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This Bluetooth Controlled Rainbow Lamp can be switched to any color by using your smartphone. The lamp not only looks like all the seven colors of the rainbow but also glows in all the seven colors of rainbow. The shapes that it makes at night are just amazing to watch. The design of this lamp may seem complicated, but you will be surprised to know that it is made by just cardboard, nothing else! Actually the original design was taken from <a href="http://www.crafts-thrift.com/2015/01/fun-easy-crafts-make-hanging-lamp.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">crafts thrift</a> . I made little modifications in the design. You can reuse your old cardboard boxes to bring them back to life by making it instead of throwing them away. Since it uses old cardboard which is reused to make it, that makes it recycled. You can use it as a night-lamp or for decorations in certain events. It can be hung on the ceiling with the help of the string or can be simply kept on a table.</div>
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The electronics of the lamp that makes it glow in different colors comprise of an arduino that acts as the brain of the lamp, bluetooth module that receives signals from the smartphone and RGB leds that gives out light of different colors. When you touch your phone to produce a certain color, the smartphone sends a command which is received by the bluetooth module. The module then transmits that data to arduino which processes it and makes the led glow in certain brightness. The brightness of each color of the led can be controlled as they are connected to the PWM pins of arduino. If all this seems complicated, just calm down and skip all this.</div>
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If you love to make robots and see them rolling around your house, then you'll love this one too! This robot can play soccer by dribbling and kicking a ball, though not as good as Messi or Ronaldo. It is controlled using a smartphone with wireless bluetooth connection which enables you to make many of them and have a robot soccer match!</div>
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This project uses the Mediatek Linkit ONE as it's control centre. It is connected to a bluetooth module which receives data from a smartphone and then sends it to the chip which then processes it and does a task accordingly. For movements, the robot uses two plastic geared motors (300 RPM) while for kicking the ball, it uses a micro servo motor connected to a metal shaft. As for the power, it uses a 6v battery pack which consists of 4 1.5v AA batteries to power the geared motors + a 3.7v lithium battery to power linkit one, BT module and servo motor. The entire project can be completed within 2-3 hrs with some basic soldering skills and a little knowledge about using linkit one.</div>
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Although the robot looks complex externally, but making it is a very simple task thus it can be one of those 'Simple Bots'. I have personally tested the robot and the result turned out to be great! I am so sorry for not publishing a video.</div>
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Are you worried of your kids getting lost when you are out at a crowded place? That's obvious, isn't it? This project will reduce the risk of children getting lost at unknown and crowded places thus will also eleminate your nightmares. As you may have already guessed from the name, this project is basically a child tracker that can give you the exact GPS location through an SMS to your phone when required.</div>
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This project uses the Mediatek Linkit ONE as a base for communication between your phone and the tracker and to get the GPS location. As linkit one has in-built GSM and GPS features, you don't need to connect any external shield or modules which makes it a perfect weekend project to be completed within an hour. You just need a SIM card with some balance or an SMS pack. The best part is that the device will work in any part of this world provided that there is a mobile network available at that place.</div>
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The project is enclosed in a digital camera pouch thus can be tied around the waist along with a belt, can be kept in your child's bagpack or pocket. Since the project has GPS, you can not only use it as a child tracker but also as car tracking or bagpack anti-theft device.</div>
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The process is very simple. As you may already know, linkit one as in-built GPS and GSM features. So when you send a message to linkit one through your phone, it is received by the SIM card present on linkit one and transferred to the board thereafter.</div>
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The board then processes the signal, gets GPS data by directly connecting to a sattelite and then sends this data to the no. which is mentioned in it's code. The data when entered on Google Maps gives you the exact GPS location of the device. As the device will be with your child, it will tell you the location of your child so that you can easily reach that place.</div>
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It shall be noted that you will only get the data till the device is on. Unavailability of power supply or the battery running low will not give you the GPS data.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Those IR remotes used to control RGB LED strips can sometimes become irritating due to their limited range and hunting for the remote when you can't find it. This simple, yet effective project can solve a problem by controlling your strips via your smartphone over WiFi. Controlling over a web server means that it can be controlled from anywhere in the world! Having an internet connection isn't a problem as most of the people already have it for their daily use. So now you can make your christmas decorations or room lights better with this device.