Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Abstract: This paper describes the construction of an advanced control system designed specifically for industrial appliances. It uses the user-friendly mobile application Blynk and an affordable open ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

During compilation I was getting the warning: Using board 'd1_mini' from platform in folder: C:\ArduinoIDE1819_v9\arduino-1.8.19\hardware\esp8266\esp8266 Using core 'esp8266' from platform in folder: ...

Here at Hackaday, we definitely love to celebrate the hard hacks: the insane feats of reverse engineering, the physics-defying flights of fancy, or the abuse of cutting edge technology. But today I’d ...

Arduino Software for ESP8266 to interface with mosquito MQTT server. Written 2023 Remote computer switch This code runs a ESP8266 that handles switching on and off a computer. It is set to stay awake ...

In this project, we are going to build a Smart Farming System using IoT. The objective of this project is to offer assistance to farmers in getting Live Data (Temperature, Humidity, Soil Moisture, and ...

Like the “Three Seashells” in Demolition Man, this trio of bright yellow network monitors created by [David Chatting] might be difficult to wrap your head around at first glance. They don’t have any ...

“Adding Open Hardware to Open Software for a More Equitable IoT” talk at FOSDEM 2021 discussed the importance of open-source hardware and software for IoT devices, notably to avoid getting a brick ...

From time to time, we have been covering good freeware and free software in our Downloads section. We have also been posting about ‘Best 5’ or ‘Top 10’ software in various categories. In this post, I ...