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Build Your Own Dot Matrix Printer with an Arduino!
Back in the days of 8-bit and 16-bit computing, office (and home, if you could afford it) printing relied not on inkjet and laser printers, but on dot matrix.
An Arduino-Controlled BB8 with 3D Printed Parts!
Everyone loves Star Wars, and its robots – and their design – hold a particular fascination. When The Force Awakens hit cinemas in 2015, the realisation of astromech droid BB8 set tongues wagging and brains ticking over.
What Would YOU Do with a BBC micro:bit?
Launched in 2016, the BBC micro:bit is the 21st century successor to the BBC Micro desktop computer, a favourite across schools in the 1980s, and the inspiration for many careers in computing!
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What is the K40 laser cutter and how can I set one up? [Part 1]
At Makerspaces / Hackspaces I have noticed one thing, “people come for the 3D printers, but stay for the laser cutters” and why is that? Well, dear reader, it is because they are quick and relatively easy to use.
How an Arduino Can Help Make Geocaching Awesome Again!
Geocaching - the GPS-era version of letterboxing - has always been awesome, but over the past few years has seen its popularity drop.
Create a 3D Printed Drawing Robot with Arduino!
Everyone likes to doodle, but few of us can draw well. Straight lines, in particular, can be difficult to master. Technical drawings and designs usually require a ruler and protractor, as well as a set square.
An artificially intelligent tea maker you can control using SMS
Building an artificially intelligent tea maker that would make Guy Martin the perfect cup of tea based on how he was feeling on that day.
How to make a DIY portable retro gaming console
Want to get started with portable retro gaming? Check out these kits!
Cut Your Grass with a DIY Robot Lawn Mower!
Your lawn is probably settled for the winter – but what plans have you made for the first cut of the year? Another time-consuming battle with the over-long grass of the global warming age?
It's Easy to Build a 3D Printed Arduino Controlled Spiderbot
The concept is simple: you take an Arduino, some servos, and a 3D printer, and you build a spider-like robot (commonly known as a spiderbot).
Programming WS2812B LEDs with ATtiny85
In this tutorial, we shall delve a little deeper into what we can achieve using the ATtiny85 and some Neopizel RGB LEDs
Control Your Lego Train Set with Arduino
Lego train sets have been thrilling children with curious minds for over 50 years, with battery-powered sets winding their way around bedrooms, living rooms and even gardens.
Should You Water Cool Your SBC?
Eventually, heatsinks just aren’t enough. We’ve all seen water cooling kits for desktop gaming systems, elaborate rigs for pumping water or other heat-absorbing liquids across GPUs and CPUs to squeeze some extra performance from overclocked processors.
10 Best DIY Raspberry Pi-Powered Holiday Projects
The Raspberry Pi is a nifty single-board device. With its capability of running pretty much any Linux operating system and tons of connectivity options, it’s perfect for a variety of projects.
What is the Onion Omega 2+ and what can I do with it?
It seems that single board computers need fruit/vegetable based names, and an enigmatic word usually helps (Pi, Omega, Nano) too!
An introduction to Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT)
The Internet of Things (IoT), those words will either fill you with hope or leave you in fear! But the IoT is here and many devices now communicate their information using a myriad of protocols.
Introduction to the ATtiny85 - What is the ATtiny85?
The ATtiny85 is a microcontroller in a similar vein to the Arduino, but with much less IO pins, smaller memory and a smaller form factor.
ASUS Tinkerboard - What can you do with it?
In the UK the ASUS Tinkerboard had a somewhat chaotic first month of release. Launching in late February 2017 the Tinkerboard is ASUS’ answer to the dominance of the Raspberry Pi in the Single Board Computer (SBC) market. Boasting more RAM, a faster processor and Gigabit Ethernet, the ASUS Tinkerboard is an overpowered SBC that matched the Raspberry Pi form factor and came with its own version of the GPIO (General Purpose Input Output).