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The Curse Of The Mummy! Egyptian-Themed Halloween Puzzle
IntroductionI’ve had this idea for Halloween for a few years now. I wanted to make my porch display into an escape room for trick or treating. The kids would have to solve an environmental puzzle to get their candy. Of cour... Read More
Spirit In A Box Halloween Trick
IntroductionThis project was born from the desire to craft a captivating and spine-tingling magic trick that would add an air of mystique to a Halloween and supernatural-themed party that I would be attending. It aimed to immerse... Read More
3D-Printed GPS Speedometer
Introduction
I wanted a GPS speedometer that is portable, robust, and looks okay. I had been messing around with 3D printing and exploring GPS modules for a few years and wanted to bring those skills together to design a device ... Read More
Hogwarts Legacy Broom Flight Controller
IntroductionI embarked on this project to enhance my interactive and immersive experience with the video game "Hogwarts Legacy," as a devoted Harry Potter fan. Initially, I used a Kano wand and Raspberry Pi Zero to cast spells in... Read More
Smart Home Makeover with HomeAssistant
IntroductionI wanted to bring ageing, and failing, Home Automation infrastructure into the modern age whilst retaining hardware investments already made.
Our house had Universal Power Bus (UPB) dimmers and switches installed at ... Read More
Simulated Parisians: Little Autonomous Pedestrians
IntroductionParisians is a cute simulation of Paris with autonomous pedestrians. It’s simple to build and easy to personalize, a Single Board Computer "wall piece": on display and looping forever.
Citizens walk around the ... Read More
LoRa P2P Wireless Gate Alarm
IntroductionMy front gate is a long way from the house at around 300m. I don’t want people wandering around my property without knowing about it. This project uses two Raspberry Pi Pico’s and two LoRa modules. O... Read More
Vehicle GPS Logger and Speedometer
PurposeTo display time and speed to a driver while logging timestamped raw latitude, longitude and speed as returned by the GPS satellite network. This allows a driver to double-check their speedometer reading and provides an aud... Read More
PowerPlay SSR Control
IntroductionThe aim of PowerPlay is to provide an Arduino platform for managing downstream Solid State Relays (SSR) simply and safely. PowerPlay consists of a custom Arduino Shield, and simple software to drive elements of ... Read More
GlowBit Desktop Audio-Visualiser
IntroductionI’ve had this little 8x8 Glowbit matrix for a few weeks now, and for whatever reason, the first thing I thought after running the example programs was “This needs to be synchronised to music!”
So, I... Read More
Raspberry Pi Pico Long Range Radio (LoRa) Weather and Air Quality Station - Full Dashboard (DataCake + TTN), Rain-Proof and Long Range
Have you ever wanted to make a Weatherproof Weather and Air Quality System that transmits its edge-collected data long-range through LoRa (up to a 10Km range) and then have that data automatically uploaded to the Internet to be g... Read More
Micro:bit based GlowBit Car
I made this car because at school there was a Lego We-Do tug-of-war competition but the cars only drove backward and I wanted to make a car that can turn and drive forwards.
If you make this car don't throw away the chassis box ... Read More
PiicoDev Sketcher - An interactive sketching toy
The PiicoDev Sketcher is a fun, interactive toy reminiscent of sketching toys from my childhood. The user draws an image using the two knobs - one for X-control and the other for Y. Turning one knob at a time produces horizontal ... Read More
WhyzaGC - Feather ESP32 addon to the MightyOhm Gieger Counter
This project is about adding a wireless Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 or ESP32 v2 with Adafruit Featherwing 128x64 OLED to interface with the self-assembled MightyOhm Geiger Kit.IntroductionI am always on the lookout for unique... Read More
Borg Cube for Scouts STEM Camp
IntroductionWhat does one make for a Startrek-themed STEM camp for Scouts? Especially when given the Search and Rescue (SAR) activity base to run.
Why this base you ask? Usually I run a radio direction-finding activity sin... Read More
Portable Arcade Emulator
IntroductionI am a Mechanical Engineer, and after 30 years in industry I now teach Engineering at High School. I create various projects in my spare time and bring them to school to inspire my students to try new things and not b... Read More
Raspberry Pi Game Show
IntroductionI made this project because I had been given a Raspberry Pi 4 for Christmas and was hoping to make a fun project with it. I wanted to make something which wasn’t just copying a tutorial and was actually my own. ... Read More
MakeCode STEM Arcade Machine
This project came about for a number of reasons. Firstly, we wanted a real showpiece for the school's Resource Centre. It's a real talking point and when people find out that it was made almost entirely by students they are a... Read More
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