projects

  • Making a wifi controlled Light with the ESP8266
    I’ve been learning to do stuff with the esp8266 in the past month or so, and I’ve finally got all the video from it uploaded. In the video series for this, I take the 8266 on the esp-01 board, and get it flashed with Lua/NodeMCU firmware, and then use this to serve a web page that controls an LED - a web connected lamp.more...
  • Powering the esp8266 Wifi Microcontroller
    If you are working with small devices, you will need power supplies for them. 5v is generally easily supplied by a USB port (be careful here - get it wrong, and you may damage your laptop). 3.3v needs a few tweaks.more...
  • Building RAM memory cells yourself
    Computer memory was once built by hand. Building your own like this memory will help to understand the principles of the system, and experiment with it.more...