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The project uses the Mediatek Linkit ONE as the base which had in-built WiFi so you don't need any external shields or modules except one which would be needed to power the LED strips which require a higher output current than Linkit ONE can provide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The best thing about RGB LED strips is that combining the three primary colors- Red, Green and Blue, you can produce an infinite range of colors with great effects. They are much better and consume much less current than normal christmas decoration lights. You can use this project as a great alternative for night lamps, decorations, ambient lighting and the best- Your christmas tree, coz christmas in coming! So get your things ready and start making this project NOW!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">All of you must have experienced this that you have something being cooked on your gas stove while on the other side you get busy watching TV or get a deep conversation that you realize on detecting a smell that it was completely spoiled just because of your carelessness. This little Arduino controlled device is a simple solution to the problem! This is basically a mini battery operated portable kitchen timer which can be set to any number of hours and minutes and tells you with buzzer beeps that the provided time is over. The buzzer is loud enough to be heard even in another room thus can save your dishes from turning burn black. Wonder how great would it be if you made one yourself? Here's how to!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">When talking about the inner workings, this project consists of Arduino as the brain, a Liquid crystal display to display time, a buzzer to notify you, two buttons to enter hours and minutes and two LEDs to acting as indicators. Apart from this, it is operated using a 9v battery thus making it small, light weight and portable. As you may have noticed, all of the parts are one of the most basic ones thus you won't have to hunt around. You can enter the number of hours as well as minutes which makes it an accurate device to suite your needs. You will require a maximum of two to three hours to make it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vision is a torch shaped device to help blind people navigate with greater comfort, speed and confidence, whilst making use of ultrasonic waves to detect nearby obstacles and to notify the user through vibrations and beeps of a buzzer. The idea was inspired from bats, who also use sound waves of high frequency to move.<br /><br />According to an estimate, there are 285 million visually impaired people in the world. The loss of one the most important human senses causes them a lot of hardships in daily life. The affected ones have been using the traditional white cane since many years which although being effective, still has a lot of disadvantages. Another way has been a pet animal such as a dog which is not very common for being comparatively expensive. So the aim of this project is to develop a cheap, yet more efficient way to help the visually impaired navigate with more speed and confidence<br /><br />As seen in the picture, the device is lightweight and handy with the fact that it does not emit light. Instead, it uses ultrasonic waves to detect obstacles and notify the user through vibrations and sound beeps. This overcomes the problem of not being very flexible as in the case of white cane.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Features:</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277601927212333975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660684629222415517.post-12247691029996163432016-04-17T10:43:00.003-07:002016-04-17T10:43:56.841-07:00Energy Saving Switch With Presence Sensor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Water tank overflow is a major problem in most of the homes these days (not in appartments). Of course there are such alarms to prevent this problem but still, they are not that effective. This is almost the same thing but much smaller and with better features, the best one being that instead of an audio or visual signal, this one gives you an SMS alert to your phone as the tank gets full! This should be a much better option, isn't it? If not, then you can just build it as a cool weekend project just to satisfy your desire to MAKE it yourself!</div>
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This one uses the Mediatek Linkit ONE, an awesome prototyping platform with loads of features. As you just have to send a text message, this one uses the GSM feature to give you an alert no matter where you are in this world. For overflow detection, it uses that old yet effective transistor circuit with two wires moving towards the tank. Some people would have a doubt that combining electricity and water can be risky, but you needn't worry as this one has no such risks unless you throw your Linkit ONE inside water ;)</div>
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The first part is the water sensor board that actually detects water after it has reached a certain level to prevent an overflow. You may already know that tap water is a fair conductor of electricity (neither too good, nor too bad). Now using this fact and placing two wires inside the tank at a certain level, we can easily detect the level of water as when the water will reach that level, it will act as a conductor or simply a resistor and join the other two wires completing the circuit. As water has a quite high resistance, I have used a transistor to detect even very small current that will flow through and give the output to linkit ONE accordingly.</div>
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<b>Description:</b> This is simple project that can be made easily in five minutes. It is a musical bell that produces a melodious sound just like doorbells. It uses the um66 ic popularly known as the melody ic which has a built in oscillator and an amplifier which can directly drive a buzzer but needs an external circuit to drive a speaker. The supply voltage if the ic is 1.5 - 4.5v so cannot be powered by a 9v battery.<br /><br /><b>Instructions:</b> Connect everything to the breadboard according to the layout given above. Refer to the images above for the pin configurations of the transistor as well as the ic. Connect a battery holder with 2 AA or AAA batteries to the power rails of the breadboard. Do not connect a 9v battery as it would burn the ic. On switching it on, a musical sound will be heard.