Collaborate Disseminate
The war on Internet ads rages on, as the arms race between ad blockers and ad creators continues to escalate. To make a modern Internet experience even remotely palatable, plenty …read more Continue reading Pie Stop For Emergency DNS Needs
Some people state that ESP8266 is tolerant of 5 V logic levels on its GPIOs, while others vehemently disagree, pointing at the datasheet-stated 3.6 V maximum. Datasheets aren’t source code …read more Continue reading Is ESP8266 5 V Tolerant? This Curve Tracer Says Yes!
Will Netflix’s nostalgic hit Stranger Things be back for a fourth series anytime soon? We could pull out a Ouija board and ask the spirits, but we’d much rather ask …read more Continue reading Stranger Things Message Board Passes the Time by Spelling it Out
A powerful robot awaiting for a verbal command to crush its foes might sound like something from a science fiction film, but now it’s a permanent fixture of the [Making …read more Continue reading Pneumatic Can Crusher Awaits Your Command
“You could’ve done that with a 555 timer.” But what if all you have on hand is an ESP8266? [TechColab] needed to control a solenoid valve with a short pulse …read more Continue reading WiFive55: More Than a Smart 555 Replacement
We’re truly fortunate to have so many incredible open source projects floating around on the Internet, since there’s almost always some prior art you can lean on. By combining bits …read more Continue reading 18650 Brings ESP8266 WiFi Repeater Along For The Ride
We were beginning to think we’d seen it all when it comes to RGB clocks, but [andrei.erdei] found a fast path back into our hearts and minds. This clock is …read more Continue reading Oh Brother, Would You Look at This Cistercian Clock
Nietzsche said (essentially) that time is a flat circle — we are doomed to repeat history whether we remember it or not. This is a stark and sobering thought for sure, but it’s bound to dissipate the longer you look at [andrei.erdei]’s literal realization of time as a flat circle. …read more
Continue reading LED Clock Strips Time Down to Pulses of Light
The ESP-01 launched the ESP8266 revolution back in 2014, and while today you’re far more likely to see somebody use a later version of the chip in a Wemos or NodeMCU development board, there are still tasks the original chip is well suited for. Unfortunately, they can be tricky to …read more
Continue reading An Adapter to Solve Your ESP-01 Breadboard Woes
The Internet is a wild and wooly place where people can spout off about anything with impunity. If you sound like you know what you’re talking about and throw around a few bits of the appropriate jargon, chances are good that somebody out there will believe whatever you’re selling.
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Continue reading Torturing an Instrumented Dive Watch, for Science