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Solenoid

A solenoid is a type of electromagnet, the purpose of which is to generate a controlled magnetic field through a coil wound into a tightly packed helix. The term was invented in 1823 by André-Marie Ampère to designate a helical coil.

The thing that goes CLACK and Ding

“A keyboard add-on that makes your mechanical keyboard even more noisy I like mechanical keyboards and my coworkers joked my current keyboard wasn’t loud enough. So, I made the clacker. It’s built on a Teensy 4.1. In …

IoT Garden Watering With Arduino ESP32 & Openweathermap

“I have a small garden irrigation system of sprayers and drippers that was being controlled with rain and temperature sensors to water the garden as required, year round with time from an RTC. The rain sensors kept failing so I …

DIY RFID Lock using RYRR10S module

“Simple DIY Lock using RYRR10S RFID/NFC module Story In our everyday life, everybody uses RFID Technology, most of the times without knowing it. RFID history dates back to the 1940s, It has vast range of applications, widely used in …

Magnetic Levitation with ATtiny1614

“A simple magnetic levitation toy built using a ATtiny1614 microprocessor This is my build of Magnet Levitation with Arduino by fellow Hackster jsirgado. This version differs in the following ways: - Replaced Arduino Nano with ATtiny1614 microprocessor - Added a 3D printed …

Creating a pick and place control board with the RP2040

“This article will explore the hardware design of Starfish, a control board for a pick and place machine built around the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller and Trinamic TMC2209 motor drivers. This control board shares some similarities with 3D printer control …

Drive a pneumatic system using a single chip

“Driving 9 solenoid valves and a DC compressor using the Infineon TLE94112ES 12-fold half-bridge Shield for Arduino. Do more with less! - pneumatic systems The first part of our “Do more with less!” mini-series is all about pneumatics. Pneumatic systems are …

Voice Controlled Door Lock using Alexa and Arduino

“We’re going to build an Alexa-controlled door locking system in this video so that we can lock and unlock a door with just our voices. Story Voice Controlled Door Lock: An Overview Hey, everyone! Welcome back. In this video …

DIY Fingerprint Lock Box

“Ever wanted a box that opens in a super cool way? We thought it would be fun to create a box that can be unlocked using the correct fingerprint! If we had more time, we would make the box more …

RFID/NFC Door Lock

“Oftentimes, we need to secure a room at our home or office (perhaps a secret dexters laboratory) so that no one can access the room without our permission and ensure protection against theft or loss of our important accessories and …

Kinetic Soul: Experience Dance through Touch

“A platform which enables the visually impaired to experience dance via kinetic feedback. Dance is an art we often look at to understand and connect with one another. To the visually impaired, however, connecting with someone’s dance is hard …