 The prize this week is a ESP8266 Serial WIFI Wireless Transceiver Module so you can add WIFI to your next project. This contest will run for one week (Feb 3- 6, 2015). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Don’t need a make or model, just what what the thing is used for. Please
If you are looking for some inspiration for your next project you might want to have a look at the NetSensor kit from hobbyist.co.nz. Of course this is a nice bundle of hardware and code that looks like it works very well and would be handy. You could probably do something similar with the equipment you have on hand by looking through the project details. “NetSensor is an Arduino Kit which
Check out this video that demonstrates what you can get when you add some Water Drops and Acoustic Vibration. The results are very eye catching, reminds me a bit of the non-newtonian fluid experiments we saw in the past. To ramp up the fun this could be connected to a microcontroller and the frequency could be adjusted by the controller instead of a computer. “In this video I ran
Check out this fun Groundhog Day Alarm Clock Build that randofo built. It is sure to bring back some movie memories! Via: Gimodo “The Groundhog Day Alarm Clock consists of a Panasonic RC-6025 flip clock modified to play the audio from the movie Groundhog Day when the alarm goes off. The reason I have created this device is because Groundhog Day (both the day and film) holds a special
 With this new MGC3030 IC by Microchip we are sure to see some new projects take advantage of it for inexpensive 3D gesture control. They have a dev kit that should make it simple to test some design ideas quickly. Via: Electronics Lab and EE Times “Housed in an easy-to-manufacture SSOP28 package, the MGC3030 expands the use of highly sought after 3D gesture control features to high-volume cost-sensitive applications such
The Big One built this DIY AVR Function Generator, it is housed in a nice looking Hickory enclosure, has some buttons for adjustments and a 16×2 text LCD as a display. He is also working on a power supply that will be housed in the same enclosure type. “What this function generator can do: Generate square waves at up to 10MHz, either directly output from an AVR’s pin, or buffered via
Thin solder is nice for doing delicate work since you can control the amount of solder applied with ease. The issue with solder is the thinner it is the easier it is to bend and deform while you are using it. MoTinkerGNome removed the lead from a mechanical pencil and Hacked into a 0.5mm Precision Solder Dispenser. This is a cool idea and cheap since mechanical pencils can be had for under
