By T.K. Hareendran

International Electronic Design Freelancer • Technical Author • Hardware βeta Tester • Product Reviewer
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Nifty NiMH Battery Charger

And now another interesting little project. After seeing numerous online projects I decided to build my own simple NiMH battery charger circuit using NiMH batteries because a bunch of GP2100 series NiMH cells are lying on […]

DHT11 Sensor Primer

In this guide we will learn how to play with a cheap ‘n’ cheerful temperature and humidity sensor DHT11 – the minuscule 4-pin sensor accurate enough for most do it yourself projects need to read […]

Ultrasonic Water Level Monitor

Here’s a little idea to monitor the level of water in a water tank with the help of an ultrasonic sensor module. The build process is very simple, and best understood by referring to the […]

Simple Selfie Light

Let me introduce another minimalistic circuit of a simple Selfie light based on generally available low-cost components. The idea presented here is a compact USB chargeable design with inbuilt rechargeable battery and dedicated battery charger […]

Solar LED Road Stud

Let me start this month with a Solar LED Road Stud project. Solar LED road stud is a self-powered, autonomous device usually installed on the center line of a road, the lane boundary, and crosswalks […]

Hack Your 16×2 LCD

Nowadays most popular microcontrollers are working on 3.3V but many liquid crystal displays (LCDs) for them are usually on 5V, because they are centered on Hitachi’s de facto standard LCD controller – the HD44780 chip. […]

Mini Solar Garden/Street Light

Here’s another do it yourself project of an automatic mini solar garden/street light. This design belongs to the ‘renewable energy’ category, and is wired around a handful of inexpensive electronic parts. This nifty light circuit […]

Active Heat sink Fan Controller

Active heat sink fan controller presented here is a very simple yet highly useful circuit for automatic control of cooling fans in active heat sink units. The circuit is realized using easy-to-use inexpensive parts and […]