<br /><br /><b>Difficulty:</b> Easy</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.1px;">Have you heard about electronic dice before? If not, it is a simple dice but instead of shaking it you have to press a button. The device will tell you a random number between 1 and 6 through a series of LEDs. The number of LEDs that light up will indicate the number. This project uses a 4060 counter that counts the clock pulses received sets a particular number of pins high. Pressing the button creates a fast clock pulse so the pins that would be high cannot be estimated. This is the reason that makes this dice a completely random number generator. The pins that are set high light up a series of leds that indicates the number. The good thing about this project is that it does not use any microcontrollers thus making it non- programmable thus making it cheap. Most of the projects that you may have seen require arduino or other microcontrollers. Truly speaking, this is the most tedious and time consuming project.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.1px;">Connect everything according to the layout given above. Make sure you connect everything properly as the connections are too many. Switch the circuit on and press the button. A certain number of LEDs will light up indicating the number which is completely random. Connecting the LEDs like a real dice in a certain order forming a rectangle would make the project look more good.</span><br />
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<li style="line-height: normal;">1x 4060 ic</li>
<li style="line-height: normal;">1x 2.2M resistor</li>
<li style="line-height: normal;">1x 470K resistor</li>
<li style="line-height: normal;">1x 100K resistor</li>
<li style="line-height: normal;">1x 560 ohm resistor</li>
<li style="line-height: normal;">1x 470 ohm resistor</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277601927212333975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660684629222415517.post-72948656081429487712016-01-27T12:42:00.000-08:002016-01-27T12:42:11.664-08:00The Interactive Donation Box<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Donation boxes can be much more interesting and attractive when you combine them with electronics and a little bit of programming. As the name explains, making donation boxes interactive can help you gain much more attention and make people happy at the same time! Indeed, and awesome way to set up a charity and help the needed ones by installing it in shopping complexes and other public places (if a bigger version of the same is made). This was just a prototype to present the basic idea which when modified and used at a bigger level, can definitely help.</div>
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The following project uses an arduino for all it's processing. The RGB LEDs installed inside the box keep on flashing and changing colors which can attract much attention. When a person donates a coin, the ultrasonic sensor installed just on the box detects that and the servo present at the top waves 2-3 times with a 'Thank You' message displayed. This feature can surely bring a smile on the person's face who just donated that coin! Using only arduino and some other basic parts, you can make this project within 3-4 hours max. without the need of hunting the parts. Although a bigger version of the same would be much better, but that doesn't mean that this small one is useless. Even this one can be put at various places.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277601927212333975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660684629222415517.post-2896017918679306162016-01-25T01:40:00.004-08:002016-01-27T12:43:49.887-08:00The SMS Home Security System<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Are you worried of the valuables that you have at your home when you're out on a trip or at your office? If yes, then this project is just for you! A security system which on detecting the presence of a human at your house will text you wherever you are that there's a problem. That sounds good, isn't it? Well, this is what this project does.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The project uses the 'multi-talented' Linkit ONE as it's brain. When a PIR motion sensor connected to this board detects some kind of motion, through it's GSM feature, the board sends you a text message. The best thing about this project is that it can be completed within 1-2 hours and no soldering or drilling is required to make it. This makes this project a great way to get started with Mediatek LinkIt One.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The following parts and tools are required to make this project. The total cost was around $70 or 4200 INR. The best part is that no soldering skills are required to make this project. All the parts can be found over online stores one of them being seeedstudio.</span></div>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1x LinkIt ONE board</span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1x Sim card (shouldn't be pin locked)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The process is quite simple. When a human approaches in front of the sensor or the security box, the motion sensor gives a high output which is detected by Linkit one. Through it's GSM feature, it will text you that a human was detected at your house at that time so you can take a suitable action at that very moment. The best part is that you will get a message through this box no matter in which corner of the world you are! The only condition is that there should be a mobile network available at that place. Now don't expect that this would also work on mars :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sensor that is used to detect motion of a human being is called PIR motion sensor which stands for Passive infra-red. It works with the fact that every human (actually everything) in this world emits a certain amount of infra-red radiations which is detected by this sensor. It gives a high output which remains high for some time under such condition. The range of this sensor is around 6m which is pretty sensitive and can be varies though a preset present on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Make your own solar charger in less than 10 minutes! This video will show you how to:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">The charging time is approx. 4-5 hours for a smartphone while 8-10 hours for a tablet or other big gadgets.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Please note that your solar panel should have a minimum rating of 6v, 1A. It should not exceed 15v as well.