Raspberry Pi Fireplace Video Looper (Pireplace)
I live in Texas. Most of the year, we have no use for a fireplace as temperatures frequently get over…
Handle millis() Overflow (Rollover) in Arduino
When working with Arduino, there are many times where you want to do something after a set time. The best…
This is an external editor for the Arduino IDE. You will still use the Arduino IDE to select boards files, upload, and connect with the serial monitor. The only thing this does is makes it easier to write the code for Arduino.
My wife and I bought an advent calendar from Amazon. We decorated it. It did the trick. But, it wasn’t high tech enough. I had a goal to change that, and this is what I came up with. The whole thing is powered by an ESP8266 (D1 Mini) and neopixel…
Orange Pi has done it again. They have released a new board called the Orange Pi Zero. It is an amazing little quad core board with built on wifi and can be yours for $8.99 for the 512 mb of RAM model or $6.99 for the 256mb of RAM model.…
There are a lot of things I like about the Next Thing Co’s C.H.I.P. One is that the usb port works as a USB serial console. This is a little tutorial of how to setup the USB OTG g_serial console on all Allwinner H3 boards including the Orange Pi, Nano…
I live in Texas. Most of the year, we have no use for a fireplace as temperatures frequently get over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. However, I have always enjoyed having a fireplace going for ambiance. One day I was sitting in my living room and noticed that the fireplace was about…