Wizard Chess is a form of chess originally invented by J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The characters give verbal commands to the chess pieces and they move by magic. Seems impossible right? Not anymore! Using an Arduino Uno, along with an XY plotter, Wizard Chess can be recreated in real life! You […]
Recently I have been playing around with Arduino. Arduino is really cool and is a great way to learn electronics. In this Instructable I will teach you the basics of Arduino including: LED’s Buttons Potentiometers Resistors Tinkercad And a project with this knowledge. Step 1: The Board The controller can be broken down into a
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I have been working with Arduino and electronics for many years now, and I am still learning. In this ever-expanding world of micro-controllers, it is easy to get lost and run circles around yourself trying to find information. In this Instructable, I will be showing you: What an Arduino is and does. Where to start
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In this instructable, I will show you how to make an IR remote control system for a model train. You will then be able to control your trains while relaxing on your couch. So, let’s get started! Step 1: Collect All the Stuff! Here is the parts list for electronic components: An Arduino Mega An AF
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[Wesley Kagan] is building a Corvette with a V12 engine swap. Much of the driveline will be entirely replaced, which means the components to drive the mechanical speedometer and tachometer will no longer be present in the final car. Instead, [Wesley] came up with his own electronic gauge conversion to do the job. It’s a build
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Thermal Imaging Solution for Electronics Testing The FLIR ETS320 is the first true electronic test bench camera, designed for Quick temperature checks on PCB boards and electronic devices. The FLIR ETS320 is sensitive enough to detect subtle temperature differences with an accuracy of ±3°c, so you can quickly find hot spots and potential points of
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Process that modifies semiconductor material atom by atom could enable higher-performance electronics. Researchers from MIT and the University of Colorado have fabricated a 3-D transistor that’s less than half the size of today’s smallest commercial models. To do so, they developed a novel microfabrication technique that modifies semiconductor material atom by atom. The inspiration behind the work was to keep up
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The education and home market is flooded with modular electronics ‘learning’ systems designed to teach kids and adults key STEM and STEAM concepts. Products such as LittleBits or Snapcircuits seem to dominate every holiday gift guide or parent blog for educational toys. However, these systems always come with a hefty price tag attached and many
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I am curious. I like to know how things work. For the curious, this Instructable will try to explain some of the Arduino electronics. I suspect many people have built Arduino projects but couldn’t get them to work. I hope to provide some knowledge and skills to help fix hardware problems such as wiring errors
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When I started to deal with Chinese electronics suppliers from websites like Alibaba, Aliexpressand Taobao, I discovered that there are huge amount of undiscovered tools from the Chinese market. They are not easily discovered, maybe due to the Chinese language barrier, especially when we deal with a Chinese website like Taobao or maybe because most of us are
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