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The Gizmologist's Lair

The Gizmologist's Lair
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Getting Started With the ESP8266 Chip - Open Home Automation The ESP866 is a tiny WiFi chip that has the huge advantage to come at a ridiculous price point: $5. And the best is that this chip also has a small processor onboard, so it can actually function in complete autonomy, without an additional Arduino board for example. Compare that to the cost of a traditional Arduino + WiFi module solution (around $40), and you will immediately see why this chip is receiving so much interest these days. All of this makes it the perfect piece of hardware for connected home automation projects. How to Choose Your ESP8266 Module We are first going to see how to choose the right ESP8266 module for your project. The first one that you probably heard of is the small ESP8266 Serial Wireless Transceiver module: This module is the most famous one, as it is really small and only costs $5. But there are many other modules on the market, that gives you access to all the pins of the ESP8266. Hardware Requirements Let’s now see what we need to make the ESP8266 chip work. .

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ESP8266 Projects Anthro-Inspired Mirror You all know we love a good Anthropologie knockoff around here – so a couple of days ago when I was browsing online I came across this mirror. Oh I definitely need that. Hold the presses – did that say $498??? Huh. We can do better than that. :) So after scouring the thrift shops, cutting myself on mirror glass, and overcoming an unreasonable fear of Mod Podge, here is my version! (Bear with me here – taking a picture of a mirror is a bit tricky. Ready for the tutorial? You’ll need: A MirrorEasy Off Oven CleanerFabric (enough to cover the frame and the back of the mirror)Mod PodgeA Staple Gun or other framing tool I went searching for a method to removing silvering and came across a great tutorial at Mitzi’s Collectibles. I started with a frame that I found at the thrift store. Obviously not clean. We actually had to ask on this one – because it just said 1951. $19.51 seemed way to high – and it was. Start by taking your mirror out of the frame. Lay your mirror down on a protected surface.

Getting Started with the ESP8266 ESP-12 This instructable will cover the basic steps that you need to follow to get started with the ESP8266 ESP-12. A lot of this content is already out there, but I had a hard time getting everything in place, and the different tutorials can cause a great deal of confusion, which is why I have tried to make the simplest setup possible. Specifically, this instructable will cover how to make the ESP-12 behave as a WiFi client by connecting to your home wireless network and how to send sensor data ( we will send random numbers to test, and will not really be covering sensors in this instructable) to a Thingspeak channel. The following are the materials we will be using : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5V Power adapter

Fusion Jr. Home Energy Reactor Visit my youtube page for more cool projects: The “Fusion Jr.” This is a green technology that derives power from an alternative fuel source that can be built by mostly salvaged components (well, not everything). The Gasifier unit cleanly converts garbage into a burnable gas often called “syngas” or “woodgas,” then burns it creating heat which can be used to cook food (I have personally used this to cook a pot of soup) or Peltier Cells can convert the heat directly into electricity. The minimum energy expected from one unit is dependent on how many peltier cells are used. Sniffing SPI data with Bus Pirate Greg Whitmore at Four-Three-Oh forum has written a quick how-to post on using the Bus Pirate to sniff SPI data on the MSP430. We’re reproducing the post here in its entirety with Greg’s permission. “Bus Pirate, SUMP and the MSP430 To start off, this is not a tutorial but more of a quick how-to. The 1st post will be about using your Bus Pirate to “sniff” SPI data on your MSP430. Hardware Connections Bus Pirate -> MSP430 CS -> UCBxSTE (or your CS pin) CLK ->UCBxCLK ( or your SPI clock pin) MISO -> UCBxSOMI (or your SPI input pin) MOSI -> UCBxSIMO (or your SPI output pin) AUX -> SPI D/C or other Trigger source. Software Alternative Sump Logic Analyzer Client Labeled Client Project for MSP430MSP430_SPI_Scanner.zip. It’s a pretty simple process. Once opened, you’ll see this: Then, what I like to do, is create a logic trigger in my program. This code can be placed in your main.c: Here I used P1.7 on the MSP430F2274. To being a capture, click on the ‘Start Capturing’ button. Via the contact form.

EGO, The Coolest Submarine/Boat You Will Ever See! I have seen some cool things in the past, as I am sure most people have, but this is just one of those ideas that begs the question ... Why didn't I think of that? The idea is actually quite ingenious. This semi-submarine was debuted at the Miami International Boat Show, and word is that is stole the show. Of course, then there's the question of intelligence ... Visual Development for Arduino by Mitov Software Users of the Visuino (Software) must accept these terms of license. If you refuse to accept the terms of license, you may not use this software, and you have the right to return it within 30 days of the purchase date, and to receive your money back. For your convenience a copy of this license agreement will be stored on your system during the installation. This license grants you the following rights: You have a non-exclusive license to the Software. You may install and use one copy of the Software per computer assuming only one and the same person will use the Software on all of the computers. You may distribute any application built with Software without any additional royalties beyond your initial license registration fee. You can also create a reasonable set of copies of the product on different types of media, such as CD Rom or type Backup, as far as those copies are used only for your own back up protection. Description of the limitations.

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