Category Archives: My Projects

Some power saving projects

Posted on December 12, 2022 by robertwilkie

A couple times of the year I look at power projects to generate my own electricity. Hasn’t happened yet, I do like this one with arduino to control charge and windpower ( https://www.hackster.io/news/the-best-diy-renewable-energy-projects-on-hackster-e70d36bc05af

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A python compiler

Posted on August 30, 2022 by robertwilkie

This looks interesting, it’s a native compiler for python.  I do like writing code in python, but its slow to run compared to C/C++. Not sure how good this is yet thought. https://github.com/Omyyyy/pycom

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Add a kill count to a flyswatter

Posted on August 25, 2022 by robertwilkie

I got a kick out of this one, the author added a kill count to a electric fly swatter to get a count of how many bugs he got.  This project uses an arduino under the hood. https://www.instructables.com/Ultimate-Mosquito-Swatter-Mod-for-Gamer-Add-Kill-C/ https://youtu.be/_ZuR5MYr-M4

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Interesting app for physics lessons

Posted on March 31, 2022 by robertwilkie

Its called phyhox, seems like a neat app that uses the sensors on the phone for experiments.

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Simple walking robot

Posted on February 28, 2022 by robertwilkie

Something you could build with kids and let wander around the table. https://www.instructables.com/Walking-Robot-Parallel-Cranks/

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Wheelbarrow rebuild with wooden bucket

Posted on December 2, 2021 by robertwilkie

The author used an old frame of a wheelbarrel, and basically make a wooden bucket for it with pallet wood. I have seen several frames tossed out over the years due to the plastic buckets breaking, this maybe a good … Continue reading →

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3D printed adapter to roll toilet paper

Posted on November 20, 2021 by robertwilkie

They say its getting hard to find again. Anyways this build the author takes one of the giant rolls of toilet paper and rolls it onto another roll that will fit a standard house toilet. https://mrebenezer.blogspot.com/2020/04/toilet-roll-roller.html

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Making a pocket hole workstation

Posted on November 4, 2021 by robertwilkie

I have actually thought about this myself. I got the same Kreg Jig when they went on discount a bit back, and its nice, but it really needs wings on the sides for larger pieces. This table build is perfect … Continue reading →

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Cool school robot project for dis-infecting rooms

Posted on October 31, 2021 by robertwilkie

The author make a robot that goes around with UV light and can be turned on/off remotely to dis-infect a room. Nice build with mostly standard parts. It uses 2 Micro:bits (one for the robot, one for the remote) to … Continue reading →

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Spooky eyes with a Micro:bit

Posted on October 9, 2021 by robertwilkie

Micro:bits are nice little controllers for teaching with kids. The author basically use them to make glowing “blinking” eyes. I like the use of hot glue to diffuse the light. https://www.instructables.com/Microbit-Glowing-Halloween-Eyes/

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