The Godox ML150Bi packs plenty of power for illuminating models in bright daylight, while also serving as an effective key light in darker locations. Its wide color-temperature range lets you ...

I smartened up a lamp for pocket change.

A carbon nanotube transistor turns invisible 940 nm light into both a signal and memory, advancing low-power neuromorphic ...

Water storage often presents challenges such as monitoring tank levels, preventing overflow, and reducing manual intervention to operate the pump. Two types of devices, known as water level indicators ...

This sound alternator is designed to simulate the effects of a police siren, combining sound and light to create a dynamic audio-visual experience. It uses an ESP32, a small speaker, and two red LEDs ...

In this short tutorial, we will show you how you can build yourself a transistor-driven color-changing RGB LED lights. The building process is simple and requires only a few transistors, capacitors ...

The Arduino Uno is a common microcontroller board that has become very popular among makers, hobbyists, and engineers. The Arduino Uno is based on the ATmega328P microcontroller and was developed by ...

Proximity sensing is a common application for intruder alarms, light switches, and other home and industrial automation applications. There are multiple methods of proximity detection used in the ...

Garling joined MakeUseOf in September 2021 where she began her career covering DIY tech. In the early days, she dug into the thriving world of Raspberry Pi projects, and explored the vibrant community ...

Cherie is a Creative Technologist who joined MUO in 2021. She's an avid maker and technical writer, with experience using Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Micro:bit, ATtiny, and ATMega devices as well as ...

Recently I was able to build a version of a tiny microcontroller-based LED strobe light for RC airplanes. The build is not very advanced, but it is almost a complete kit. Let’s start with the easy ...