/tags/hardware/Recent content in Hardware on Dabble or DieHugoen-usMon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/posts/animating-the-skeleton/Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/posts/animating-the-skeleton/Wiring up a 12ft Home Depot skeleton with servos, Arduino, and an iOS app — using ARKit to puppet a giant skeleton in real time from your phone./posts/i-hacked-my-ac/Fri, 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000/posts/i-hacked-my-ac/Mini splits don’t work with smart thermostats. So naturally, I wired an ESP8266 into the serial port./posts/wireless-charging-truck-hack/Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000/posts/wireless-charging-truck-hack/I hacked wireless Qi charging into the center console of my 2012 truck, then added wireless CarPlay for good measure./posts/the-great-christmas-tree-experiment/Sun, 20 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000/posts/the-great-christmas-tree-experiment/Five years of individually addressable LEDs, ESP8266 microcontrollers, ARKit spatial mapping, and trying not to burn down the Christmas tree./posts/custom-pcbs-and-wearables/Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000/posts/custom-pcbs-and-wearables/Falling down the hardware rabbit hole — from first solder joints and OSH Park purple boards to custom SMD designs and an NRF52 LED baseball cap./posts/3d-printing/Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000/posts/3d-printing/From a $200 impulse buy to a Prusa kit build — learning to design, print, and fix things (including the printer itself)./posts/hardware-tinkering/Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000/posts/hardware-tinkering/Falling down the Arduino rabbit hole, discovering ESP8266, the smart home journey from SmartThings to Home Assistant, and never looking back.