Today we are going to create a strobe light for the tips of the wings of an rc airplane using a 555 timer (NE 555 or lm 555 IC) this circuit is very easy to make with few components and most ...

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Expert DIYer April Wilkerson creates a walnut table with breadboard ends, making a beautiful and sturdy centerpiece for meals. Teens arrested after teacher prank turns deadly in Georgia Uncommon ...

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It’s hard to believe that the first blue LED didn’t arrive until 1993. They look simple, but looks are deceiving (Fig. 1). 1. Image showing a blue InGaN-based LED with gold wire contacts (0.4 × 0.4 mm ...

Some members of the maker community are distraught about Arduino’s new terms of service (ToS), saying that the added rules put the company’s open source DNA at ...

This system uses a colour-changing LED (RGB LED/tri-colour LED) that switches to a new colour every 5 seconds. Simultaneously, the colour name is displayed on an OLED mini screen (SSD1306). This ...

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In a deal that surprised some industry observers, chipmaker Qualcomm has agreed to buy Arduino, which is best known for supplying microcontrollers to the DIY community. The acquisition, whose terms ...