Arduino
From time to time I'll write here about something I like to call "Fast-Projects". Usually a "Fast-Project" is an easy project that comes to my mind on a free evening and I challenge myself: Built it in less than an hour - or forget
ESP8266
Yep, another post on the ESP8266 is here (By the way, Have you heard about our Facebook page already? Like us and get updates! We tend not to spam :P). It Seems like the ESP8266 community getting larger everyday and great people develop great tools to make the ESP8266 easier
Arduino
EDIT 4/4/2016: Check out part 2 of this post. It is mostly about a software update I've done. The code is much better, the control is much simpler and the display is much nicer! EDIT 26/3/2015: This post is updated frequently due to the
Arduino
My niece had a birthday this month, she became 13 years old. I'm really bad at choosing a birthday present for a 13 years old girl so I had two choices: Ask my girlfriend to help me buy a present or build her something. I decided to go
DIY
EDIT (23/4/2015): We've added a toturial of how to flash the ESP8266 with the arduino IDE. As part of this toturial we've created a working code to control the water heater. If you plan to build a smart-house gadget check it - It'
ESP8266
I wrote also a windows guide, and most of it is relevant here as well, so make sure you go over it before: Windows guide First thing we need is to download the NodeMCU firmware. We do this by downloading one of these BIN files : Download nodemcu latest firmware After
ESP8266
EDIT (07-Mar-15): If you own version 12 of the ESP8266 or any version where more GPIO are exposed read here about some additional info for flashing the firmware. So, I'm guessing that if you stumbled upon this page, You are probably a fan of the blog ;) or you
bottles
This is a following post to I'm Talking on Sunshine - Part 1, where the goal was to build a solar-powered station for charging many cell phones - the result was of course awesome!! After describing how to build a solar panel on my first post, I'
Battery
During the last two years I've built a few projects involving phone chargers. Same time I had some problems with my own phone charger and chargers I ordered from Ebay. All in all, I've learned a lot about chargers and phone batteries and would like to
Arduino
The jewish holiday of Hanukkah will be next week, and one of the most ancient traditions is lighting the hanukkiah (Or Hanukkah Menora). The Hanukkiah has a place for nine candles, one candle is always lit and another eight being lit gradually every passing day of the holiday. When I
LED
So today I got a shipment from ebay (which is not such a rare occasion :D ) I've got 100 3v CR1616 batteries and a mickey mouse shaped cookie cutter and much more swag. I know it's seems random items but that's me.. I like
Arduino
EDIT: 30/09/2016: There's a new post - Scorbot drawing pictures now. If you like this one follow up to check what it has been doing lately! About 3 months ago I got this new friend, his name is Scorbot: Scorbot was rescued from a junk yard