woodworking

Smart Mirror

Frame made of ebony-oiled red oak. Raspberry Pi 2 running "Magic Mirror [http://magicmirror.builders/]". 15.4" LCD is from my old 2002 eMachine laptop (it still runs!). Purchased the LCD control board (LVDS?) on eBay. LCD runs on 12v and used a USB buck converter to

woodworking

Kids' Art Table

The idea for this project started with a conversation between my wife and father-in-law just before Thanksgiving. It was an ambitious project with a tight deadline. Our eldest specifically asked Santa for a new art table, so there was no way we could extend the deadline. Christmas or bust! Being

hackster

My Angels' Angel

Being the clever, loving father that I am, I wanted to make a nerdy yet crafty tree topper for our Christmas tree again this year. Last year (2015) was an angel with the wings made from my daughters' handprint traces. This year, I'm going to make it

photon

5-Minute IoT Clock

I accidentally ordered the 1.2" 7-segment display with I2C backpack this week. It's entirely too big for my original purpose, so I decided to make a quick clock out of it. Although it took me about an hour to get it to where it is now,

tindie

Custom Enclosures and Other Gadgets with Wgb

> As a maker/hacker/tinkerer or whatever you call yourself, when you’re dealing with electronics projects, the focus is generally on getting it to work. Many times this is good enough, and you perhaps move on to something else, but if you actually want people to accept your

hackster

Featured in Hackster's Workshop: IRC for Makers

3dprinting

Micro Breadboard Mount for USB Power Supply

Loosely inspired by the Apple Cube USB Charger Bracket [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1290842], this is a mount for a 5V A1 USB power supply (this one at Adafruit [https://www.adafruit.com/products/501] and a tiny breadboard [https://www.adafruit.com/products/65]. There is a small

3dprinting

USB Helper Enclosure

This is a commissioned work for fellow Tindie seller Black Brix [https://www.tindie.com/stores/Dirk/]'s USB Helper / USB Switch [https://www.tindie.com/products/Dirk/usb-helper--usb-switch-kit/]. The product was sent to me to produce an enclosure for safety and aesthetics. [ imgur.com [http://imgur.com/a/

particle

IoT Device Management with mDNS and Webduino

There are a ton of Arduino-compatible IoT devices available on the market these days. Some with easy configurations and management, some with none at all. Personally, I prefer Particle devices for their easy-to-use, high security cloud. However, sometimes I don't need the hassle or security of managing access

particle

Keeping Binary States with Integers

With the help of a couple of Particle community [https://community.particle.io/] forum topics, I've been able to piece together a simple way to keep state using the bits (0, 1) of an integer value. If you aren't familiar with binary bits in a byte

3dprinting

Particle Electron Breadboard Box

This is a derivative of my original Breadboard Project Box with a few key modifications: * Removed battery holding area * Added side "channels" to hold cellular antenna * Corner channels for battery wires 3D model and more available at [ thingiverse.com [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1385961] ]. Also available for

3dprinting

Control Everything Sensor Enclosures

Simple sensor enclosures for a majority of the Control Everything I2C sensors [https://www.controleverything.com/products?f[0]=field_assigned_categories%3A6172] . It probably won't fit for the gas and pressure sensors or sensors with terminals on the edges of the PCBs. More variations may be added

3dprinting

Control Everything Photon Relay Enclosure

This is a simple enclosure for Relay Shield for Particle Photon I²C 2-Channel SPDT 10-Amp 6 Programmable Digital Input Output [https://www.controleverything.com/content/Relay-Controller?sku=MCP23008_SCIO6R2G5LE_10A] . The top is held in place by small tabs. 3D model and more available at [ thingiverse.com [http://www.

3dprinting

Raspberry Pi Stacking Tower

This is a minimal yet relatively secure way to stack your Raspberry Pi's vertically. This is a universal B design in that it works with the original B, the 2 B, and presumably the B+ (I don't have a B+). The design goals were something that

particle

particle-adafruitio

A simple Node.JS daemon that listens for published events on your Particle event stream, parses them, and pushes them to Adafruit IO [https://io.adafruit.com/]. Source code and instructions at [ github.com [https://github.com/wgbartley/particle-adafruitio] ].

particle

particle-initialstate

A simple Node.JS daemon that listens for published events on your Particle event stream, parses them, and pushes them to Initial State [http://initialstate.com/] ]. Source code and instructions at [ github.com [https://github.com/wgbartley/particle-initialstate] ].

3dprinting

Nixie Tube Clock Frame

I recently received and assembled a Nixie Clock Kit (not my kit) for my birthday. However, there's a 180V no-touch area. With 2 kids, I wanted to build in a little extra safety to keep fingers from wandering into the danger zone. It also helps to block out

hackster

434 MHz Remote Outlet Sniffing

For starters, this is not for the faint of heart. It's not difficult, but it is tedious. Getting the drivers and software installed can be a little confusing, too. That is something that I will not cover in this project as many places have done it already. Instead,

joule-thief

ATTiny Joule Thief NeoPixel

I've been fascinated with joule thief circuits since I made my first one. It's amazing what all you can power from a single AA or AAA battery. The only problem is you can't do much beyond light up an LED because the current isn&

particle

Particle Internet Button 434 MHz Remote

I've been using remote RF outlets to control Christmas decorations for years. It's definitely easier than trying to get under and around the tree to plug lights into an outlet or go outside to plug in the outdoor lights. Yet I constantly lose (and miraculously find)

particle

Photon Power Proto Board

A small proto board for a Particle Photon or its cousins. Additional components to handle larger power loads. This is a protoboard for a Particle Photon or one of its cousins with similar footprints (Spark Core, bluz, etc). There is a 5x5 proto area as well as 5x1 rails for

hackster

Spotlight: Garrett Bartley

Garrett is a lifestyle hacker whose preferred platform is Particle, where he is an Elite community member. Read more at [ hackster.io [https://www.hackster.io/blog/spotlight-garrett-bartley] ].

joule-thief

Joule Thief Index Card with SMD LEDs

I was issued a pseudo-challenge to see if I could solder super-tiny 0402 (0.4mm x 0.2mm) SMD LEDs.  They are about the size of a speck of dust and pretty easy to lose even sitting right in front of you.  You need super-fine tweezers to even pick these

3dprinting

Pole Plug Helper

I usually don't like to publish one-off prints like this, but it was so handy that I can't help it! My garage door opener plugs into an outlet in the ceiling of my garage. I don't have a 6+ foot ladder to reach the

particle

Internet Button Mount

The Particle Internet Button is a fun little device on a horizontal, flat surface. However, I wanted to mount mine to a wall. The "bubble" is loose, so it wouldn't stay on in a vertical situation. This aims to resolve that issue. It also allows the