Week 1: Arduino programming without an Arduino
If you want to learn Arduino programming, but don’t always have access to a box of physical hardware, there are […]
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Week 2: Oomlout’s Getting started guide – Single LED
Following on from Week 1 and talking about faking it with an Arduino, we will use UnoArduSim.exe and iCircuit to
Week 3: Multiple LEDs and Arrays
Following on from week 1 and week 2, we will be continuing our way through Oomlout’s Arduino Guide, at this
Building an Enigma
I have now been to Bletchley Park twice. In the gift shop they have a Build your own Enigma-E Kit:
China in making me Sad
I picked up a 37 in 1 box sensor kit from china, it includes basic components and sensors, and is
Week 3.5 – Things to buy to Learn Electronics and Micro Controllers
Most of the stuff you will need to do the electronic projects I do on this site can be got
SwarmBot introduction
A fair while ago Swindon Makerspace started a group project called LogoBot, a cheap, expendable and extendable easy to build
Week 4: Driving something bigger
I have started putting these on Github so you can also follow along. In Weeks 2, and 3 we were
Week 5: Driving a Servo
Following on from last week where we drove a motor in one direction with the help of a simple amplifier,
Week 6: Shift Registers
This week we will be having a play with a 74HC595, the Data sheet lists it as an 8-bit serial-in,
Shhh it is a secret… Nuclear Bunker
We went to Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, to be fair it is badly named… its got far too well
LEDs for use with a solderless breadboard
Using a LED and a 560 Ω in most breadboard projects means that you end up with four pins connected
How to use 80/20 (2020 T-Slot) and other extrusions in Fusion 360
I have started designing assembles in Fusion 360 using T-Slot, a lot of head scratching on how to make use
Pick and Place head
I found the ‘Picktor’ Pick and Place head for retrofitting on a 3D printer on Thingiverse (GitHub) As designed it
Bearing numbering system
If you do any amount of design with 3D printers, sooner or later you will find your self using bearings