These are the projects I recommend building instead of just buying something off the shelf.

It uses free API key with Live ADS-B data, presented in a beautiful visual display with smooth animation, and a custom-built ...

Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Al Williams were in a retro mood this week. There was a new ‘486 computer, a new mechanical TV, and a USB stick with a magnetic personality. Can you ...

It's amazing what you can do with an ESP32 (or two).

What does this project do? A USB camera connected to a Raspberry Pi continuously captures frames. OpenCV encodes each frame as a JPEG and sends it to the CircuitDigest Cloud Face Detection API via ...

In this project, we build a complete ESP32 GSM voice calling device using the GeoLinker GL868 board. The main idea of this project is very simple. When we press a push button connected to the ESP32 ...

This paper presents a methodology for the measurement of strain by means of strain-gauges, where the data acquisition is done by using an Arduino Uno board, due to the low-cost and the easy ...

Bruce Kingsley used an Arduino project board to add sound, motion, and programmed lighting effects to this HO scale house. You can read his story and other Arduino ...

If you’ve wiring up a microcontroller and need some kind of storage, it’s likely you’ll reach for an SD card. Compared to other ways of holding data on your project, SD cards are just so much cheaper, ...

With Christmas a little over two weeks ago, one might be scrambling to find a gift for a loved one, friend, or family member. If you’re familiar with Arduino or Raspberry Pi and have a free weekend, ...