Category Archives: Arduino

Breadboard for the ESP8266

Posted on May 25, 2016 by robertwilkie

I may have to start looking at these boards…they are cheap and becoming popular. The author writes a nice set of instructions on building a simple breadboard adapter for the board. http://www.instructables.com/id/ESP8266-NRF24L01-Breadboard-Adapter/

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A wifi enabled door alarm

Posted on May 20, 2016 by robertwilkie

AHAHAHAH.  The author took a cheap $1.50 door alarm and added an ESP8266 to it to make it wireless.  Clever idea overall http://www.instructables.com/id/4-WiFi-Door-Alarm-Using-a-ESP8266-IoT/

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Small WiFi enabled weather station

Posted on May 13, 2016 by robertwilkie

At the rate things are going, these little ESP boards are going to take over arduinos.  Nice simple build for a weather sensor setup using ESP8266 for comms. Tiny Matchbox WiFi Weather Station

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Using an ESP8266 for home automation

Posted on May 12, 2016 by robertwilkie

This seems to be a common trend to use the ESP8266’s to control devices.  Its cheap ($6 in materials).  But….security, nil, easy to upgrade…errrr… http://www.instructables.com/id/6-IOT-Home-Automation/?ALLSTEPS

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Defeating chip and pin by saying the card is stupid

Posted on May 3, 2016 by robertwilkie

Interesting tech, the original author built a simple atiny system that would fake out the card reader so it would thing a card was mag stripe only, so it would not use the chip bit. Defeating Chip and PIN With … Continue reading →

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A cardboard CNC machine

Posted on May 2, 2016 by robertwilkie

HAHAHAHA… and yes its a cardboard based CNC.  And looks like it works pretty good. http://hackaday.com/2016/04/27/cardboard-and-paperclip-cnc-plotter-destined-for-self-replication/

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Adding bluetooth to a door lock

Posted on April 20, 2016 by robertwilkie

The author figured out the comm’s between the keypad and motor control to tap a bluetooth enabled arduino in.  Pretty clever. Add Bluetooth to a Cheap Electronic Lock   http://www.jpuderer.net/2015/12/my-fancy-bluetooth-le-operated-door-lock.html

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A battery sized arduino

Posted on April 20, 2016 by robertwilkie

Pretty cool, the author build a simple arduino that will fit in a AA battery holder.  You put this in line with 2 AA batteries to power it and away you go.  Me….well designs are up on github, but I … Continue reading →

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Nice dog automated feeder

Posted on April 15, 2016 by robertwilkie

What I liked about this one is the use of an auger to move the food out.  Most of the ones I have seen involve some trap door combo thing that looks messy.  Oh it uses an arduino as the … Continue reading →

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Make a Drawbot out of 2 CDROMs, a Servo, and an RPi

Posted on April 7, 2016 by robertwilkie

I think using an RPi here is a bit overkill (what no arduino?).  But still this is a nice simple build you could do for a drawbot.  And I think this design is easier to put together than some of … Continue reading →

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