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RC Robotic Fish: A Fun and Functional DIY Project A YouTuber has shared his attempt at building a remote-controlled robotic fish, and the results are both captivating and functional. This latest version combines simplicity and innovation, powered by an Arduino Uno, a single large servo motor, a Bluetooth transceiver (HC05), and a 5V battery pack. The combination of these simple components, along with a straightforward mechanical structure,… |
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LiteWing CalibrationIntroduction
Calibration is essential for correcting sensor offsets caused by the installation or soldering of the MPU6050 motion sensor. If the sensor is not perfectly level during soldering or has slight factory variations, it may introduce roll and pitch drift during flight. If the LiteWing drone drifts in any… |
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How to use crazyflie cfClient with LitewingWhat is cfClient?
cfClient is a GUI application designed for configuring, controlling, and debugging drones running Crazyflie-based firmware, including the LiteWing drone. It allows users to connect their drone, monitor sensor data, adjust flight settings, and manage input devices such as joysticks or game controllers. With cfClient… |
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DIY Project To Customize Car Dashboards For Optimized Real-Time Readings The dashboard in the modern car is the window to know about the health and performance of the car, but often it is not accurate. To solve this problem, a car enthusiast, Garage Tinkering, uses the CAN bus data to fine-tune custom RPM and speed gauges. Garage Tinkering has created tailored gauges that will deliver more accurate and real-time data, making the car more… |
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Build A Functional Soft Robotic Gripper Using 3D Printed Mold and Silicone In a recent YouTube video, a maker called Tazer Technical has shown us how he has built his own Soft Robotic Gripper by overcoming challenges in material selection by irritative prototyping. In his earlier attempted he build a single finger robotic gripper using silicone with a Shore hardness of 25A which was too rigid, leasing to adoption of a softer silicone (10A) combined with a… |
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DIY Functional Pokeball for You to Make For fans of Pokémon and DIY electronics, Kiara from Kiara's Workshop has created something that bridges nostalgia and maker ingenuity: functional Pokéballs that light up, open, and even simulate throwing mechanics. Taking feedback from her earlier design, she improved durability with reinforced resin lids, repositioned the button for better accessibility, and integrated a compact DFPlayer Mini… |
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You Can Build This 3-D Printed Robot For Hands-On Robotics Learning Meet Tillu, a 3D-printed robot created by Mukesh Sankhla on his YouTube channel MakerBrains. This DIY Robot is a perfect blend of hardware and software, designed to be an awesome learning tool for anyone interested in learning robotics. Powered by the Unihiker board, Tillu uses servo motors to perform all kinds of fun moves like… |
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A Childhood Toy Reinvented: From RC Boat to Fish Feeder Imagine the joy of riding a remote-controlled paddleboat in the waters when we were kids. Gokul, a hardware designer and a 3D printing enthusiast, gave it a small twist by adding a few features, making it both a fish feeder and a delivery system for bait. And also as a medicine delivery system to hard-to-reach water filled places. This project turns a simple idea… |
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A Self Balancing Bicycle Using Gyroscopic Stabilization – How Does It Work? A team of engineers at We Make Machines YouTube Channel has built a self-balancing bicycle with an aim to increase bicycle safety and eliminate human errors. Even though the project has made the cycle bulky and not being able to make turns it is interesting to see how self balancing is achieved using gyroscopic stabilization and learn about the potential problems… |
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Upgrade Your 6x8 Pixel Display with This Simple Code for Smoother, More Natural-Looking Text Ever used the standard 6x8 pixel display for your DIY electronics project? often characters appear jagged or distorted at the edges. Changing to a display with 12x16 pixels is one way to solve the problem, but characters often appear blocky and consume more memory when enlarged. To address this problem, David Johnson-Davies has found an innovative way to smooth out… |
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Now you can 3D Print Your Own PCBs using a SLA 3D Printer If you have worked with electronics, at some point you have probably wondered or even tried to make your own PCBs at home. Thanks to the magic of 3D printing, that dream is now a reality. Stephen Hawes, CEO of Opulo, on his YouTube channel shows us how you can use an SLA 3D printer to etch your very own PCBs. First, you'll need to… |
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Turning a Kimbala into a MIDI Finger Piano with a Raspberry Pi Pico Jermy Cook, a popular maker known for his audio projects and custom built MIDI Instruments has recently shown an easy way to build a Finger MIDI Piano using a Raspberry Pi Pico. His video demonstrates how to transform a finger piano into a MIDI instrument using a Raspberry Pi Pico. The project leverages capacitive touch sensing to detect when a key is pressed. With… |
