by Jamie C | Dec 15, 2023 | Electronics, Electronics Modules, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
Capacitive touch modules are built into a lot of devices and are now really easy to integrate into projects. These little modules are digital switches/buttons that can be built into things and even sense through tabletops. They can also be configured to output a high...
by Jamie C | Jun 12, 2023 | Electronics, Electronics Modules, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
No driver (Windows) USB relay. HID stands for ‘Human Interface Device’ and generally doesn’t require any special drivers on Windows to be recognised. Sadly, this device currently requires a proprietary app to control the relay. This app can be...
by Jamie C | Jan 20, 2023 | Electronics, Electronics Modules, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
These little modules can be programmed to play mp3 sound bytes stored in their internal memory (8mb max). Special software is needed to program them by USB. Start the 8mb app, and on the 2nd tab of...
by Jamie C | Oct 20, 2022 | Electronics, Electronics Modules, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
How to program a CJMCU with the Arduino IDE. Background: The Microcontroller in the CJMCU is an ATTiny85, which is a smaller brother of the chip used in the standard Arduino Uno or Nano board. It can do most of the same things, but it just has a smaller pin count. 8...
by Jamie C | Aug 27, 2021 | Electronics Modules, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
An Esp32 micro-controller in an Arduino Uno footprint. This is a powerful little development board with WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities. Best of all it’s easy to program using the Arduino IDE. Just follow this tutorial here for the full step-by-step instructions...
by Jamie C | Jun 25, 2021 | Electronics, Electronics Modules, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
Testing Raspberry Pi with touchscreens. This will focus on Rasian, a cut-down Linux based operating system for Raspberry Pi’s. www.raspberrypi.org is a good starting point for Raspberry Pi Development with a range of images (pre-compiled operating systems) and...