Projects

Can You Play Tetris on 60 Glass Bricks?

cstanton — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:11:55 GMT

Lorraine Underwood turns 60 glass bricks into a programmable RGB matrix using flexible addressable LEDs and a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W. See how she tackles LED positioning, power, wiring and code to create animations, scrolling text and playable Tetris....(read more)

No Conference Badge? Build the Badge that You Have Always Wanted

cstanton — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:19:06 GMT

Clem Mayer loves electronic conference badges, so when an event doesn’t have one, there’s only one solution: build his own! Featuring an ESP32-S2, LCD display, six games and SAO expansion, his COMmunity Badge is part name tag, part portab...(read more)

Can an ESP32 Tell When a Saxophone Is Out of Tune?

cstanton — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:55:45 GMT

Forget squinting at a tiny instrument tuner! Mark Donners combines an ESP32, microphone, addressable LEDs and glass building blocks to create a giant colour-changing tuner for his saxophone Time to Make Beautiful Music with Mark! players.bright...(read more)

Fundamentals of Electronics: Understanding Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors

cstanton — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:35:38 GMT

Robin tackles the “Holy Trinity” of electronics: resistors, capacitors and inductors. Discover how these three fundamental components work, why they appear in so many circuits, and the principles every budding electronics engineer or make...(read more)

DIY Test Equipment: Building a Modular 32-Channel Python SCPI Logic Monitor

cstanton — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:33:12 GMT

A stubborn logic-level problem inspired Clem to build his own modular lab equipment. His Analog Bridge combines 32 channels of analogue measurement with Ethernet, USB, SCPI control and Python software, creating a versatile logic monitor and seriously...(read more)

Combining Zigbee, Raspberry Pi and Computer Vision for a Smart Family Planner

cstanton — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:16:14 GMT

Fed up with forgotten chores, missed messages and scattered shopping lists, Lorraine set out to build a smarter family planner using Raspberry Pi. Combining a touchscreen dashboard, wireless Zigbee buttons and camera-based recognition, the system ass...(read more)

Fundamentals of Electronics: Understanding Electricity, Voltage, and Current

cstanton — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:03:43 GMT

Join Robin Mitchell for an introduction to electronics, exploring what electricity is, how electric current flows, why voltage is always relative, and the differences between AC and DC power. By focusing on the fundamental principles before circuits ...(read more)