Oddly Specific Objects founder Joey Castillo has designed a couple of interesting open hardware projects over the years.

An enthusiast has shared their first designs, melding the disparate worlds of PC DIY with model railroading. Beautiful-Turnip ...

If you think smart home, you might not imagine a temperature sensor, but there's a lot you can achieve with one of those and ...

One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for the humble transistor. This building block of all modern ...

Infrared sensors, which act as the "seeing" component in devices such as LiDAR for autonomous vehicles, 3D face recognition ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Bourns, Inc. introduced its Riedon RTDW Series Resistance Temperature Sensors by Bourns. Designed to deliver precise ...

This is the ideal temperature to set your thermostat at during the cooler months to save money and stay cozy. Mike De Socio ...

This project involves using an Arduino to measure distances using an ultrasonic sensor and controlling a buzzer and LED based on the measured distance. The provided Arduino code performs the following ...

Abstract: Aiming at the real-time monitoring requirements of equipment temperature in harsh environments such as ultrahigh temperature, high-spin and multi-metal, a wireless passive high-sensitivity ...