Lilygo ESP32 S2 Pinouts
Nick2022-06-01T19:29:24+03:00I have designed a printable file with the SPI pins of the Lilygo ESP32 S2 Board. The documentation for this board is lacking, so I think this file will help you out.
LILYGO T5 4.7″ ePaper – First Look
Nick2022-02-16T15:17:17+02:00LILYGO T5 E-Paper First Look Hello guys, I know it is a long time since I last posted a blog post or a video on my YouTube channel but there are a lot of things going on lately and I didn’t have enough free time to tinker with Arduino. Lately I discovered a board that [...]
Seeeduino Xiao CircuitPython tutorial
Nick2020-10-14T11:31:41+03:00In this Seeeduino Xiao CircuitPython tutorial, I am going to show you how to install CircuitPython on the tiny Seeeduino Xiao board and how to develop your first blink program with it. Let's get started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKF9u7pVgs What is the Seeeduino Xiao board? If you are not familiar with it, the Seeeduino Xiao is a new [...]
Seeeduino Xiao- First look
Nick2020-09-08T18:28:27+03:00The Seeeduino Xiao is here. It is a new, tiny board which is quite powerful and inexpensive, it costs around $6. You can get it here. It features a 32bit Arm M0+ processor that operates at 48MHz and of course it can be programmed using the Arduino IDE. Let's see more details about it. The [...]
Arduino ST7789 Display tutorial
Nick2020-09-03T21:11:36+03:00Welcome to this Arduino ST7789 tutorial. A few weeks ago I received this small display which uses the ST7789 driver. The price was so tempting, just $6 for a 1.3" display with an impressive resolution of 240x240 pixels. You can get it here. When I ordered it I didn't know if it is going to [...]
Pixy2 Cam – Machine Vision made easy
Nick2019-05-23T12:31:24+03:00Pixy2 First Look A few weeks ago I received the Pixy2 camera module. It is an impressive little camera that we can use with any microcontroller and build impressive projects! The best part is that you don’t have to be a Machine Vision expert to program this board. You can teach this board new objects [...]
ESP32 Cam first view
Nick2019-05-20T12:17:35+03:00A few days ago I received a very interesting new board. It is the ESP32 Cam board which is very inexpensive, it costs less than $10. The reason I am very interested in this board is that it is an extremely capable little board. This board features an extremely capable processor, a tiny camera, a [...]
Gearbest Warehouse Locations
Nick2018-12-22T08:37:08+02:00Here is a list of the Gearbest warehouse locations. If you want to order something expensive and want to avoid the customs this list is a must. It contains all Gearbest warehouses with links to items listings. Just click on the link and you will get all the items from the warehouse of your choice. For [...]
Hacking a Xiaomi Bluetooth Thermometer
Nick2018-12-08T08:55:53+02:00A few days ago, I received this Xiaomi Bluetooth Thermometer. It is a small and inexpensive device which can measure the temperature and the humidity of the environment and it presents the data in a relatively small LCD display. It costs around $20 and you can get it here. The Xiaomi Bluetooth Thermometer [...]
Internet Radio – New Project Idea
Nick2018-08-07T15:33:26+03:00New Project Idea: Internet Radio A few weeks ago, I completed the Art Deco FM Radio project. It is by far my favorite project so far. There are many reasons that make this project so special to me. First of all, I like the design of it. Next, it is the most complex project I [...]