Bikerglen

The WOPR LED display makes a nice filler panel in an otherwise very dusty rack of equipment. This was supposed to be a simple project. I already had a set of 12 88 LED matrix modules, software, and a micro. All I had to do was print out a .3mf file, slide

What if Hayes wasn't the only tech company to build a clock? Here's my take on a Linksys router clock. In the early 1980s, Hayes made an external real-time clock styled after their ubiquitous Smartmodem 300. In this project, I explore what it would have l

An army of miniature traffic barrels waiting to assault your morning commute. I designed a miniature traffic barrel with a blinking warning light then built a whole army of them to slow down traffic on my desktop. The warning light was a challenge because

The little gray box plays back sound effects triggered by the Launchpad Mini. It has a line-level output for input to mixer to use during live streams. There's also a version with a built-in speaker for live in-person sound effects too! In this project, I

The completed LCD traffic signal including body, mast, controller cabinet with Wi-Fi antenna, concrete pedestal for the controller, and platform. In this project, I build a miniature 3D-printed traffic signal and matching Wi-Fi-enabled controller cabinet.

A white Color Kinetics ColorBlast 4, a black Color Kinetics C200, and two super-colorful My First Neopixel dance party lights. Inspired by various colorful and chonky kids toys and some old Color Kinetics architectural fixtures, this colorful Neopixel spo

A brief demo video of the lizard soundboard! A friend forwarded a video of the lizard slapping the lizard emoji on their phone and I instantly knew I needed to do the same! My phone doesn't sound out emojis though so I built a single-purpose sound board t

Tired of taking the trash out in the dark? Forgot to turn on the outside lights on the way to the trash cans? Read on to learn how I built a waterproof, battery-powered Zigbee hall-effect sensor to automatically turn on my backyard landscape lights when I

Rinsing the bike off after a muddy night ride can be needed. Being able to see what you're doing without getting your phone out or going inside the house is great. Ever want to control some outdoor lighting without using your phone or going back in the ho

Two XMCOSY+ RGBW light strings hanging in my backyard over my snow-covered lawn. Two years ago, I hung a set of generic G50 RGB globe lights in the backyard. They weren't exactly waterproof and the individual lights became water logged and started acting