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">If you like this video, please don't forget to hit the like button, subscribe and share it with your friends. Any questions are most welcome :)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">You can follow me on my instructables page: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/Saiyam/">www.instructables.com/member/Saiyam/</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Or you can visit my blog (SirKit Studio) as well: <a href="http://sirkitstudio.blogspot.in/">sirkitstudio.blogspot.in</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">Music: [Progressive House] Vigilancer - Can See (Source: HeroBoard)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;" /><a class="yt-uix-redirect-link" dir="ltr" href="http://www.w7.youtubeinmp3.com/download/get/?id=dxThpPhr0w8&r=pppMKuoKTtWyIy8sIx9mpaEx653SGYQ6&t=%5BProgressive+House%5D+Vigilancer+-+Can+See" rel="nofollow" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://www.w7.youtubeinmp3.com/download/get/?id=dxThpPhr0w8&r=pppMKuoKTtWyIy8sIx9mpaEx653SGYQ6&t=%5BProgressive+House%5D+Vigilancer+-+Can+See">http://www.w7.youtubeinmp3.com/downlo...</a></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277601927212333975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660684629222415517.post-3321962514163327722016-01-21T02:05:00.002-08:002016-01-21T02:05:36.824-08:00Make Your Photography Skills Better With These DIY LED Lights<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the most important aspect of taking a perfect, crisp photograph is to have good lighting. One of the best ways to have it is to use natural lighting. But what if you want to take pictures of your project to publish on <a href="http://www.instructables.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">instructables</a> while sitting on your workshop? Well, natural light cannot reach everywhere and everytime. You can't just wait for day and for sunlight to reach your workspace. The only good option left would be to use artificial lighting. There may be several other options for taking photos in dimly lit areas, but they are neither not too effective nor too easy. When taking photos with artificial lighting, you have to make sure that they are powerful enough to provide good light. Most of the lights on <a href="http://ebay.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">eBay</a> and <a href="http://amazon.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</a> are too expensive and high power consuming which makes them a work for only professional photographers. The price of most of them can rise to about $20-60 like <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/96-LED-Video-Light-Photography-Lights-for-Camcorder-DSLR-Camera-Sony-Nikon-/261977883953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item3cff194531" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">this</a> one and <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pixel-DL-913-308pcs-Wireless-Dimmable-LED-flash-Camera-Light-for-Photography-/281751401844?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4199b13574" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">this</a> one. The fact remains that they are helpful and provide perfect lighting to pro's in their studio but what should we do to take good pictures with cheap lighting?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So here's presenting you a simple and cheap yet effective cardboard LED light panels that can be used to take perfect photos. The cost of each light panel is just around $5 so it easily fit in your budget. Each light panel contains 40 LEDs that provide enough light to take great photos. The panels also have the ability to control the brightness being free from the PWM system that interferes while making videos. The brightness of the panel is controlled by selecting the number of LEDs switched on. This is done using DIP switches that contains several switches in a single small package. Each of the light panels is powered using a separate 5v USB charger. They are much low power consuming than those huge studio lights which also makes them energy efficient. The materials like cardboard used to make it are simple and no power tools are required to make it. You just need some basic electronics and soldering skills which makes it a good weekend project and to get your kids started with electronics. This can not only be used for photography but also for reading and camping.</span></div>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Is cheap. The cost of each light panel is just $5 which is much lower than studio lights.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Provides great light. An example is given above of the before photo (taken without the lights on) and after photo taken with the lights on after a bit of editing).</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Is energy efficient. Consumes very low current when compared to studio lights.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Is made using simple materials like cardboard, tape and paints.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Can be made battery operated by making some modifications.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Can be used in camping and outdoors.</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Can be used as a reading lamp.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The following parts, materials and tools are required to make one light panel. The total cost of the project was around $5 or 300 INR (for one light panel). All of them can be obtained from your local hobby store or over online stores.<br /><br /><u>PARTS:</u></span></div>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">40x Ultrabright white straw hat LEDs (5mm) (<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/100pcs-New-0-5W-8mm-White-Straw-Hat-LED-Bright-Leds-Light-Bulb-Free-Shipping-/321046903243?