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
This past holiday season my wife asked me if I could make her a homemade gift for Christmas. So, I gave a her a… Read More »WiFi Web and Voice TV Remote Using the ESP8266
Introduction The party light project is a simplified version of another project I have been working on that uses Adafruit’s Circuit Playground and its capacitive… Read More »Party Light with Adafruit’s Circuit Playground
Jack the Duck is helping test the first prototype of my magic pinwheel.
I created this digital version of the hot potato game using simply a Circuit Playground board from Adafruit and a lipo battery. The code is… Read More »Hot Potato Game with Adafruit’s Circuit Playground