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An Open Project for a 1.000W INDUCTION Heather
We melt metals using the ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) technique, applied to a 1000 W RLC resonant circuit. Have you ever wondered how powerful the electric-magnetic fields around us can get? The...
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Engraving PCBs by means of a CNC
Let’s prepare the G-code, starting from the Gerber file, so to finally print our PCB. In the previous installment, we left you after having analyzed the hardware that enables us to manage our CNC by...
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An electronic business card on a board
How to make an electronic business card that says something about you. For people working in the electronics business, especially for manufacturing companies of printed circuits, it is now...
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Time of Flight technology: a Proximity laser sensor
Based on Time of Flight technology, the module provides information to a microcontroller regarding distance detected in front of its optical sensor based on time-of-flight of a light impulse....
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RASPBERRY PI turns into a tablet
Let’s create a portable touchscreen all-in-one PC, to be used both as a portable computer and as a platform for the field development of applications, thanks to the integration of peripherals and to...
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WiFish, Let’s program Fishino over WiFi
Our Arduino compatible board Fishino acquires a new functionality, upload and updating of sketches over wireless, without the need of a wired connection. Being able to program the Fishino board on...
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A TFT SHIELD for Fishino and Arduino
Let’s add a graphic touch display to our Arduino-like boards, with dedicated hardware and three libraries. After showing you four prototyping boards from the Fishino series (UNO, Fishino 32, MEGA,...
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An Open Source MP3 player for your Car
It is based on the DFRobot module, and enables the playing of musical tracks that have been recorded on a microSD or on a USB Pen Drive; it is supplied with outputs that enable to connect it to the...
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A Smartphone controlled thermostat, with Fishino & Telegram
Here we take advantage of Telegram bots for the development of a thermostat that may be controlled from a smartphone, by means of simple instant messages. Even though social networks and instant...
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SmiLED pin
This small project is composed of a small pin hosting all the necessary components, namely, a battery, a switch, and two RGB LEDs. Once the switch is closed, LEDs turn on cyclically starting with...
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BBC micro:bit
The latest initiative by BBC to teach anyone how to code, from 0 to 99-year-olds… and beyond. BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) created the tiniest microcomputer that they will offer free of...
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A Mini VoIP switchboard based on Raspberry Pi
Let’s find out how to make a phone switchboard equipped with all the most advanced features, by using a Raspberry Pi as hardware and Asterisk as software. Part one. The term VoIP, which means “Voice...
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Using all the features of the Raspberry Pi Mini VoIP switchboard
Let’s put our VoIP notions to practice by creating our switchboard equipped with all the most advanced features. Raspberry PI is a single board computer that we already had the chance to use in...
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Build your own LED powered light Saber
The Star Wars saga, created by George Lucas and started 40 years ago with the first Star Wars movie, has fascinated and somehow amused more than a generation; many successful movies have been...
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Your Miniature Electronic Xmas Tree
No microcontrollers, just traditional and essential electronics for a light decoration you can hang anywhere, for a light effect very similar to the decorative lights on the Christmas tree… We have...
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The Pianist Octopus: a gadget to blow minds
Using Fishino and Octopus driver, we play a small toy keyboard that will reproduce musical melodies originally born as Nokia ringtones. For many years, electronic keyboards, especially music...
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Inputs/outputs controller working over the Internet through a SitePlayer Web...
Using a SitePlayer SP1 module, it is possible to control four optoisolated inputs and four relay outputs through an Internet web page. The usage of this module is recommended for industrial and home...
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Spiderin, a four-legs spider robot
A #robot able to walk forward, backward and laterally like a spider, which also is able to identify obstacles and get around them with the aid of an ultrasonic sensor. Powered with @MicrochipTech...
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The Open Source FM Radio receiver: Open Radio
Nowadays, many of us have a smartphone in their pocket to connect with on-demand services like Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music and more, to listen to their favorite music. Sure, being able to...
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CUTTING PLOTTER FOR POLYSTYRENE
It is not a long time since we have presented our latest creation about 3D printing (the beautiful 3D4040) but we desire to come back to the subject by proposing something that it is like a 3D...
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