Privacy Respecting Nanoleaf Replacement Light Panels

In the following I am going to describe my own version of the light panels that, in my view, eliminate all the disadvantages of the commercial products while keeping all the advantages. I am aware that others have made similar light panels. I am making and publishing my own version, …

Custom Development Boards To Speed up Development

(This article is updated regularly as I create new development boards. The new ones are towards the bottom of this page.) Over the years I have created several development boards and breakout boards. Despite their cost (time, effort, money) they are invaluable investments for development. They simplify and speed up …

Spindicator Clone with Pulse and Trail Effect

Introduction Although my “original” Spindicator itself was just a clone of this one, mine was well received by the geeks around the world! ๐Ÿ™‚ A fellow diy tinkerer made an even better one with PWM control (very cool, indeed!). Recently, I was asked to do something similar for a custom XBOX 360 …

Zeus: trigger your camera with lightning

Introduction I have always been fascinated by photographs about lightnings. While it is relatively easily to put a lightning strike in any photograph using image editing techniques ๐Ÿ™‚ I still prefer the real thing. Since photography is a hobby of mine, I wanted to be able to photograph lightnings. However, …