I had this idea of building my own bicycle lighting system totally personalized, the lights would have the exact lighting pattern I wanted and the shape I decide. That's why I started to build this ...

Building IoT projects with touchscreens used to be a headache, involving numerous components, messy wiring, and endless troubleshooting. But the ESP32-S3 Box-3 makes things way easier. It is an all-in ...

After a number of delays, fits and starts, and dead ends, I’ve designed an effective, safe (yes, that factors into it as well), and easily deployable trail counter. After a number of delays, fits and ...

As from 19th January 2015, the various sketches below "time out" if they don't enter programming mode after 50 attempts. The code displays a dot for every attempt, so if it fails you will see ...

A classic one-man band generally features a stringed instrument or two, a harmonica in a hands-free holder, and some kind of percussion, usually a bass drum worn like a backpack and maybe some cymbals ...

Electrical isolation is not always necessary in LED drivers to comply with safety standards. Higher power LED light sources have now begun to replace HID lamps in street lighting, stage and stadium ...

Arduino has launched its next generation of UNO boards, introducing a 32-bit Renesas microcontroller and Espressif ESP32-S3 module, one-click cloud connectivity and plenty of I/O plus a 12×8 red LED ...

The Arduino library requires a small patch. While building, an error will show up File not patched. Run following command: patch -i ./scripts/Print.diff ~/.platformio ...

Energy-efficient lighting is in the headlines as we approach the date at which federally mandated efficiency levels for lights will make ordinary incandescent lighting obsolete. Incandescent lights ...

The core concept behind a dc dc buck converter working principle is the combination of energy storage in an inductor and switching controls. The XL4015 IC contains an internal MOSFET switch and ...