By T.K. Hareendran

International Electronic Design Freelancer • Technical Author • Hardware βeta Tester • Product Reviewer
Articles Written 466

Solar/USB Li-ion Battery Charger

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery have cemented its position as the primary power source for portable electronics. One of the key benefits of a lithium-ion battery is that it have high energy density without being too bulky. […]

RGB LED Module Guide

The RGB LED module shown in the above image is a very popular generic RGB LED module available in the market. There are mainly two variants of this module having common-cathode (CC) and common-anode (CA) […]

LED Strip & Microcontroller

This is a simple design guide for making your own really nice lighting for your home, office, shop, lab, etc. by using the common and inexpensive LED strips available in various colors. The intent is […]

Universal 1W LED Standby Light

Circuit of the Universal 1W standby LED Light introduced here is more self-contained and more flexible than many of the early designs. The circuit consists of a small Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery, simple Li-Ion battery charger, […]

Pauper’s Rotary Encoder

Quadrature Encoder is a familiar everyday sensor in robotics world. A quadrature encoder is a handy rotary encoder that let you know the speed and direction of a rotating shaft or linear motion. Let’s start […]

How to Build a Digital Weight Scale

Nowadays, if you want to build your own digital weight scale, it’s surprisingly easy because you only need a handful of commonly available components in addition to your favorite Arduino microcontroller board. In this primer […]

How to Play with PT100 Sensors

Recently I came across a bundle of PT100 temperature sensors (after a long time), and wanted to build a temperature sensor device with the help of an Arduino. Even though I already had a few […]

How to Play with RTC Modules

The following article is a simple guide lets you get time and calendar functions with a real time clock chip and microcontroller. Hopefully this entryway can help you to walk through your own project ideas […]

Tiny Chirp

So I have this Tiny Chirp, when you power it up, an indicator wakes up and it does a sequence of wonderful chirps! First, you need one active piezo-buzzer (i.e. the type with a built-in […]