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China eyes ‘ultra-large spacecraft’ spanning miles in US$2.3m crewed mission push

“A mega spacecraft assembled in orbit is among projects that Chinese researchers have been invited to study, as the country expands plans for future space exploration and long-term crewed missions. The National Natural Science Foundation of China has called on …

Project  Chordie

Chordie

“This is my attempt at a chording keyboard. I got inspired by gBoards’ Ginny keyboard but felt like there’s some room for improvements. Especially uncomfortable was using mouse with it. Thus I have decided to attach a trackball. Now …

CRISS CP/M 8-bit Homebrew DIY Computer (AVR based)

“the FIRST single-board DIY 8-bit personal computer with VGA, Ethernet and printer support, GPIO and CP/M powered! Meet my CRISS CP/M: the modern single-board 8-bit full-featured personal computer! Amazing functionality for the DIY device: it is not a …

Disorder brings out quantum physical talents

“Quantum effects are most noticeable at extremely low temperatures, which limits their usefulness for technical applications. Thin films of MnSb2Te4, however, show new talents due to a small excess of manganese. Apparently, the resulting disorder provides spectacular properties: The material …

DIY 3D Printed IoT Weather Station Using an ESP32

“Today we’re going to be building a wireless outdoor weather station that takes temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, light and wind speed readings. The data is then posted to the cloud and can be accessed through a Thingspeak dashboard on …

Dual +5 V/-5V @ 200 mA Regulated Linear Power Supply

“The project presented here is a dual AC to DC output linear power supply. This power supply provides low ripple low noise DC regulated output. Usually, transformer-based linear power supplies are considered very bulky and inefficient, but this power supply …

Electric gains in battery performance

“Batteries made from earth-abundant metals show great potential for grid-scale energy storage. A high-performance version of the zinc-ion battery will enable station energy storage that promises to be cheaper, safer and more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries. Until now, zinc-ion …

Electronic Ghost

“This spooky electronic ghost is a 555 LED flasher circuit encapsulated in silicone rubber.”

Project  ESP32 Node

ESP32 Node

“The ESP32 Node is a development board for Wireless Sensor Network based on WiFi. It uses the ESP32WROOM3E module from Espressif Systems. Applications - Connect a Temperature Humidity sensor to monitor the Weather/Room abience - Use it to control relays and …

ESP8266 ESP-01 with a shield programmer

“You will learn how to create your own shield to create automation projects and to program your own ESP8266 ESP01. The ESP8266 ESP-01 is a great device for creating automation & electronics projects with the Internet of Things. In this …