Microcontrollers and Electronics, Bit by Bit
Making something useful; an ESP8266 that tells you when the bus gets here.
I’ve been working a lot with APIs lately and figured that making something displaying information from an API with an ESP and an OLED sounded like a perfect weekend project. Preferably for something that i actually need to know, like when the bus gets here! But; GraphQL-queries….
Continue reading “GraphQL-Querying a Bus”The GPS System has to be one of the most brilliant things ever invented.
~30 sattelites in orbit that can tell you where you are anywhere on the globe, with precision down to about 2 meters. Of course you and your Arduino should get in on the action! We’ll also look into plotting our data in the Google maps API.
If you need to control a lot of inputs / outputs on a MicroController, Shift registers are the way to go. In this project I’m using shift registers to build a circuit that control endless LEDS from 5 pins of a Micro controller
I’m making a LED display inspired by the old-timey neon signs with handwritten font; The LEDs will light up one by one to illuminate the sign.
In this project i used the Digispark attiny85: These tiny boards only have 6 GPIO pins so to manage a large amount of LEDS with a limited number of pins, you’ll need shift registers.
Sometimes you need and extra motivational boost. What better way to do this than clicking a button and seeing a dog?
In this build, i made an ESP8266 (01) IoT button and used it to trigger a script in Azure Automation through a HTTPS WebHook.