In the eye of the beholder
When we last left our handsome hero he was securing the perimeter using a PIR sensor and an Arduino. The rig was designed to raise an alarm via a piezo buzzer when the sensor...
Author: Daniel
What’s in the box?
A couple of months ago I got really excited when I saw that Adafruit had launched a curated box of products suitable for anyone that’s part of the maker scene. The AdaBox follows the...
Securing the perimeter
Just a quickie, this time, to let you know I’ve finally completed Project 6: PIR Zombie Detector. I’m not exactly sure what I did wrong the last time, although it’s a safe bet that...
Made some progress, finally!
This is a short post with a simple mission – to inform all (three) of you of my success in completing Project 3: LED Lighting. Following on from what I learned last week, I...
Learning from one’s mistakes
After a number of failures with the other projects I’ve worked on recently, I was looking forward to a success with Project 3: LED Lights. How hard can it be to wire up some...
One step forward, two steps back
One of my friends, a young gentleman by the name of Cos, has a healthy respect for the idea that the zombie apocalypse isn’t an if – but a when. This is something which...
You light up my heart
If you’ll indulge me for just a moment, I want to talk about something which isn’t related to zombies, but is about electronics and my attempts to get creative. With the failure of the...
I just can’t do it Captain, I just don’t have the power!
Unfortunately, today has turned into a bit of a failure. This morning brought with it the final component I needed I start on the battery monitor project. At lunchtime, I quickly assembled the relevant...
