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PROJECT
177

Illuminated Butterfly Wall Art

By Adafruit Industries

Make animated wall art, powered by pebble-style LEDs, and controlled by a Mini Sparkle Motion.

PROJECT
159

Soldering Iron Automation: WiFi-Powered Convenience

By Zach Hipps

Effortlessly control your soldering iron from afar using WiFi. Explore this ingenious solution that marries automation, notifications, and a bit of wittiness.

PROJECT
173

Star Wars Scomp Link USB Port

By Zach Hipps

I decided to build a scomp link and make the center rotate like it does in the movies. Plus, I wanted to make it into a functioning USB port for my ‎computer.

PROJECT
148

Build an IoT Thermometer with Adafruit IO WipperSnapper

By Maker.io Staff

Create a compact, connected temperature, and humidity sensor with online datalogging that provides at-a-glance temperature display.

TUTORIAL
250

How to Install Adafruit IO WipperSnapper Firmware

By Maker.io Staff

WipperSnapper offers makers an advanced way to manage their connected devices, allowing configuring physical components without writing a single line of code.

PROJECT
33

Electronic Affirmation Mirror

By bekathwia

How to build an encouraging mirror which scrolls affirming quotes over your reflection.

PROJECT
64

Endless Seltzer

By bekathwia

Hooking my SodaStream up to an enormous CO2 tank for nearly endless seltzer!

BLOG
6,570

Looking to Cut the Cord? Power Your Arduino Project with a Lithium Battery

By jamesmod

Learn what it takes to make your Arduino project mobile, or just add a battery backup, using a lithium battery as a portable, energy-dense power source.

PROJECT
313

How to Build an ESP8266 Based Connected Flower Monitor

By Maker.io Staff

Create a connected plant monitoring system that records the temperature, light level, and plant moisture level and publishes this data to a local website.

TUTORIAL
726

How to interface an IMU with an ESP8266

By Maker.io Staff

Learn how to use a BNO085 breakout board with an ESP8266 to read movement and orientation data using the Arduino IDE.

TUTORIAL
1,148

How to Interface Ultrasonic Sensors with an ESP8266

By Maker.io Staff

This article serves as an introduction to ultrasonic sensors and explains how you can get them up and running in no time using an ESP8266 development board.

TUTORIAL
1,337

How to Use Wired Communication with an ESP8266

By Maker.io Staff

This article explores the most important wired communication methods and discusses how we can employ each of them in any of their ESP8266 based projects.