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The Art of Crimping!
Arduino, ESP32 & Co.: Crimp Your Own Jumper Cables – A Crimping Pliers Tutorial
The Art of Crimping! Here I show you step by step how to make your own jumper cables for Arduino, ESP32 and Co. – with a suitable crimping tool and some stranded wire you already have the most important materials.
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Bigger Power Supplies for Your Microcontroller
Power supply for Arduino and ESP32: operate microcontroller with PC power supply & LED power supply unit
Today I will show you all the different ways you can power up your Arduino, ESP32 or ESP8266 – which ports and pins can be used and what to take care of. Then I will show you two power supply setups if you need a little bit more amperes.
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Everything you need to know about LED strips!
The LED Strips Ultra Guide
This guide gives you ALL the basics you ever need to start tinkering with 5 Volt LED Stripes like Neopixel, WS2812B & Co. and you beloved microcontroller like Arduino, ESP32 or ESP8266.
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Quotes like a Geek!
Ikea Hack: RIBBA frame rebuilt to a digital sayings epaper based frame – QUOTEFRAME aka SPRYGGKLOPPA
QUOTEFRAME, this is a DIY digital sayings calendar. Runs on battery, has Wi-Fi to edit the sayings and has an extremely high WAF value. It also makes a great gift! I’ll show you what you can do with it and how I put it together! Today we build something that can be used as a gift for all who like
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Run ESP with Batteries – and Style
Run ESP with batteries + best battery holder ever!
Power ESP with batteries! Plus: the best battery holder ever! Which batteries and accumulators are best suited to supply ESPs or similar microcontrollers with power? We’ll clarify that in this article. I’ll also show you one of the best ways to mount batteries in your project case and how to create a tidy power supply: with the Flex Battery Holder
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Clips Instead of Screws: Fastening Microcontrollers with PCB Clips
Screws are sometimes annoying. Because the right screw is often no longer available in sufficient quantity. Besides, you have to turn them forever. And especially in the prototype phase you have to remove your board with the microcontroller more often. I have a great thing for you, I call the whole thing: PCB Clips. PCB stands for Printed Circuit Board.
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Feb 18th 2021
Arduino & ESP32 programming with PlatformIO and Visual Studio Code
The Arduino development environment can do nothing, and that’s a good thing. Because this development environment was meant to keep the entry barrier into microcontroller programming as simple as possible and not to overwhelm the newbie with too many functions. I admit, I am a professional developer. And I am missing some features in the Arduino development environment that make
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Arduino VS ESP32: Feature comparison and first steps with the Arduino IDE
The Arduino can’t do anything and is way too expensive! What my favorite alternative is and why we still have to love the Arduino, I tell you in this article. I also show how to load a program to an Arduino UNO and to an ESP32 in the Arduino IDE. If I claim that the Arduino can do nothing, then this
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