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Arduino Fireworks controller

Posted on August 19, 2015 by R-B One comment

JonBush has posted great instructions on building an Arduino-powered firework controller. My module is Arduino powered for a few reasons. 1) I need to work on my programming skills. 2) I wanted it to be “smart” or “aware” of what connections were present. 3) I wanted to have control over timing adjustments that a more analog solution wouldn’t allow. 4) I wanted a more graphical user interface that would be fun for my kids. The complete solution was a two part module that allows you, children, babies, etc to safely enjoy launching fireworks from a minimum distance of 50 feet.

TIC-TAC TV Remote Jammer

Posted on August 12, 2015 by R-B One comment

DangerousTim’s TV remote jammer is disguised in a TicTac Box, which constantly sends steady IR pulses at about 40kHz to the TV receiver to disable any command sent from the TV remote. With this handy little circuit, you can watch your favorite show without any interruption from your family member.

IOT enabled AC wall outlet

Posted on August 12, 2015 by R-B One comment

Gopinath.Marappan has posted great instructions about how he built an IoT enabled AC wall outlet using Arduino and ESP8266 platforms, along with a bunch of sensors, relays, and LCD displays. It features light and fan On/Off control, fan speed regulator, mood lighting, and cloud datalogger. It also allows IR remote control, amartphone app control, twitter and SMS alerts, and many more features. This project was conceived when I felt the need to automatically reduce the speed of an AC ceiling fan in the bedroom as temperature drops through the night. In Bangalore, where I live, during winters, I like to

Irrighino: A complete watering system based on Arduino Yun

Posted on August 12, 2015 by R-B Leave a comment

Luca’s Irrighino is a complete automatic watering system using Arduino Yun, and features a configurable number of solenoid valves, AJAX web interface, programmable weekly schedule, and manual activation/deactivation. Luca writes, An Arduino Yun – the “brain” of irrighino – is connected to the switch panel (with phsical switches and status leds), the rain sensor and the relay board that controls the solenoid valves. Yun is also connected to the home wifi network: a device (PC, smartphone…) connected to the same network can open the irrighino webinterface and configure and control it. If you have an Internet connection, with the correct NAT (Network Address Translation) settings you can also manage your watering system from

Indoor ambient quality monitor

Posted on August 7, 2015 by R-B Leave a comment

Davide Gironi‘s ambient quality monitor uses Arduino and a bunch of sensors to monitor four indoor environmental parameters, namely temperature, humidity, noise and illumination. The measurements are recorded on to the xively.com platform, as well as displayed locally to the user through 4 bi-color led indicators.

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