Hello everybody hope you’re doing well, in this instructable I’m going to show you how to make a wireless motion alarm system, this device consists of a transmitter and a receiver. So essentially it is a pretty simple and basic wireless motion alarm system with light indication. Besides being fairly useful it is also a […]
The Picture Exchange Communication System, or PECS, allows people with little or no communication abilities to communicate using pictures. People using PECS are taught to approach another person and give them a picture of a desired item in exchange for that item. By doing so, the person is able to initiate communication. A child or […]
A great introductory project for those diving into the IoT and Arduino platform. Working with motors and an IR sensor helps newbies understand various components and sensors compatible with the Arduino. Using the remote control, you will be able to control the robot’s movement allowing the robot to move in straight lines or turn based […]
You could always see 7-segment displays around you used to display digits, like in timer, clock, etc. In this mission, you are going to learn how it works and display numbers on it. Let’s start. Step 1: What You Will Need The parts you will need are all included in this Maker kit. SwiftIO board Shield […]
This is an easy way to make your boards into a fun laser tag game to play with friends. we combined both boards as described in the pictures. Supplies For this project you will need IR remotes, shoe laces, circuit playground express, ESP8266, battery case for the board and batteries Step 1: GIT Files Go […]
When I was working on the Toy Magnetic Levitation project with a solenoid coil, I thought to myself, why didn’t I make a coil winder. So I took my times to build a simple coil winder based on GRBL firmware and it was made from PVC pipes. I’m willing to share how I made it, please check […]
Hello everyone ! Today I’m going to show you how I built this little kitchen scale during this lockdown ! It can measure weights up to several kilograms, has an included battery, a nice display and can even be turned into a connected scale thanks to the the ESP8266. I used a 20Kg load cell, […]
This project is bases on the internet radio by Ed Smallenburg. He did an awesome job in creating a working internet-based radio. He shared his coding and hardware on the world wide web so that people like you and me can learn from it. He shared his build on GitHub using the copyleft license. (It […]
This was my first animated Halloween prop. I found this witch at the local hardware store. It was meant to hang up by a cord and if someone came close to it, an infrared sensor would trigger the prop. The prop has LED eyes that would light up and it would trigger a voice tract […]
About a week or so after Halloween last year (pre-COVID), I happened to be in Home Depot and back in a far corner bin were several Halloween items very heavily discounted. They were just trying to get rid of them as fast as they could. There were two life-sized animated knights that I got for […]
