Crowbar – Fresh Start & New Thoughts
Each new day comes with another chance to see things in a new light. And by all means, don’t be afraid to change your mind. Things get better that way! I recently purchased a few […]
Piezo Ceramic Discs – Some Practical Thoughts
Nowadays, the applications of piezoelectricity in everyday electronic devices are growing at an exciting pace. The term piezo can trace its roots back to ancient Greek, where its significations refer to activities of pressing, pushing, […]
Digital MOSFET Switch Module
Of late I asked to control certain devices through a MOSFET from an Arduino microcontroller, but the devices are 12VDC rated and demand much more current than the Arduino can deliver. The easiest way to […]
A Simple LED Rescue Light
Lighting is very essential in the wake of a disaster! When a disaster depletes your utilities buries everything in darkness, being capable to enlighten your environs can be a matter of survival counting on your […]
More Buttons & One Arduino Input
While working on big Arduino projects, quite often you might find that even stacks of the I/O pins run out rapidly as the design concept gets more complex! This is especially true when you want […]
Arduino Stroboscope – Revised Thoughts
A stroboscope is basically a pulsed light at a known frequency. When the frequency of a rotating object matches that of the stroboscope, it appears to stand still. It is possible for the object to […]
Arduino Artificial Fire Lamp
Artificial fire lamps nowadays are quite easy to buy. Usually, such a fire lamp has a special inbuilt flickering light-emitting diode to create the fire/flame effect. Anyway, I don’t want to buy cheap and possibly […]
Arduino Spider Wrap
Spider wrap is a type of security device used by many retailers. It’s simply a wired alarm that is attached to products to prevent theft. If the wire on the spider wrap is cut, the […]
Fall Saver Infrared Bedside Alarm
I have no idea if you’re the type of maker who browses e-commerce sites looking for cheap, interesting things for your hobby electronics projects or not. However, I most certainly am such a kind of […]
Easy LED Origami!
Love the ancient art of paper folding – Origami?. Traditional origami consists of folding a single sheet of origami paper (square paper often with a colored side) into a sculpture without cutting, gluing, taping, or […]