Building a real-life version of the Star Trek tricorder has been the goal of engineers and hackers alike since the first time Dr McCoy complained about being asked to work outside of his job ...

CGA monitors may not be an amazing technological advance these days, but they can generally be found very cheaply. Additionally, they have a DB-9 connector and work off of TTL ranges (0-5VDC) making ...

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Now you can build your own room temperature monitor using an Arduino board. The circuit is a combination of an Arduino UNO board, LM35 temperature sensor, and a 16×2 Hitachi compatible LCD. It will ...

In day-to-day life, there are financial concerns that we all have to juggle. Groceries, childcare, bills, insurance, and taxes are just some of the money matters that make being an adult such a ...

In my last blog post: http://embeddederic.blogspot.c… I took an Adruino Uno and a Protoshield and made a simple battery monitor, so I could measure the voltage of a ...

If you are interested in saving money and water, you may be interested in this Arduino shower monitor which has been created by Instructables member LiamOSM. Using a small LCD screen and the power of ...

This system demonstrates water level and temperature monitoring on a 10.92cm (4.3-inch) TFT LCD using graphics and ...

[Credit: Invent Geek] Gardening can be quite rewarding, but it can also take up a quite a bit of time. There is software out there that can make it easier to monitor your garden, but if your plot is ...