The Sparkfun APDS-9960 RGB and Gesture Sensor is a fairly low-cost ($15) option for hands-free control of all kinds of things. I’ve had this sitting…
Blog
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Teensy 3.2 + Teensy Audio Board
As discussed in my ongoing series of sound board experiments (most recently with the Adafruit Sound FX Board), I have been on a quest for…
Adafruit FX Sound Board 16 MB
January 2018 This is a continuation of an earlier exploration of Adafruit’s FX Sound Board. Previously, I worked with the 2MB version, but soon found…
Sparkfun ESP8266 Thing (WRL-13231)
January 2018 Next up in IoT exploration is the Sparkfun ESP8266 Thing – part WRL-13231. Note that this is not the Dev board – a separate device with…
NodeMCU Sensor
A lot has changed since my last connected sensor project in 2013, so I wanted to jump in again to see how the technology has…
Particle Photon Starter Projects
December 2017 Since my last embedded project experiments in 2013, a lot has changed. Costs have gone down, size has reduced and functionality is way…
Greenwood Friends School Craft Night
On 2/3/17 I took some of my home made noise makers to school for show and tell. Here’s the results!
Boyertown or Bust
Disclaimer: These are all first-world problems. I acknowledge that. I am fortunate to have funds to buy an instrument, and to have a car to…
2016 Raised Bed Project
We’ve been wanting to create a raised bed for some time. Most of the time, I’ve done container gardening for my peppers. That’s done well,…