Indeed, immediately after running the Windows software in a VM with the device connected I was getting a live data log of the CO₂ concentration! This screenshot shows me breathing into the vicinity of the sensor:Ok, time to disconnect the device from...
The build of the module was pretty strait forward...with some complications. Except for one all footprints matched the parts I have. The LDO for VCC_USB was the wrong footprint, a SOT-89-3 should have been a SOT-223. I fixed this by soldering cables...
Z-Uno was designed to allow people to make their own IoT devices for their Smart Homes. Many times we were asked "Is there a pressure/radiation/water level/.../whate ever sensor in Z-Wave?" and we found that it would be cool if people can make their...
With the compass functionality tested on a breadboard, the next step is to transfer it to a universal prototyping board, adding a status display and IO expansion ports to drive a LED ring that simulates the horizon. For the board, I am going to use the...
The amazon fairy dropped off a "NES Classic Controller" and a "Classic Pro"The classic pro comes up as a classic controller, The only difference is the analog R and L on the one I have are buttons and just return the max value when pushed. Although this...
15 July 2018 First a word about packaging. I designed the BQ25504 breakout board to be as small as possible because I had in mind the idea that it would become part of an integrated (hybrid) power source. That is, the LiPo battery, solar cell, and BQ25504...
I'd been pushing hard trying to get a demo of how you can break an AES-256 bootloader. This type of bootloader is often used in products for protecting firmware updates and a good demonstration of why you should care about side channel attacks as an...
So, part of this project will involve creating very fast light pulses (the photo-flashes), and part will be detecting fast optical pulses (the milk drop and bullet detecting photo-gates). The two, of course, are related in that a fast optical pulse generator...
The idea was quite simple. Buy a linear actuator from OpenBuilds with a stepper motor, attach a camera on top of it, two tripods below, assemble a control box with some Arduino-compatible, WiFi-enabled board and write an Android application that would...
The BPI-Pico-S3 is an ESP32S3 development board that has been fully adapted to CircuitPython, and the TinyUF2 + CircuitPython firmware is installed by default. No need to install any drivers in Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu Desktop, or Mac OS operating...
My daughter loves reading, and I appreciate her hobby as it helps her collect information. To honor her hobby, I will give her a customized bookmark that I made. It will be a symbol of love and appreciation for taking her hobby so seriously...
See Update BelowContext being more that of the puzzle of cases not one case "to rule them all," but I digress. The past week I've been going through a few catalogs to find an enclosure for D-DAQ's mainboard. Previously, the PCB's form factor was based...
The Technogym manual indicates that the RF HR receiver outputs a 5V and 30 ms pulse for each heart beat. A ESP32 with abilities will be the perfect µc. It's a easy job for it to read the incoming HR value and to output a pulse. Since the ESP32 works...