The 18650 Lithium Ion Battery is becoming the go to battery for rechargeable projects, from microcontrollers to skateboards and ebikes. We have been powering our Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Ham Radio projects with them. Although soldering the tabs on these
Tutorials for adding a LCD to a Arduino are all over the net. It’s pretty simple, and I2C makes the wiring even simpler, and libraries prevent complicating the code much. However, adding a LCD to a ESP8266 is not as
Here is an easy project using a Echo Dot (Alexa) to control my ESP8266. I give it simple commands (Alexa, lights, off) and the command shows on the LCD screen attached to the ESP8266. Actual relays will be the next
One of the things I find myself making often, is plastic (plexiglass) control panels. I still have not made my desktop cnc yet, but when I do, I can stop drilling these panels by hand. Mounting LED’s is always a
I just installed FreePBX, a linux based open source phone system at work (12 SIP trunks, 40 extensions), and thought, why not a home / small office unit based on a Raspberry Pi? The Raspberry Pi can easily handle multiple
As a Ham Radio operator and a electronics / programming fanatic, I’m always on the lookout to improve my bench equipment. This weeks upgrade is a multi voltage bench power supply. For those that have been looking, bench power supplies
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