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Category Archives: Tutorial
Capacitive touch modules
Capacitive touch modules are built into a lot of devices and are now really easy to integrate into projects. These little modules are digita [...]
List of DaVinci Resolve Tutorials
I’ve compiled a list of some DaVinci Resolve tutorials below. These give you a run through of the basics of video editing with Resolve [...]
Transparent 3d Printing
Using some specific settings and materials, we can print transparent objects with our FDM printers in the Fab Lab. These settings result in [...]
Axidraw V3/A3 Processing Integration
The Axidraw can be manipulated and controlled through Processing. This is a brief look at how this can be implemented, download and unzip th [...]
Draw Vector Images with Axidraw V3/A3 and Inkscape
AxiDraw translates vector lines and SVG files into physical movements, allowing you draw, paint, or write onto materials that you might not [...]
USB HID Relay
No driver (Windows) USB relay. [...]
Fusion 360 basics
Fusion 360 is a great, all-in-one parametric cad solution. Find out how to get started below. [...]
JQ6500 MP3 Player Module
These little modules can be programmed to play mp3 sound bytes stored in their internal memory (8mb max). [...]
Digi Spark / CJMCU Microcontroller
How to program a CJMCU with the Arduino IDE. [...]
Thermal Camera for Arduino Boards
We have a couple of Thermal Cameras that can add heat imaging capabilities to Arduino projects. They have a low resolution 32×24 pixels [...]
ESP32-CAM QR Code Scanner
This project combines two separate projects to get a system that acts as a WiFi Access point and web server to display QR codes scanned with [...]
Indesign Helpful Hints
Here are some useful hints we have used with our own projects: [...]
Hand drawing to laser cutting with Inkscape
A quick overview of the workflow to get a hand-drawn part laser cut using Inkscape. [...]
Creating custom monochrome graphics for micro-controller screens
Arduino code Converting images into byte arrays for mono-colour screens with microcontrollers. Best suited for static splash screens or basi [...]
Electronics Basics
This brief tutorial gives some tips for working with electronic circuits and covers some common issues beginners can have. [...]
Solar powered WiFi weather station with Google sheets upload
This project uses spare solar panels and an ESP-01 DHT11 module to gather weather data and upload it to a google spreadsheet. [...]
Creating professional pinout diagrams
This is a great tutorial from Adafruit showing how to create professional pinout/wiring diagrams with free vector software Inkscape. It coul [...]
Brilliant Smart WiFi plug
These smart plugs are a readily available, low-cost, and non-invasive home automation solution. Some models also have power monitoring. [...]
D1 R32 – ESP32
An Esp32 micro-controller in an Arduino Uno footprint. [...]
Estimating battery life of electronic designs
How to estimate the life of a battery-powered circuit design. [...]
Raspberry Pi & Touchscreens
Testing Raspberry Pi with touchscreens. [...]
Circuit Mockups: TinkerCAD, Fritzing and Circuito
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 [...]
Handy Arduino boards & libraries
This is a repository for good Arduino boards and libraries with links. [...]
STM32 (“Blue Pill”) Arduino programming
This will show you the way to program an STM32F1xx series microcontroller with the Arduino IDE (integrated development environment). [...]
RFID and Arduino
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 a [...]
Complex 3D objects to 2D profiles
After a lot of researching here is a free way to create a 2D cut profile from a 3d surface. [...]
Fusion 360: Rendering a turntable gif
Gif created in fusion 360 here: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/getting-started/caas/screencast/Main/Details/f0761311-8e30 [...]
Fusion 360 embedded test
How to embed Fusion 360 files into blog posts. [...]
Interfacing Arduino and sensors with Unity
Overview For this project, we attempted to interface hardware sensors with Unity to manipulate virtual objects and give feedback to hardware [...]
Arduino Radar scanner
This uses Arduino and hardware to feed data into Processing for the graphical user interface. [...]