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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.

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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.

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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
75

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
19

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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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
107

3D Printed LED Kaleidoscope

By bekathwia

How to build a 3D LED kaleidoscope with no glue or fasteners and contains wireless LEDs to create patterns.

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Different Types of Solder for Makers

By Maker.io Staff

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by choices when looking for solder; this article introduces the basics of picking solder to get the best possible result.

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How to Solder

By bekathwia

Learn the basics of soldering with Becky Stern.‎

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Translate an Idea Into Arduino Code

By bekathwia

Follow along as I share my workflow for turning an idea into an Arduino sketch for a functional prototype.

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Electronic Affirmation Mirror

By bekathwia

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

PROJECT

Webcam Privacy Friend

By bekathwia

I made a motorized cover for my webcam in the shape of an eyeball.