Cricket
Update November 2022 - it seems that ThingsonEdge didn't make it and the cricket is no longer available. Their web and social media presence have disappeared from the internet. Anyone with Version 2 can still update its firmware, but Version 1 - which updated from the ThingsonEdge server
Arduino
UPDATE (Nov 24th 2019) - If you like this post, there's a part 2 to this post with some more upgrades. In this post I'll describe a project that I'm still upgrading from time to time, but has already been in use for the
ESP8266
Update July 2020 - if you're interested in creating a mailbox notifier that'll work on regular AA batteries literally for years, take a look at my latest post here. This blog was originally posted in June 2016. Feel free to read on, but there’s a
ESP8266
Ever since I've built my Solar charging station I really wanted to do another project involving solar cells, didn't need to build a solar panel again but I very much enjoyed the idea of a project which is powered by green energy. Last month, a friend
DIY
I haven't written a post on this blog for a few months now. Usually, if I don't have time to work on a new project I at least try to write about some past projects, from my pre-blogging era. This time my schedule was so tight
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
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