by Jamie C | Aug 16, 2021 | Electronics, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
The Design spaces have a special WiFi network set up just for IoT (Internet of things) devices. This network is basically an isolated “sandbox” type setup where devices can connect to the internet or other devices on this network only. It only requires a...
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...
by shin956 | Jun 23, 2021 | 3D Printer, Electronics, Projects & Tutorials
Hey peeps, Steve here 😀 Here’s a side project I’m working on in the Design FabLab to learn how to use mechanical electronics, Arduino microcontrollers and coding. A pretty big endeavour for me as I don’t have much background in this stuff but...
by Thomas Lawley | Feb 2, 2021 | Electronics, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
Overview Designers need to communicate their designs to others. They need to be able to document their work so they can refer to it later or to allow others to build their designs. Regarding the design of circuits there is two great places to start to showcase your...
by Thomas Lawley | Jan 29, 2021 | Electronics
Remote Control Car Overview: This project makes use of an Arduino, a car chassis, a bluetooth module, and an android phone to make a Remote Control Car that is controlled by tilting the phone like a steering wheel. This post is a high level overview of the project and...
by Jamie C | Aug 24, 2020 | Electronics, Electronics Modules, Projects & Tutorials, Tutorials
This is a basic access control project to read and use the unique IDs of RFID cards including the University of Auckland ID cards. It uses an RFIDRC522 module that can read 13.56MHz cards and the code is based on the RC522 Arduino library found HERE. It can also write...
