It’s that time of year when you usually buy or receive gifts. It’s not very hard to buy a gift for a maker. There are always new tools or boards being released every single …
The latest release of the Arduino IDE 1.6.6 comes with a new tool called Serial Plotter. This tools gives you the ability to visualize your data in a plot that is updated in real time.
In this tutorial you’re going to learn how to send data from an Arduino to the ESP8266 via serial communication.
This post aims to be a complete guide for Nokia 5110 LCD with Arduino. I’ll explain what it does, show its specs and share an Arduino project example that you can take …
In this project your’re going to build a web server with an ESP8266 that can control remotely any sockets (safely).
This post aims to be a complete guide for nRF24L01 – 2.4GHz RF Transceiver module. I’ll explain what it does, show its specs and share an Arduino project example that you …
A keypad allows you to interact with a microcontroller. You can salvage these keypads from old telephones or you can purchase them from most electronics store for less than $2.
The purpose of Random Nerd Tutorials is to share interesting electronics projects, tutorials and reviews with open-source hardware. This means that I usually don’t write blog posts about news, but it’s happening important changes to the …
Rui here, I would say about 90% emails I receive every week are related to Home Automation. I often get questions like:
This PIR motion sensor is a $2 sensor that is used to detect movement from humans or pets. You can read my previous tutorial on how to use this sensor with an Arduino.
In this project you’re going to create a simple circuit with an Arduino and PIR motion sensor that can detect movement. An LED will light up when movement is detected.
In this project we’re going to display the LED brightness on a LCD 16×2 with a progress bar. This is a good Arduino beginner project for getting started with the …
Hi, In this project we’re going to control an Arduino with Voice commands with a Simple android App that I’ve create with MIT App Inventor.
Hi, If you’re following my email/facebook updates you know I promised more tutorials related to Home Automation. In this tutorial we’re going to control 2 lamps with an Arduino and …