The main hallmark of a truly skilled business professional is being able to delegate responsibilities. Hiring someone to answer the phone for you doesn’t indicate that you unable to perform the task yourself. However, business owners can’t work their way to the top and also run every aspect of their companies themselves. Software can help […]
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In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to build a BeatFlower: A flower shaped, USB powered “wall light” that doubles as a color display for e.g. music on your computer. I use the following components in this tutorial: 5x 12 bit RGB LED ring using the WS2812b controller 1x ATtiny85 microcontroller on a Digispark
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I Like Internet of Things. I like Automation in general. One issue i have with most outlet control systems is that you only have the choice of a per outlet solution like zwave through smart things. Or a DIY Solution using something like a Particle Photon and a Relay bank. The problem with the particle
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Background: I used a Basys3 FPGA board however, this game can be created with the FPGA of your choosing. This is a straightforward and enjoyable game which uses the five push buttons to represent the “Whacks” and five LEDs to represent the “Moles.” Each push button corresponds to one of the LEDs/Moles and the only
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We have a room at our office that is just perfect for a quick nap. Closable doors, dark blinds and even a red light over the door to set the room to “do not disturb”. Catch is, walking up to the 4th floor with your teddy in tow only to find out that the red
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I decided to to try to get Alexa to turn on and off my gas fireplace. The fireplace had no internet control built in but rather used a RF remote to turn the remote on and off. The remote in question is the Skytech SR 1001TH but I would assume most of this plan would apply to
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Before cell phones even before telephones, people communicated through Morse code. Despite being a technology that is over 160 years old, it’s still used today among amateur radio users and on some ships. While you might not find any particular use for Morse code in your daily life, learning Morse is a fun and engaging
This instructable will show you how to build your own development board from scratch! This method is simple and doesn’t require any advanced tools, you can even do it at your kitchen table. This also gives a better understanding of how Ardruinos and other development boards really work. You can design your development board to
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** Update: I posted a new video for v2 with a lance ** I host Robotics workshops for young kids and I’m always looking for economical platforms to build intriguing projects. While Arduino clones are cheap, it uses the C/C++ language that kids are not familiar with. Also, it doesn’t have a built-in WiFi which is a
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Keep an eye on your beloved bbies and play music or tell ’em to be quiet while you are away! This tutorial will show how to use a Raspberry Pi computer to monitor the volume of sound in your home (via the Cloud) to see if and when your pet is upset. Drum roll… the
