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IoT Maker

Little Known ESP32 Power Saving Modes

Another great video about the ESP32 and its power saving modes. I need to dust off my soldering iron. We all know that we send our ESP32s to deep sleep to save energy. But do you know the other possibilities to save energy like light sleep and clock reduction? And what about modem sleep or […]

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Science

Are Supercapacitors the better Batteries?

I have often wondered why use batteries and not supercapacitors. Supercapacitors are super like Superman or Superwoman. Otherwise, they only would be called “Capacitors.” Right? Where are they “super” and where not? Where can we use them, and how? And the most important question: Are they better than batteries?

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Raspberry Pi

How Small can Raspberry Pi CM4 Boards Be?

From the tiniest carrier board to the best Industrial Pis on the market, the Compute Module 4 is powering a revolution in Raspberry Pi uses. Time stamps: 00:00 – Radxa Taco NAS 00:31 – Storinator Jr 01:15 – Compute Module Availability 02:42 – Uptime Lab’s Tiny MinCab 04:04 – Home Assistant Amber 04:43 – Seeed […]

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Maker

Build Your own Stream Deck For Under $20

StreamDecks are great pieces of equipment to add some pizazz to your livestreams, but they are a bit pricey. Nero 3dp shows us how to DIY one for less than $20.

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Maker Solar

Should You Build or Buy a 5V USB Portable Solar Power Charger?

In this video, GreatScott! takes a closer look at a commercial 5V USB portable solar power charger. After measuring its output power and pretty much “short reviewing” the product, I will try to make my own DIY version that should cost around the same while outputting more power! Let’s get started!

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IoT

Top 10 Arduino projects of 2019

Here’s a great round up of the top 10 Arduino projects of 2019. 10. Secret Knock detecting Lock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE5PGeh2K9k 9. Self balancing Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6z26LVu5y0&t=1s 8. DIY Vending Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHQBsswUeT0&t=21s 7. Coin Counter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH4qfGlK2Qk&t=79s 6. Ball and Plate PID Control https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il646OVrq_o 5.Easter Egg Painter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB-a9g6yQhE&t=24s 4. DIY Time Machine Glove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj9L1_-AzMc 3. Multimeter Data Glass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkl6yVauCKg&t=29s […]

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Containers Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Server Based on Docker with VPN Remote Access and More

If you ever wanted to up your home networking game with backup to Dropbox and secure remote access from everywhere through your own VPN, all based on Docker containers, then check out what Andreas Spiess has done. In this video, he covers: Install Docker with many containers like Mosquitto, Node-Red, Grafana, influxDB, Postgres, Portainer, and […]

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