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31 days of Raspberry PI 400 | #2 | Day 1

feiticeir0

Hi all !Welcome to the first day of a new month. Yeah, I know today is April's fools, but this is not a lie. This is part of a challenge - 31 days of Raspberry PI 400 . This challenge consists of me using the Raspberry PI 400 and nothing el...
- 1 Apr 2021
31 days of Raspberry PI 400 | #1

feiticeir0

Hi all ! First, I wanna thank to elf14 presents - The Ultimate Raspberry Pi Bundle Giveaway for the prizes. I've been receiving them and one of them is the Raspberry PI 400 Personal Computer kit.Since this is a all-in-one computer (except for th...
- 1 Apr 2021
What comes first? The PCB? Or the enclosure?

camdenboss

Designing new electronic equipment is a lengthy process, from initial concept to product design, prototyping, selecting an enclosure and so on… but is there a correct order to carry out these tasks? Certain tasks must come before others such as conce...
- 15 Mar 2021
My OLD/NEW Linux IoT Development workstation.

skruglewicz

Introduction Notes from the video Getting the Ubuntu Installation Media Booting the Installation Media Software Installed on the Workstation INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS (IDEs): TEXT EDITING & MANIPULATION: COMMUNICATIONS &am...
- 13 Mar 2021
Goodie bag!

three-phase

It would seem that I am also a recipient of some goodies from element14, although I am not sure why. A few stickers, an element14 breadboard, an Arduino nano and another little blue man. I seem to be collecting a few of them, if I get anot...
- 11 Mar 2021
Unboxing A Box from E14

dubbie

Previously I received a bag from E14 containing my T-shirt (Unbagging : Gifts from E14 | element14 | Dubbie Dubbie) and mentioned that I must have had 10 emails from UPS indicating it was coming. I was a bit confused by the number of emails but just ...
- 9 Mar 2021
DHT22 with Arduino Uno

ami301618

This program will show the output of the DHT22 (AM302) sensor on the serial monitor when interfaced with Arduino Uno. Make the circuit diagram as per the following DHT PIN &nb...
- 8 Mar 2021
PCB Milling - Alternative to Protoboard and Chemical Etching

Sean_Miller

INTRODUCTIONIf this title caught your eye, you've probably dreamed there was something else - something you could do to get your PCB within an hour of designing it - just to give it a try and think of other ways to improve upon it. I'm ta...
- 8 Mar 2021
Z probe for the CNC machine [part 2]

kk99

In this part I focused on creating of the simple script which allows to execute g-code created by Autoleveller application to collect information about thickness of the PCB in different measurement points and use it to generate corrected g-code. The ...
- 6 Mar 2021
Unbagging : Gifts from E14

dubbie

Having recently been voted Rising Contributor of the Year 2020 (thanks you all I was quite made up by this) UPS delivered a parcel from E14 to celebrate this award. UPS are obviously struggling as I received about 10 emails over the cours...
- 5 Mar 2021
Measuring Distance using HC-SR-04 sensor with Arduino

ami301618

For distance measuring applications HC-SR04 is the most common sensor used. This sensor uses sound waves to measure the distance between the sensor and the obstacle. It works on the principle of Doppler effect. HC-SR04 also known as ultrasonic s...
- 5 Mar 2021
ATmega328P and it's Architecture

yesha98

This article is meant to explain the architecture of the ATmega328P from Atmel for further projects on AVR Assembly programmingThe overview:The high-performance Microchip picoPower 8-bit AVR RISC-based microcontroller combines 32KB ISP flash memory w...
- 2 Mar 2021
Common diecast and extruded aluminium enclosure uses and features

camdenboss

Common diecast and extruded aluminium enclosure uses and features Selecting between a metal or plastic enclosure can cost you a lot down the line in terms of having the right protection, manufacturing an affordable product or simply having the r...
- 2 Mar 2021
Understanding the basics of Alps Alpine's Magnetic Sensors

alpselectric

Principles of Alps Alpine Magnetic Sensors www.youtube.com/watch Magnetic sensors are used to change electrical signals after detecting a magnetic state.There are various kinds of magnetic sensor, typical ones being Hall ...
- 2 Mar 2021
Z probe for the CNC machine [part 1]

kk99

I few weeks ago I bought convertible 3 in 1 device (DOBOT Mooz-2 Plus) which allow 3D printing, laser engraving and CNC. After initial testing of each module I decided to try the CNC module in PCB engraving. Initial tests showed me that is required p...
- 28 Feb 2021
Kali Linux 2021.1 Release (Command-Not-Found)

jkutzsch

So this week I saw that the great people from Offensive Security have put out the first 2021 update for Kali! For those of you who may have not seen my previous blogs/projects using various flavors of Kali here is the basics from the main ...
- 28 Feb 2021
DIY CRO TV

yesha98

I've always been interested in Cathode ray tubes, but the one that I got to play with is only the CRT inside an old TV. One of the many ways in which an old TV can be reused is by converting it into an oscilloscope. First, I hacked into the TV t...
- 20 Feb 2021
Valentines Musical Box

dubbie

Rather than just a card , flowers or chocolates this Valentine Day I decided to construct something appropriate using electronics - to share the fun. I have had a go at automating a musical box mechanism in the past (with no success - it was going to...
- 18 Feb 2021
Tips for digital printing electronic enclosures

camdenboss

Tips for digital printing electronic enclosures Digitally printing an electronic enclosure is a common method of adding branding, colour, graphics and eye-catching designs to an otherwise standard plastic or metal box. The usual method is to pri...
- 15 Feb 2021
Surf Report 2021-2-12

airbornesurfer

After an extraordinarily stressful holiday season (thanks in part to COVID and other existential crises), I'm finally back in the shop on my next project! Unfortunately, I've had to shelve Project Llama before I really get started in earnest because ...
- 13 Feb 2021
My Raspberry PI lockdown project

cookmesomekai

Years ago I read something about turning a simple Raspberry PI into a decent audio streamer by adding a DAC HAT for some tens of Euros. The claim was that this would allow to create something that can compete with commercially available audio streame...
- 8 Feb 2021
OLED I2C Silkscreens are wrong, or are they?

baldengineer

One-inch OLED displays with an SSD1306 controller talk to microcontrollers over I2C. Several libraries are available that make interfacing to these modules straightforward. You need to provide a few pieces of information: the screen size and the I2C ...
- 6 Feb 2021
Spherical levitating chess board with magnetic chess pieces.

mrmnt63

Does anyone have any helpful information about making a spherical levitating chess board with magnetic chess pieces? This is a project that I have been thinking about for a long time. Levitation is possible with electro-megnetic principles. A sp...
- 6 Feb 2021
Working with an ABB robot

milosrasic98

Working with an ABB robot 1. Introduction 2. IRB 120 3. Gripper 4. Testing 5. Summary 1. Introduction Hi! As a part of one of my classes in university I had great opportunity to work with an ABB industrial robot...
- 4 Feb 2021
Send an Email from ESP8266 - Important Update

neilk

The Problem A few days ago I discovered that the battery powered, ESP8266 based temperature monitor in one of my greenhouses had stopped transmitting data ti my local web server. When I investigated further, I found that the battery was flat. &n...
- 4 Feb 2021