my ThreadBoard to create an embedded system! My inspiration for the scratch program comes from vintage handheld electronic games that my mother would get for me […]
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The main aim of this project is to come up with a functional WiFi switch that will help us operate via the “Blynk” app from the Mobile app store. This Instructable is successfully tested with very basic knowledge of Electronics and I would appreciate suggestions from professionals in the domain to comment for appropriate changes.
This 3D printed switch will allow the user to turn a Makey Makey into a “finger slide” for a “click” in gaming or could be right/left arrows to scroll through presentations. The addition of right and left terminal mounts for the ground wire makes it flexible to meet the hand dominance needs of the user.
Project Background: In 2015, I started a kickstarter project of a miniature 3D zoetrope DIY kit. The next year, I started the version 2 of said project by further simplifying the kit and reducing its manufacturing cost. Sadly, both crowdfunding failed, but this is how the 3D zoetrope looks. *Zoetrope: a 19th-century optical toy consisting of
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This project is a companion to my other Home Automation projects Smart Data- Logging Geyser Controller and Multi-purpose-Room-Lighting and Appliance Controller . It is a pool side mounted monitor that measures the pool water temperature, ambient air temperature and barometric pressure. It then displays the pool water temperature on a local LED bargraph and transmits via WiFi/MQTT to a
Clock generator I recently build a pulse generator and it does its job well. It produces pulses of variable length and at several frequencies. But the number of frequencies it can produce is limited and for many jobs the length of a pulse is less important than its frequency. E.g. when you are testing a
Binary displays are very popular for clocks so it looked like there a gap waiting to be filled in the measurement area with an instrument that displayed its results in a Binary format. As result I decided that a DVM would be a suitable project to be given a Binary makeover. The Microbit has the
Controlling your computer by using hotkeys and macros is a great way of speeding up your workflow. Unfortunately a device dedicated to doing that (for example Elgato’s Stream Deck) will cost you about $120. That is why I designed FreeTouchDeck. FreeTouchDeck will cost you about $20 (including shipping!) to make. It uses an ESP32 and
We made a Touch-Free Gumball Machine Using a micro:bit, a Crazy Circuits Bit Board, a distance sensor, a servo, and cardboard. Making it and using it was a “BLAST”! ???? ???? When you place your hand in the base of the rocket, a distance sensor hidden inside detects your hand and the machine administers a
Introduction This is a tutorial of my custom made MIDI handpan with 19 volume sensitive tonefields, Plug’n Play USB capability, and a lot of easy to use parameters for adjusting the pads for your individual needs. It’s not a design award winning model 😉 but it perfectly fits to my needs in practicing handpan playing
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