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DOGS2: A Palm-Sized ESP32 Bench Lab You Can Build This Weekend
Sergei's DOGS2 stuffs a programmable power supply, logic probe, frequency counter, and signal generator into one palm-sized ESP32 box. Build it this weekend.
esp32 & esp8266
The ESP32-C61-MINI Finally Ships: Budget Wi-Fi 6 for Your Builds
After nearly three years, Espressif's ESP32-C61-MINI is on sale at $10.70 for five, bringing Wi-Fi 6 and Matter to budget maker and student builds.
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A Retro Game Console Crammed Inside an NES Gamepad (ESP32-S2)
Logic Gate Labs squeezed a full ESP32-S2 handheld emulator (and Doom) into an empty NES gamepad shell for about $17. Here is how the…
esp32 & esp8266
Build an ESP32-Driven Robot That Hauls Your Beach Gear on Sand
John Boss built a skid-steer robot from an e-bike rack, two 350W motors, and an ESP32 that follows him across the sand hauling every…
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Build an ESP32 Water Tank Controller With an Ultrasonic Sensor
An ESP32, an ultrasonic sensor, and a relay turn a manual rooftop water pump into a hands-off system that fills the tank and stops…
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Build a Touchless ESP32 Theremin With Capacitive Touch Sensing
An ESP32 turns hand distance into music with its capacitive touch pins and built-in DAC, no tuned oscillators or analog coils needed. Here's the…
esp32 & esp8266
ESP-KVM Turns an ESP32-P4 Into a $45 Open-Source IP KVM
A locked-up PC with no monitor nearby? ESP-KVM runs on an ESP32-P4 and hands you keyboard, mouse, and screen control from a browser for…
esp32 & esp8266
Get Full-HD Video From a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32 Over USB
A new library pushes full-HD 1920x1080 video at 60Hz from a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32 using a $20 USB display adapter and just…
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Open Sauce 2026: Maker Builds You Can Recreate This Weekend
Seven takeaways from Open Sauce 2026, plus how to recreate the show floor's cleverest ESP32 and Raspberry Pi builds on your own desk this…
esp32 & esp8266
Build a Buzzing Hazard-Alert Wearable With an ESP32 and Gas Sensor
NC State's solar-powered patch buzzes when it senses toxic gas. Here's how to build a simpler ESP32 hazard-alert wearable this weekend.
esp32 & esp8266
Open RC Spotter: An ESP32 Data Logger for RC Car Racing
Open RC Spotter is an open-source ESP32 data logger that records GPS, IMU, throttle, and temperature from your RC car for pro-level lap analysis.
esp32 & esp8266
M5Stack PowerHub: An ESP32 Dev Kit That Smartly Manages Power
M5Stack's PowerHub pairs an ESP32 with an STM32 coprocessor and INA226 sensors to measure and switch power per channel, all from a Sony NP-F550…