Arduino Membrane Keypad Tutorial
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.
Rui Santos
How to Control Your ESP8266 From Anywhere in the World
Hey there, The most common questions I get about the ESP8266 WiFi Modules are: “Is it possible to control my ESP8266 from anywhere in the world?” and “How can I control my ESP8266 from anywhere?”.
Arduino Announces New Brand, Genuino
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 …
7 Weekend Projects/Tutorials For the ESP8266 WiFi Module
Rui here, I’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback on the ESP8266 tutorial series. Unfortunately I’ve been really busy to post new tutorials.
BeagleBone For Dummies is Available For Order!
Rui here, A few days ago I announced that I wrote a book called BeagleBone For Dummies for Wiley Publishing Inc.. This book took more than 7 months to complete.
Retrieving Bitcoin Price Using ESP8266 WiFi Module
In this project you’re going to create a simple HTTP client with an ESP8266 WiFi module. Having your ESP8266 connected to your network, it requests the current Bitcoin price. This is …
Flashing NodeMCU Firmware on the ESP8266 using Windows
If you’re new to the ESP8266 WiFi module, first read my Getting Started Guide with the ESP8266. You can also checkout my other tutorial on how to create a web server with an …
Programming the BeagleBone Black with Python
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Getting Started with BeagleBone Black. This post was written by Rui Santos and Luís Perestrelo authors of BeagleBone For Dummies * …
Programming the BeagleBone Black with BoneScript
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Getting Started with BeagleBone Black. This post was written by Rui Santos and Luís Perestrelo authors of BeagleBone For Dummies * …
Cloud9 IDE on the BeagleBone Black
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Getting Started with BeagleBone Black. This post was written by Rui Santos and Luís Perestrelo authors of BeagleBone For Dummies * …
What Do You Want to Know About Home Automation?
Rui here, I would say about 90% emails I receive every week are related to Home Automation. I often get questions like:
Getting Started with the BeagleBone Black
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Getting Started with BeagleBone Black. This post was written by Rui Santos and Luís Perestrelo authors of BeagleBone For Dummies * Introduction …
Modifying Cheap PIR Motion Sensor to Work at 3.3V
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.
How to Configure WiFi on Your Raspberry Pi
In this post, you’ll configure the WiFi on your Raspberry Pi. If it’s your first time using the RPi, first make sure you read my Getting Started with Raspberry Pi guide.