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Self balancing robot software part is that you can build your own own at home using this

Making Self Balancing Robot Software Part

next-builder Next Builder

Analysis of a RGB LED string and recreating its functionality

Powerline Controlled LED Strings

MOSFET CAPACITANCE AS A COMPONENT

USING A MOSFET AS A CAPACITOR

In this, the soul is moving and try to break the mirror to get out from pendent. There are two souls, male and female, which can be switched

SoulCage - the Digital Trapped Soul Pendant

vishal-soni vishal soni

tangible tile-based optical touchscreen interface for toys and games

TilePad

2021 Hackaday Prize

I have hacked a lcd display of a digital wrist watch.

Hack Wrist Watch LCD With Arduino || D-type LCD ||

vishal-soni vishal soni

Phototransistor → particle detector. Red laser glows particles in 3d printed enclosed chamber in turn calculating particulate matter

G1 : A Sensor to measure particulate matter

bhuvan-bagwe Bhuvan Bagwe

The circuit is very simple: an ultra-bright green LED, two 10-ΜΩ resistors, two 100-nF ceramic capacitors and a push-button switch. When you

A Self-Charging LED Flasher By Burkhard Kainka

This re-implementation of the pioneering circuit-bending crackle box instrument uses a Soviet-Era power Op-amp in an unusual package

Power Crackle Music by abusing an Unusual Op-amp

adrian-freed Adrian Freed

Mistreating an LM3909 and a 7473 to test diodes - a recreation of a 40 year old device.

The IC abusing diode tester

joseph-eoff Joseph Eoff

an esp32 based device for measuring/reading entropy levels and detecting anomalous readings.

ESP32: RESONANT_ENTROPY

voidrane-splicer voidrane Splicer

Medic Mini is a handheld ESP32-C6 device that checks symptoms using simple button inputs.

MEDIC Mini

arnov-sharma Arnov Sharma

These candles flicker like a real candles and can be activated with an actual flame

LED candles

Miroslav Hancar

A homebuilt electronic circuit breaker to limit the current on AC powered projects

Breaker....hardly even know her!

This project re-purposes a cable as a voltage boosting device

Boosting voltage with a cable

Using base-emitter junction on NPN BJT transistor instead of NTC

Transistor instead of thermosensor? Sure!

aleksei-tertychnyi Aleksei Tertychnyi

For this Halloween, I'm fusing the creative blocky world of Minecraft with the spooky glow of the colorful RGB LEDs in a fun & simple projec

A Color Adjustable Minecraft Lantern

This is a Digital sprit level tool is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal.

Planum - a Digital Spirit Level Tool

vishal-soni vishal soni

Featuring a ZnSe beam splitter and a pyroelectric detector, the FTIR spectrometer ensures precise molecular analysis with reliability

JASPER : FTIR

tony-francis Tony Francis

Using standard 4000 series ICs to build ternary circuits

Ternary abuse of CMOS logic

Full-bridge rectifier using base-collector PN junction

TRANSISTOR BRIDGE

A cyberpunk multi-tool for immersive experiences

Portable Data Node

A single stage high gain amplifier with optically coupled stabilization circuit.

High gain amplifier with LDR

marco-m Marco M

When you are given several PC817 optocouplers, you naturally start thinking about what you could build with them. A simple flasher!

The Opto Flasher

bkainka b.kainka