Raspberry-pi
My Web Cam Can't See We've all been there. We install a web cam, march off to our screen to check what it sees, then come back to make adjustments. Of course, we're never really satisfied; there's always something more interesting happening
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
Not all of my projects succeed. Lately I've been working on several different projects which I hope will be documented soon, but last night I've tried to make a pretty easy hacking project which unfortunately didn't end as I expected. Still, I was very
ESP8266
This will be mostly a software post, talking about a new code I wrote for my spectrum analyzer. To get the full hardware description, check part one of this post written a year ago. Here are some photos of from the building process of the cool 3D display: Most of
Arduino
Last weekend me, my wife and my friends participated in one of the Geekcon events. What is Geekcon? Geekcon is a makers' event, similar to an Hackathon, in which people meet and spend an intensive weekend together doing nothing but creating projects. The big difference between Geekcon and other
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
Led strip
The holiday season is near and that means another project with lots of leds :D (Check Last year E-Hanukkiah. I haven't used the ESP8266 for the last six months, and was happy to go back using it, discovering many new libraries which were developed during this time. The
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
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