Regular readers of this blog know we're enthusiastic users of the ESP8266. I've personally shown how to control a camera pan and tilt mechanism, make a »
Our latest toy is an MP Select Mini 3D printer. I purchased this with fellow Maker and whatimade.today associate Michael Diamond. We selected this entry »
I'm assuming most readers of this blog already know what a Magic Mirror is. There are any number of tutorials on the web explaining how to »
As hobbyists, we are often faced with the decision of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) vs. CUSTOM, or sometimes known as the Buy vs Build dilemma. »
In recent months I’ve been using Cayenne for many of my IoT projects, allowing me to view sensors and controllers remotely. It’s a great »
What to do with a spare RasPi? This is the third project in the "Great Projects for a Spare Raspberry Pi" series. The first project, Flightradar24, »
About to embark on a trek in South-East Asia, I really didn't want to take a laptop or tablet. The first is too heavy for the »
A couple of weeks ago, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a partnership with RealVNC in which the latter would offer a free VNC Connect account for »
My addiction to clocks started a few years back when I got it into my head that I wanted to build a mechanical timepiece. I spent »
In today’s blog, I am going to show you the easy way to interface 7-segment displays – Using the MAX7219. Each 7219 chip can be used »
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