This was delivered to my doorstep yesterday while I was out:
Very nice collectable keepsake!
I'm almost afraid to try it out . But being a technerd first, I will definitely have to do something with it!
The board itself is very...
When you use a Raspberry PI, it is important to monitor its temperature. It should no way exceed 85 Degree centigrade. Years ago, I did a project with Raspberry PI, an LCD and a few jumper wires. My project showed the Raspberry PI temperature on the ...
I returned home from a day visit to a classic English stately Home (Petworth House - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth-house-and-park), and a classic English dinner (Bangers and Mash followed by Victoria sponge cake) with classic winter ...
The Build a Present competition is now closed and we are looking for volunteers to choose a Grand Prize winner and award the First Place finishers. If you didn't get a chance to participate and this is a theme of interest to you then we c...
I have made a simple blind stick. This can be helpful to blind people. I have used a SONAR sensor, an Arduino UNO, some jumper wires and a buzzer.
Arduino UNO is the brain of this project. The SONAR sensor and a buzzer is connected to the ardui...
In my last blog, I talked about the overall design of the project as well as the components required. I had used a multicomp SMD RGB LED but I faced certain problems when I tried to simultaneously control more than one color to obtain different colou...
1. Introduction
Internet is supposed to make us closer and to make the world smaller, and this should be true especially during the Christmas holidays, when parents and relatives from all over the world reunite to have a special lunch or dinner. Howe...
Introduction
My project14 idea for the Build a Present contest is to make a transparent music box made of plexiglass and light it up using RGB LEDs. I'm using plexiglass for two reasons- First because it is transparent in nature. Second, a single LED...
Well, we've reached the last day to submit projects for "Build a Present" and my snowman is not finished. In the spirit of participation, I thought I would document my progress...
Here is the link to my first post: Slip Ring Sn...
Hello everyone,
Here I come again with another tiny but interesting project. The project is called ‘Door alarm circuit’. The circuit rings an alarm when somebody opens the door. This circuit is sometimes important to ensure your pri...
I had big hopes for my contribution to the Build a Present Project14 activity over Christmas. I was pleased to have been gifted a small electric tricycle some time before Christmas. It wasn't working, but hey, it was free. The battery was defunc...
Open source Chess Clock developed for Arduino UNO with a TFT LCD touch screen that implements the main time controls: Fischer, US Delay, Bronstein and no increment. Moves counter and time bonus.
Happy Holidays to all and a big thanks to the E14 Elves for sending over a christmas present
For this blog, I decided to write about a custom Camper Van conversion that I built as a present for my father. He has long talked about his dream to...
Hello everyone, and happy new year! With the current post I would like to introduce to the community my little, low budget, tiny project.
I am not a champion in choosing Christmas gifts, so the idea of giving something simple, not economically e...
Make a singing Christmas tree from scratch using a micro:bit and a Crazy Circuits Bit Board! Featuring a mouth that opens and closes and eyes that move, it's a radio-connected animatronic party trick to see what all the kids want for Christmas. ...
Window Guard is an intruder alarm circuit. This circuit rings an alarm when somebody opens your window from outside. I have made this circuit and tested it on my own bedroom 's window. This circuit is based on Arduino UNO. Arduino UNO is the bra...
Challenge... Accepted!!
When the good people at element14 gave us the challenge of building a present that "shows the most heart", we said: "Challenge... Accepted!!". We said it with so much gusto, that it's hard to describe in simple text, which is ...
1. Build with Arduino Micro
Thanks for the gift from Element14,
I build the Mini Aquarium with Arduino Micro
2. The Code
Build with Arduino IDE
/* Build Presents for Project14*/
// include the library code:
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
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A long time ago (almost exactly 2 years), I started a project to try out a slip ring. I can't exactly remember what it was supposed to do, but I think that it was going to continuously pan a camera attached to an RPi Zero W.&...
My idea for "Build a Present" has a backstory.
When I was a little younger (50 years ago), we opened our presents on Christmas Eve at 8pm (Exactly). Santa for some reason dropped off the presents early so our family tradition can continue (He still d...
