This is the third in a series of articles about using microcontroller devices with e-paper displays for displaying dynamic calendars. The custom Featherwing described in… Read More »IoT Calendar: Creating A Custom Featherwing
This is the second in a series of articles about using microcontroller devices with e-paper displays for displaying dynamic calendars. A year ago a concept… Read More »IoT Calendar: Making The “Magic Calendar”
This is the first in a series of articles about using microcontroller devices with e-paper displays for displaying dynamic calendars. Standards can be a wonderful… Read More »IoT Calendar: Creating a Calendar Service for IoT Devices
When I started this blog two years ago, my first article described a hot potato game I wrote using the original Circuit Playground (before there was a… Read More »The Magic Hallowing
Note: This blog post has been updated for version 3.2 of the A2Z Machine When the interactive fiction game of Zork first appeared on home… Read More »A2Z Machine: Running Zork on an Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 Express
I was successfully able to get the classic game “Zork” and the Z Machine engine that drives it running on an Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 Express.… Read More »First Look: Running Zork on an Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 Express
I found the personal compass project at Instructables.com quite interesting. Basically, a personal compass works like a regular compass, but instead of pointing to magnetic… Read More »Improved Personal Compass
On or around May 15, with no announcement or advanced notification, the Weather Underground quietly removed their free API key option for use in their… Read More »Weather Underground Drops Free API Key, Cue the Storm Clouds
It’s been a month since my last post about my Arduino music player and remote. This is a music system geared towards performers, like magicians,… Read More »Update: Arduino Music Player and Remote
Yes, there are plenty of bluetooth enabled speakers that can be used with a smartphone to play music remotely, however, I was looking for a… Read More »First Look: Arduino Music Player and Remote