Since more and more of us are working from home, we are all increasing our engagement with our screens (looking at you, Zoom meetings). For myself, when I am taking a break from my computer screen I end up doing other things in my apartment and a large amount of the time, I don’t keep […]
The BookMinder: a Bookend Meeting Countdown Device Continue Reading
ROOAAARR!! Before you learn how to train your dragon, you need to first obtain a dragon, and there’s no better way than to make it yourself! This guide will explain the steps I took to create a scale model animatronic dragon, and in doing so I hope you might also learn how to follow similar
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Quick Start This tutorial will take you through the steps you can use to successfully process Real World text I/OYou should avoid using any Serial methods in your loop() code and any code it calls. (see below) Install the SafeString library (V3+) from the Arduino Library Manager or the zip file For text input use a SafeStringReader – a non-blocking
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Last week I made an electronic photo album that I could place on my work desk to show some photos. I can take a look at relaxing when I’m tired at work. Previously I have implemented the display of pictures in which the format is BMP on LCD. Nowadays most of the pictures we get
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Who wouldn’t want Gandalf’s Magic Wizard Staff? Turns out Gandalf had various staffs and either lost, broke or upgraded them frequently! This provides us with multiple staff designs and there are plenty of methods of constructing your own Magic Gandalf Staff depending upon your resources and skills. In this Instructable, I will show you how
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With the COVID quarantine moving life online, I now spend many hours looking at my computer screen. Whether I’m doing school virtually, connecting with friends and family, or working on projects, all of these things keep me looking at my screen, as I am doing now. Because of this, sometimes my eyes start to hurt
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This Instructable will show you how to make an atmosphere lamp that lights up just like making little waves on the water surface. It can be placed on your table, shelf, or bedside to create a harmonious atmosphere, bringing an absorbing experience to the user. To do this, you’ll first want to gather the following
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Seeing smart home products being more common in our lives, I’ve started to think about the relationship between people and these products. If one day, smart home products become an indispensable part of everyone’s life, what attitudes should we take to coexist with them? How are we going to treat them? We like to call
Living Pixels – Imagine Technology Has Life Continue Reading
Here comes a simple Graphic Equalizer showing 14 audio bands from 60Hz up to 16kHz. It consist of a PCB based on MSGEQ7 and ESP dev board. Since a MSGEQ7 chip recognizes 7 bands only and an ESP dev board gives us a chance to read a single analog input only, there was a trick
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In this Instructable, we will describe how to turn a “retro” oil lamp into a NeoPixels based rechargeable lamp with colorful light effects. Supplies Arduino nano 12 bits NeoPixel ring Micro USB 5V 1A TP4056 Lithium battery charger module 3.7V 9800mAh Lipo Li-polymer Battery Rotary encoder Ec11 or KY-040 Module Self-locking square button switch An
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