>>> The Internet Of Things It’s concept is quite simple; the idea is to provide intelligence to everything that surrounds us, connect it to the internet, bring it to life, and make lots of cool things happen. Sounds nice, but how do you that? Here is the answer… >>> Meet the WiPy A small, super […]
The WiPy: The Internet of Things Taken to the Next Level Continue Reading
About this project Are you a maker? Have you got a nice idea but could not verify it with a limited budget? Do you have a headache to design Wi-Fi products but cannot find a good support? Have you built a nice prototype ready for manufacturing but could not find the resources for mass production?
Domino IO – An Open Hardware WiFi Platform for Things Continue Reading
There are different types of DC-DC regulators. The most common are linear and switch mode regulators. Everyone that has tinkered with electronics has probably used a 78xx series linear regulator. They are easy to use since they don’t need any special components. With most linear regulators you just put a capacitor on the input and
Testing switch mode voltage regulators Continue Reading
Have you come out of a store and said to yourself, where did I park my car? Well, I have. Now, there are a lot of smartphone applications that can help you locate your car but smartphones are expensive. So this Lazy Old Geek (L.O.G.) decided to make my own. How It Works: When you
Arduino CarTracker – GPS Car locator Continue Reading
WARNING!! You will play with LIVE MAINS!! Deadly zone!! If you don’t have any experience and are not qualified for working with MAINS power I will not ecourage you to play arround! Because of the high interest in the subject, a new dedicated Dev Board has been born: MPSMv2, a small ESP8266 DevBoard with integrated
ESP8266 WIFI Web Power Switch for MAINS Continue Reading
Features The printer has been designed to use any photosensitive material to the laser wavelength (405nm) although the tests were performed with negative Dry-film (blue color). Print area: 210mm x 170mm Laser wavelenght: 405nm Auto-focus: through astigmatic method Diameter of focused laser beam: approx. 0.1mm Print speed: 600mm/min. Travel speed: max. 15,000mm/min. Dimensions: 385 mm
DiyouPCB is a PCB printer which uses a Blu-Ray™ pickup Continue Reading
“It’s one of the purest open source hardware plays I’ve seen in a long while and it just goes to show how cool it is to be able to print your own plastic parts at home.” – TechCrunch When you support us by spreading the word about ELF, we make sure to show our appreciation.
ELF: The HD Video Streaming Nano Drone Continue Reading
Thin, flexible mechanical energy harvester, with rectifier and microbattery, mounted on a curved glass support. Credit: University of Illinois and University of Arizona. (Phys.org) —Researchers from several institutions in the U.S. and one from China have together developed a piezoelectric device that when implanted in the body onto a constantly moving organ is able to
Introduction (Latest updates 29/3/2015) If you’ve read my early blogs you’ll know I do a lot of work with a pal of mine, Aidan Ruff. We had an R&D company for years and one of our products was a home control system which was plastered all over the UK tech press at the time and
Home Control 2015 using Arduino Continue Reading
Recently we have learned how to interface GSM Module with Arduino and send/receive SMS using GSM module. Interfacing any device with a micro controller is the first step to building a useful system or project with that particular device. In this tutorial, we are going to build a very interesting project – a Fire Alarm
GSM based SMS Alert Fire Alarm System using Arduino Continue Reading
