It’s damn sure, there’s plenty of old optical and magnetic disc drives (CD/DVD/HDD) in every electronics/hardware hobbyist’s junk box. Sadly it’s known to few people that such disc drives are rich and cheap sources of […]
In yesteryear I’d designed and developed an AC230V over voltage protector switch based on the popular PIC microcontroller PIC12F675 (shown below is the photo of that prototype). The electronic switch can be used to safeguard […]
Optical smoke alarms, also known as photo-electric smoke alarms, are particularly useful in bedrooms, lounges, hallways, and in other areas where we can otherwise expect false alarms from the common ionization smoke alarms. An optical […]
Recently I came to understand the true demand for a multi-purpose digital pulse counter. So I designed an east-to-build digital pulse counter circuit based on some generally available cheap electronic components. The quick microcontroller based […]
Water Pressure Sensor is not a familiar everyday sensor for most electronics hobbyists and makers, so here’s an introductory tutorial on a popular water pressure sensor – the DFRobot Gravity: Analog Water Pressure Sensor. In […]
Here’s a travel door sentry to safeguard your hotel room with a simple door sensor that will trip a warning alarm if anyone unlocks the door and intrudes. The battery-operated portable security device is very […]
Let me introduce another simple do it yourself project, this time an electronics thermostat for residential electric water heaters. The circuit is designed for use in two-element water heaters in the upper position (upper thermostat), […]
And now another interesting little project. After seeing numerous online projects I decided to build my own simple NiMH battery charger circuit using NiMH batteries because a bunch of GP2100 series NiMH cells are lying on […]
In this guide we will learn how to play with a cheap ‘n’ cheerful temperature and humidity sensor DHT11 – the minuscule 4-pin sensor accurate enough for most do it yourself projects need to read […]
Using an Attiny85 microcontroller is an attractive and economical way to build a minuscule Arduino project backed by a few lines of code. Very often such a project will demand an external adapter to program […]
