3 July 2017
Advanced, Difficulty level, DIY Home Security Camera Systems, DIY Projects, Home Automation, Raspberry Pi Zero W tutorials, Smart Home
808
Since version 1.3, the Raspberry Pi Zero has a camera connector on which the 8MP camera of the Raspberry Pi can be connected by means of an adapter. Home Assistant supports many cameras. In this project, we will be manufacturing – very quickly – a mini surveillance camera using Node-RED. …
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5 June 2017
Advanced, Blynk, Difficulty level, DIY Projects, Wemos D1 mini
500
For this new project, I propose to recycle a remote-controlled car by replacing the radio receiver by an ESP8266. The engines will be controlled using a shield Motor for Wemos d1 mini presented in this article. You definitely have an old remote-controlled car that hangs at home. The remote control …
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1 May 2017
Blynk, Confirmed, Difficulty level, DIY Projects, IoT - Connected Objects, Wemos D1 mini
596
In this tutorial we will learn how to assemble a PTZ mini-kit (Pan-Tilt) based on SG90 servo motor. We will use Blynk to drive the PTZ turret in WiFi. If you have a Blynk account you can go directly to the assembly step. For best performance, it is advisable to …
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17 April 2017
DIY Projects, Wemos D1 mini
1,324
In this project, we will develop a portable WiFi scanner with an OLED display based on an ESP8266 (Wemos D1 mini). It is very easy and very economical to manufacture its own sensors and connected objects based on ESP8266. Only small problem, one always wonders whether the quality of the …
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9 February 2017
DIY Projects
1,436
In the previous tutorial, be build a mini CNC plotter with Arduino Uno by recycling 2 old dvd players. Here’s how to prepare your gcode files needed for the gctrl program. It’s very easy to prepare your own gcode files with the Unicorn MakerBot extension for Inkscape available here. For …
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26 December 2016
DIY Projects
831
2016 is announced as the year of 3D printing. More and more people are looking for new projects to realize and print with their new 3D printer. Here is a selection of websites to download free STL files for 3D printing. No particular ranking has been made to present the …
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24 June 2016
DIY Projects
2,129
In this tutorial we will make a connected anemometer with a wind vane based on a ESP8266 WiFi module. If you have a 3D printer, you just need to print mechanical components of this projects with your printer. You can find all STL files on github. For the anemometer, we will …
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23 June 2016
Advanced, Difficulty level, DIY Projects
13,396
There are many projects to recycle old DVD players into a mini CNC Plotter based on Arduino. It is a nice project and ideal to start with its Arduino. The mechanical construction and more particularly the pencil holder can be difficult. I propose in this article to realize a mini …
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DIY Projects Home automation, connected objects (IoT) and DIY projects based on Arduino, ESP8266, ESP32, mini PC (Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi) and 3D printing
