Normally, when a project calls for addressable LEDs, we just throw a strip of WS2812s and an Arduino together, cobble together some code from the examples in the FastLED library, and call it a day. We don’t put much thought into what’s going on under the hood, unless and until we run into an LED project […]
COOL WS2811 TRICK MAKES LED ART INSTALLATION SMOOTH Continue Reading
Let’s learn how to control multiple LEDs using Arduino’s digital outputs and a breadboard. Expanding upon the last lesson on blinking an LED, We’ll connect some LEDs to the Arduino Uno and compose a simple program to light them up in a pattern. You can follow along virtually using Tinkercad Circuits. You can even view this lesson from
Multiple LEDs & Breadboards With Arduino in Tinkercad Continue Reading
This is a YouTube Subscriber counter built with an ESP8266. It uses the YouTube apiv3 to poll for changes. It’s made specifically for one of my favourite youtubers Henk Rijckaert. It was featured in his livestream where the goal was to get to 9000 subscribers. Step 1: Parts Needed – Electronics and Case The project is
YouTube Subscriber Counter With LEDs Continue Reading
Art is a conversation, yes. But normally, it’s a short one: the artist makes a statement and the audience responds, each bringing their own interpretations. The hard thing about being an artist is that once you release a piece into the world, it’s sort of bound and gagged in that it can’t defend itself from
RESPONSIVE PAINTINGS DO IT WITH HEAT AND LIGHT Continue Reading
The inner machinations of the mind of cryptocurrency markets are an enigma. Even traditional stock markets often seem to behave at random, to the point that several economists seriously suggest that various non-human animals might outperform one market or another just by random chance alone. The classic example is a monkey picking stocks at random,
HAMSTER TRADES CRYPTO BETTER THAN YOU Continue Reading
A lot of electronic busy boxes that are built for children are simply that — a mess of meaningless knobs and switches that don’t do much beyond actuating back and forth (which, let’s be honest, is still pretty fun to do). But this Mission Control Center by [gcall1979] knocks them all out of orbit. The simulation
REALISTIC MISSION CONTROL BOX IS A BLAST FOR ALL AGES Continue Reading
In this instructable, I will show you how to build a trampoline that changes colors whenever you jump on it! Step 1: The Things You Need Materials: 3 rolls of wire, different colors, the thinner the better Solder, the thinner the better – I had thick solder wires in the beginning, and it melted so
Jump Sensitive Neopixel Trampoline Continue Reading
From the Wemos D1 mini to the NodeMCU, the ESP8266 based boards are by far the most popular platform, among makers and hobbyist, for building WiFi based projects due to their low cost and general ease of use. For today’s tutorial, we will continue our exploration of the most popular of the ESP8266 based boards; the NodeMCU development board and we will
NODEMCU ESP8266 WEBSERVER TUTORIAL Continue Reading
We’ve gotten used to seeing “meta clocks,” clocks that use an array of analog clock faces and piece together characters using the hands of the clocks. They’re very clever, and we always like to see them, especially when they come with detailed build instructions like this one does. What’s also nice about [Erich Styger]’s “MetaClockClock” display
CLOCK-OF-CLOCKS ADDS LIGHT-PIPE HANDS FOR BEAUTY AND FUNCTION Continue Reading
Let’s measure distances with an ultrasonic rangefinder (distance sensor) and Arduino’s digital input. We’ll connect up a circuit using a breadboard and use some simple Arduino code to control a single LED. You may have already learned to read a pushbutton and PIR motion sensor with Arduino’s digital input, and we’ll build on those skills in this lesson. Ultrasonic
Ultrasonic Distance Sensor in Arduino With Tinkercad Continue Reading
