9 Tools That All Electronics Labs Must Have
I put together a list of 9 essential tools that I think all electronics lab must have. Either if you are just start building your own lab or want to improve yours, here’s …
Monitor Your Door Using Magnetic Reed Switch and Arduino
This tutorial demonstrates how to use a magnetic reed switch. I’ll do a quick overview on how it works and show a project example using an Arduino.
ESP8266 Troubleshooting Guide
The ESP8266 has a few common issues, specially when you are trying to flash a new firmware or uploading scripts. Here’s a compilation with some of the most common problems with the ESP8266 and how to fix …
25 Useful Arduino Shields That You Might Need to Get
Arduino shields are boards that will expand the functionalities of your Arduino. You just need to plug them over the top of the Arduino board. There are countless types of shields …
ESP8266 – Wireless Weather Station with Data Logging to Excel
In this project we are going to establish a wireless communication between two ESPs and send data from three sensors to an Excel spreadsheet. This tutorial shows a wireless weather station with data …
Why You Shouldn’t Always Use the Arduino Delay Function
The very first time you used an Arduino board, you probably did something like this: Connected an LED to your Arduino Uploaded the default blink sketch that would turn on and off your LED every …
[Ended] Happy Holidays and Giveaway of BeagleBone For Dummies Book
Rui here, Firstly I want to wish you and yours happy holidays and a wonderful new year’s celebration. Giveaway – BeagleBone For Dummies Book I’m doing a giveaway of a …
Top 7 Gifts for Makers and Electronics Hobbyists – 2015
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 …
Arduino Serial Plotter – New Tool
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.
Sending Data From an Arduino to the ESP8266 via Serial
In this tutorial you’re going to learn how to send data from an Arduino to the ESP8266 via serial communication.
Complete Guide for Nokia 5110 LCD with Arduino
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 …
How to Level Shift 5V to 3.3V
In this tutorial, I show how you can shift a signal from 5V to 3.3V. This is very useful if you want to connect an Arduino (operates at 5V) to …
ESP8266 Remote Controlled Sockets
In this project your’re going to build a web server with an ESP8266 that can control remotely any sockets (safely).
How to Make Two ESP8266 Talk
In this project you’re going to make two ESP8266 talk with each other.