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Infra Red Panel Timer

Infra-Red Panel Timer

In one of the rooms upstairs in my house I have an Infra Red panel. When I am in that room and I switch on this panel I sometimes forget to switch it off, which is a waste of valuable energy. In order to prevent this, I built this Infra Red Panel Timer. Of course […]

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Wireless Doorbell Transmitter

Wireless Doorbell Transmitter

This project describes the first part of the following two projects: A wireless doorbell transmitter as described in this Instructable A wireless doorbell receiver to be described in the Wireless Doorbell Receiver Instructable When I am sitting in the backyard of my house I cannot hear it when somebody is ringing the doorbell at the front door.

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Analog Digital Clock

Analog Digital Clock

The reason for making this clock was because my original IKEA clock did not work anymore and I really liked the housing of this clock. I found it a waste to throw the clock away and decided to re-use it for an analog / digital clock. I could have made a standard clock but I

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Gas Detection and PPM Measurement using PIC Microcontroller and MQ Gas Sensors

Gas Detection and PPM Measurement using PIC Microcontroller and MQ Gas Sensors

MQ series Gas sensors are very common types of sensors used in Gas Detectors to detect or measure certain types of Gases. These sensors are widely used in all Gas related devices like from simple Smoke Detectors to Industrial Air Quality Monitors. We have already used these MQ gas sensors with Arduino to measure some harmful gases like Ammonia. In this

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Shade Technologies Prototype Final Report Motorized Wheelchair Canopy

Shade Technologies – Prototype I Final Report: Motorized Wheelchair Canopy

Introduction Our Motorized Wheelchair Canopy intends to help those people with disabilities that confine them to their motorized wheelchairs and need shelter at times of inclement weather, such as rain or extreme heat. Although manual wheelchair canopies do exist, no type of motorized wheelchair canopy currently exists in today’s market for purchase. People with disabilities

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Controlling an LED

Controlling an LED

For this part of the tutorial you will need: Usb to Mirco USB cable. Ethernet Cable. A computer. An SD card (4GB or bigger). A breadboard Female to male jumper cables or the Adafruit Assembled Pi Cobbler Breakout. 330 Ohm resistor. A bit of Electronics A voltage source is a constant is a source of electrical

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