By T.K. Hareendran

International Electronic Design Freelancer • Technical Author • Hardware βeta Tester • Product Reviewer
Articles Written 464

RPM & Infrared Tach – Rough Realities!

Governing the speed of a motor is very important in many situations especially in mechatronics. By measuring the speed of a motor, we can then adjust the motor’s speed to exactly what we want. Along […]

Mini Pocket Weight Scale Hack

I’ve a few mini pocket weight scales. What I love about the cheap device is that it uses a pretty little load cell. When a scale get worn out, perhaps you can reuse its 4-wire […]

Simple Flame Supervisor

Simple flame supervisor is nothing but a little flame status monitor. The theme of this play is to build a cheap device to provide an alert when the flame under supervision runs out unexpectedly. Admittedly […]

SS49E Hall-Effect Sensor & A Random Hack

Very recently I wanted a couple of Hall-Effect Switches again for some random experiments, hence placed an order for a bunch of A3144 Hall-Effect Switch ICs. The online retailer quickly delivered the packet at my […]

Arduino Morse Code Practice Oscillator

Morse code almost not need an explanation! Anyway simply note that it’s a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals). Learning and practicing […]

Little 1 Key DC Touch Dimmer

If you’re an active electronics hobbyist or maker, sometimes you may get a request from your close friend or neighbor to build a very economical table lamp or bedroom lamp for him/her but with some […]

Universal Tilt Sensor

Tilt sensors come in umpteen flavors. The cheapest and most common flavor is the belittled SW-520D tilt sensor module you can find everywhere. Key component in the demoed module is one SW-520D ‘roll ball switch’ […]