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#ESP8266

14 posts
Year of Ideas · 3 min

Idea 019 - Big Red Button

Create a series of buttons with labels, install them around the city, see what ones get pushed most

#Art#Ideas#ESP32#ESP8266
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Reviews · 1 min

ESP8266 + Neopixel + FastLED - Workshop slides

Slides from the March 2019 ESP8266, NeoPixel, and FastLED workshop I taught at Maker Labs.

#LED#FastLED#Arduino#ESP8266#WS2812#Review
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Bookmarks · 8 min

Feb 2019 brain dump

February 2019 links on Arduino LED projects, an Etch A Sketch CNC, a zombie ESP8266 game, and James Clar's neon art.

#Art#Arduino#LED#CNC#ESP8266#Code
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Bookmarks · 3 min

May 2018 brain dump

May 2018 grab bag of links: pen plotters, ESPEasy firmware, the TWANG dungeon crawler, and a wooden lego planter.

#Robots#ESP8266#ESP32#Art#Wood#Code
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Projects · 1 min

Programing - Stained glass windows project

Writing the firmware for the stained glass panels with FastLED on an ESP8266, using LED offset sets to drive randomised patterns.

#Stained Glass#Glass#LED#Arduino#ESP8266#FastLED
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Projects · 1 min

Hardware - Stained glass windows project

Parts list for the stained glass windows: white acrylic, square WS2812B LEDs, a Wemos D1 mini, and a 5V 5A supply.

#Stained Glass#Plastic#Glass#LED#Arduino#ESP8266
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Projects · 1 min

ESP8266 bitcoin tracker

A Wemos D1 and OLED shield that polls the Coindesk API every five minutes and shows the current BTC price and my running profit.

#Arduino#ESP8266#Code
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Bookmarks · 3 min

Notes from May 2017

May 2017 links: ESP32 sniffers, a giant laser-cut Bulbasaur, an 8-bit computer from scratch, Big Poop Data, and the BLACK 2.0 paint.

#Paper#LED#Laser Cut#ESP32#ESP8266#Sensor
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Bookmarks · 3 min

Notes from April 2017

April 2017 links: Google AnyPixel, a drinkable tequila cloud, the Cubic Cyphercon puzzle badge, ESP8266 deauther, and Shodan.

#Paper#Plastic#CNC#ESP8266#Code#Markdown
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Tips · 1 min

ESP8266 Tips

Working notes on the ESP8266: useful libraries, debugging the Arduino core, taming the 300mA current spikes, and deep sleep gotchas.

#Arduino#ESP8266#Code#Video#Tutorial
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Reviews · 2 min

Tools and equipment 2016

The software and hardware I leaned on in 2016: VS Code, Fusion 360, Wanhao i3, X-Carve, Surface Pro 3, MX Master, and the Makers Notebook.

#Paper#CNC#3D Printing#Arduino#ESP8266#Code
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Bookmarks · 4 min

November 2016 interesting link dump

November 2016 link dump: open source car control, ESP8266 MQTT LED controllers, the Maslow CNC, Boldport, and the poop emoji oral history.

#LED#CNC#ESP8266#WS2812#Code#AI
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Self · 3 min

Mushroom growing kit and automation

Growing an oyster mushroom kit and over-engineering it with an ESP8266, DS18B20 sensors, MQTT, and Twilio alerts.

#ESP8266#Sensor#Code#Flowers#Vancouver#Photo
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Year of Making · 1 min

Day 100 - ESP8266 IFTTT button

An ESP8266 internet button that fires IFTTT recipes, built for an upcoming VHS workshop.

#ESP8266#Code#VHS#Tutorial
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