Hello World, How to Mill Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
This post is part of the Hello World Projects. There are many ways to create custom PCBs (printed circuit boards). I like milling because the CNC mill can etch the traces, drill the
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Hello World: Design PCBs with Fritzing
This post is part of the Hello World Projects. The simple breadboard with a messy, beautiful rainbow of wires sticking this way and that. Easy enough! But now, how does one tidy things
Wifi Connected LED using Guide.js
I wasn't kidding when I said I'd use Guide.js, my new framework for writing guides and tutorials. Here's a rewrite of my ESP8266 to LED tutorial. I think it's much neater than
PCBs Misbehaving
I got my custom PCBs from iTEAD last week. So exciting, right? I plugged everything in and.... WARHN warhn (failure horn 📢). Problem So much trouble trying to figure out what's the issue. The
Wifi Controlled Motors using ESP8266 and ATtiny85
Picking up where we left off, I'm still on my way to create the cheap wifi connected, internet controlled motor. I think I found my perfect combination of awesome. Click on the diagram
Internet Controlled LED using ESP8266
In my previous post, I covered how to upload sketches using NodeMCU, which is firmware written in Lua. I ran into a few problems: Uploading big files were prone to error, and it
ESP8266 meets NodeMCU
Yesterday, I made great progress on playing around with the ESP8266, the $2 Wifi Module[1]. I will continue to document my progress on this blog. First, I just want a place to
Hello (ESP8266) World
Yesterday, I sat down and played with my shiny new ESP8266 module. I also got the Huzzah Breakout Board from Adafruit, which uses an ESP module. Actually, I'm still trying to figure out
Making Custom PCBs
PLEASE NOTE: I've written a new and improved version of this guide.Yeah! Updates!! We've all see something like this before. The simple breadboard with a messy, beautiful rainbow of wires sticking this
Internet Dog Treat Dispenser (v3)
Once upon a time, a few dog people (people who love dogs, not dog+people hybrids) made a remote controlled dog treat dispenser. You know, because that's what dog people do at hackathons.