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2,357

Furby 2023 Teardown

By bekathwia

Peel back the layers of Furby 2023 with this revealing teardown. Explore the electronic intricacies, from flash memory to tilt ball switches.

TUTORIAL
431

Boosting Arduino Efficiency: Interrupts and Power Management

By bekathwia

Learn how to make your circuits more responsive, enhance pixel animations, and optimize power consumption effortlessly by utilizing interrupts and sleep modes.

BLOG
378

NeoPixel Halloween Costume - Tips for Costume Electronics

By bekathwia

NeoPixel technology adds a touch of magic to Halloween costumes. Discover expert tips for adding dazzling lights and effects to your costume electronics.

PROJECT
300

I Made My Own LED Beaded Curtain

By bekathwia

Build an LED beaded curtain with remote control using addressable LEDs and a microcontroller. Get creative with custom animations!

PROJECT
283

Create a Custom LED Painting

By bekathwia

Learn how to integrate some NeoPixel RGB LEDs into your artwork to take your creations to a whole new level!‎

PROJECT
207

Mermaid LED Hair

By bekathwia

For this project, I’m using tiny addressable LED pixels to make a mermaid hair accessory , but you could also use regular fairy lights as an alternative.

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1,277

From Solderless Breadboard to Soldered Circuit with Becky Stern

By bekathwia

Soldering your circuit will allow you to make your project more durable & smaller, and it’s a smart step towards designing your own circuit board and enclosure.

PROJECT
10,589

Ray-Ban Stories Smart Glasses Teardown

By bekathwia

Looking inside the Ray-Ban's smart glasses.

PROJECT
114

Custom Whee-Lo Toy - Makers Secret Santa 2022

By bekathwia

How to recreate the Wheelo Toy

PROJECT
182

AzureWave Thing Plus (AW-CU488) Hookup Guide

By Sparkfun Electronics

Connect the SparkFun AzureWave Thing Plus to the cloud to grab current weather conditions in your area, post sensor data to a server, control the lights in your next home automation project, or even calculate the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of an input audio signal!

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1,508

How to Solder

By bekathwia

Learn the basics of soldering with Becky Stern.‎

PROJECT
641

How to Organize a Small Workshop

By bekathwia

How to organize a workshop in a small space.