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Electromagnetic Field Detector - Arduino Uno

A simple Electromagnetic Field Detector.

Electromagnetic Field Detector - Arduino Uno

justin1445
51K

So you spent $200 on a GoPro Hero 3 many years ago, but you don't want to spend another 80 bucks for a remote? You came to the right place.

DIY GoPro Wi-Fi Remote Using ESP8266

Majed Abouhatab, P.E.
7.3K
DIY Cheap Power Supply

A portable power supply for your lab bench.

DIY Cheap Power Supply

RoboCircuits
1.9K
Multicolor Knight Rider with RGB PL9823 LED + Arduino UNO

Do you know of the famous WS1012 LEDs? The PL9823 is the cheapest LED that uses the same protocol of the WS1012. Let's blink LEDs!

Multicolor Knight Rider with RGB PL9823 LED + Arduino UNO

Giovanni Gentile
16K
Bike Wheel Lights Hack

Just some glow in the dark paint and a couple of LEDs.

Bike Wheel Lights Hack

Gyro1
2.9K

Cool project to begin with 128x64 OLED, done with a twisted logic to fix the refresh flashing screen.

2€ OLED I2C Analog Pin Dynamic Plotting

javier muñoz sáez
13K
SSHing into C.H.I.P in Headless Mode - Windows 10 Driver Fix

This tip will allow us to fix the driver issue when connecting the CHIP to Windows 10 and be able to SSH into it.

SSHing into C.H.I.P in Headless Mode - Windows 10 Driver Fix

Syed Anwaarullah
4.0K
DIY Solder Flux From Pine Resin

Frugal flux straight from the tree.

DIY Solder Flux From Pine Resin

Magic Smoke
2.3K

Make your own DIY Burglar Alarm using IR Sensor and Buzzer. No Arduino, No Microcontroller, No Coding.

DIY Burglar Alarm | Simple and Cheap Burglar Alarm in 2 Min

Jithin Sanal
1.9K

Dytters (A.K.A Audible Altimeters) saved skydivers' lives for so many years. Now, Audible Abby will save them money, too.

Dirt Cheap Dirt-O-Meter - $9 Arduino Based Audible Altimeter

Majed Abouhatab, P.E.
1.9K
Washing Machine Monitor MEGR 3171

This is an IoT project that uses two Particle Argons to detect when the washing machine cycle is finished and notify the user.

Washing Machine Monitor MEGR 3171

Team Washing Bros
1.3K
Adjustable Power Supply Using Cheap eBay Parts

A cheap adjustable power supply to help me (and hopefully you) power the rest of my projects,

Adjustable Power Supply Using Cheap eBay Parts

Giorgos Chrisidis
1.1K
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