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[Dave] wanted an old pickup, and he found a GMC Sierra Grande truck vintage 1970. While it had an unusual amount of options, there weren’t that many high-tech options over …read more Continue reading Trick Your (1970) Pickup Truck
[hannu_hell] created Dodge as a “novel design of tripod.” It’s a small robotic device quite unlike anything else we’ve seen of late. It’s intended to be a self-mobile camera platform …read more Continue reading Dodge, The Weird Tripod Robot
For our next installment, I have a lovely and daring PCB submitted by one of our readers, [Vas]. This is an ESP32-S3 board that also has an onboard round TFT …read more Continue reading PCB Design Review: ESP32-S3 Round LCD Board
Building your own watch or clock is kind of a maker’s rite of passage. Once upon a time, if you went with a wrist watch, you’d typically work on producing …read more Continue reading Dev Board Watch Takes Path of Least Resistance
The range of hardware that comes on some dev boards these days is truly staggering. Those little LoRa boards are a prime example — ESP32 with WiFi and Bluetooth, a …read more Continue reading Custom Library Rescues Good LoRa Hardware from Bad Firmware
[Simon Monk] got frustrated with bad ADC performance when tinkering with an ESP32 board, and decided to put three of the nowadays-iconic boards to the test – a classic ESP32 …read more Continue reading RP2040, ESP32, And An Atmega Have An ADC-Off
Using hardware I2C on an ESP32? Do you need to connect multiple I2C devices with the same address? Normally, you wouldn’t be able to do that without extra parts, but …read more Continue reading Avoid I2C Address Conflicts On ESP32 By Pin Muxing
[educ8s.tv] has built weather stations before, but his latest is his best yet. It’s all thanks to its low-power design, enabled by its e-paper display. The build is based around …read more Continue reading ESP32 Weather Station Looks Great With Color E-Paper Display
You can listen to plenty of broadcast radio these days. There’s a lot of choice too, with stations on AM, FM, and digital broadcasts to boot. However, if you want …read more Continue reading Internet Radio Built In Charming Cassette-Like Form Factor
Installing solar power at a home is a great way to reduce electricity bills, especially as the cost of solar panels and their associated electronics continue to plummet. Not every …read more Continue reading A Smarter Solar Water Heater