Nowadays, even HEMA and Action (Netherlands) sell smart home stuff, but for a fraction of the price at other stores. But, is it also useful to buy a smart plug from Action or HEMA? Buy a smart plug from Action? HEMA and Action have been selling smart plugs for some time now. These plugs are […]
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By integrating prints with screws, nuts, fasteners, and pins, we create a robust system for constructing mechanisms with capabilities surpassing what can be achieved through standalone 3D printing. Today, I want to share insights into one of my preferred functional 3D-printing methodologies: the incorporation of heat-set inserts. Having manually embedded these inserts into plastic components
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We have used a legacy GNU Makefile build in the previous HomeKit LED Example. Now need to migrate to CMake. A lot of people first getting into this wonderful space of embedded system design do so through Arduino, which uses C++ with many built-in functions. The new ESP-IDF uses CMake to configure the build system.
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This Project is featured on instructables! The jack-o’-lantern has a long history with Halloween, although our favourite demonic faces haven’t always been carved out of pumpkins. Their origin comes from an Irish myth about Stingy Jack, who tricked the Devil for his own monetary gain. When Jack died, God didn’t allow him into heaven, and the
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If you have an older Mac that is not suitable for macOS Sonoma, you can still take the plunge with a special tool. For me this is a solution, because I had hoped that a new 27″ iMac would be released this year, but that doesn’t look like it is happening so far. Because I
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Maybe you want to make a PCB with SMD components. To do this, you need a so-called reflow oven. Various projects can be found on the internet to make such an oven. But here comes the problem, most projects use a custom PCB based on SMD components. This is the same if you contact the
UPDI? Never heard of it? You may be familiar with the ATtiny series of microprocessors from Microchip, such as the ATtiny85 or ATtiny2313. These chips powered small systems like the Digispark series. Unfortunately, they had limited Flash (usually no more than 8K) and even more limited RAM (usually less than 1K). Now a new series
On August the 24th, the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Make magazine Germany (Peter König) send me a mail. They are in the process of making a special issue about the ESP32-CAM, and they wanted to know if it is okay for me to use my graphical version of the ESP32-CAM, as also seen on my blog
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For those who read my blogs regularly, know that I program a lot on ESP modules. To see what happens on such an ESP module, I use a serial monitor. You can download and install apps for this, but I try to keep my system as clean as possible. I therefore use what I already
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When we think about IoT and home automation, we look at modular and compact devices, sensors, microcontrollers, etc. Recently, the ESP32 microcontrollers have gained traction in the electronic world, especially in the IoT field. This device has multiple features such as inbuilt Wi-Fi, Bluetooth modules, and sensors. The ESP32 microcontroller runs on a 3.3V voltage
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