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4abfe2f9cb" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">Ebay Link</a>)</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">40x 68ohms resistors (<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2W-0-5W-Carbon-Film-Resistor-5-10-Ohm-1M-Ohm-/281561235311?var=&hash=item418e5b7f6f" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">Ebay Link</a>)</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1x DIP switch (with 8 switches) (<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/20pcs-Red-2-54mm-Pitch-8-Bit-8-Positions-Ways-Slide-Type-DIP-Switch-NEW-/252009000617?hash=item3aace82ea9" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">Ebay Link</a>)</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1x Old USB cable (<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/10FT-3M-USB-2-0-A-Male-M-to-A-Female-For-Extension-Cable-/271241557824?hash=item3f2741b740" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">Ebay Link</a>)</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">1x 5v USB charger (<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/EU-Plug-Travel-Power-Supply-5V-2A-USB-Wall-Mobile-Phone-Charger-Accessories-/201371626151?var=&hash=item2ee2af2aa7" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e86c00; text-decoration: none;">Ebay Link</a>)</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Thin wire</span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">White papers (for covering as well as taking pictures)</span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ruler</span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Hot glue gun w/glue sticks</span></li>
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Do you ever wanted to add a brightness control feature to any of your LED projects? Here is a simple circuit involving just a 555 IC with no use of any micro-controllers. The circuit can be soldered to a perforated board or can even be built on a breadboard.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you face a situation in your life that while travelling, camping or in outdoors you and your friends/relatives want to hear to some music which has to be loud? In such a situation you would plug in your earphones, raise the volume, just relax and listen to music. But what about others? Speakers can be a better and healthier option to listen together. But the problem comes when you have to carry those large, bulky speakers in your suitcase or backpack which should not be a good idea. They are expensive and need to be plugged to an external power supply which is not available everywhere. Portable speakers can be a better option but they are too expensive and some of them do not have that loud and clear sound. Why don't make your own portable- battery operated and solar powered speakers that has sound much louder and better quality than normal portable speakers? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The project consists of two amplifier circuits each connected to an 8ohm, 1watt speakers. The amplifier circuit has LM386 IC which known for its less price and good sound. The speaker has an aux input which can be connected to any audio device (such as your iPod, mp3 player, tablet, phone or a DVD player). It also has a volume control feature for each speaker controlled using a potentiometer (or variable resistor) for each. The speakers are battery operated which can last for greater than one day for an 8v, 1.0ah battery pack. Since, the power consumed by the project is less, it can also be powered using a solar panel in bright sunlight (see step 18). The sound produced by the speaker is louder and clearer even than what you expect! It can also be used to watch movies with your friends using a phone or tablet attached to it and kept on a clamp as the speaker of your phone or tablet is not capable to produce a loud sound (see step 19). The materials used to make it are simple like cardboard, tape, paints etc. and no power tools are required to make it which makes it a good weekend project and to get started with electronics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Are you or your kids bored of playing with rc cars? Why not convert it to a solar robot with a few additional parts instead of throwing them away. You won't believe that there are so many goodies inside that you can use to make many projects. This instructable will guide you the same thing. With a solar panel, battery, motors an rc car ofcoarse, you can make your own solar robot. But that does not mean that the robot can only move in sunlight. It can also move in your house or when the weather is cloudy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22.1px;">The robot has a transmitter (or a remote), a receiver, battery, motors and a solar panel. When the solar panel does not have enough electricity to supply, the robot can be powered with a battery. The battery can also be charged with the solar panel to be used earlier. The working is somewhat similar to the rc car earlier but the solar powered feature add more fun to it. The remote transmits a certain type of signal on pressing a button. The receiver identifies the type of signal and moves the robot in a certain direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;"><u style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">(</span>1) Resistor:</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A resistor is a device that reduces current in a circuit by offering obstruction to the flow of electrical current. So if you connect an LED directly to a 3v battery and then connect it by adding a resistor in series. The brightness in the second case would be lower than the first one as the resistor in the second case would not allow much current to pass through thus reducing the brightness. Resistance is measured in ohms, kilo ohms and mega ohms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;"><u style="background-color: white;">(2) Capacitor:</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A capacitor is a device that stores electricity inside it when it is supplied and gives it out in a circuit when there is a loss in electricity. It is like a rechargeable battery but there is a lot of difference between them. A capacitor can store a small amount of current and can charge instantly whereas a battery can store a large amount of current and takes a while to charge. There are many types of capacitors but the two common types are- electrolytic (polarized) and non electrolytic (non polarized). Capacitance is measured in pico farads, nano farads and micro farads.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;">(3) Transistor:</span></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A transistor is a device that amplifies a small current applied on its base pin to produce a large current that flows between the collector and emitter pins. It does not create a large current but acts as a switch which when supplied a small current on the base pin, closes the switch (switches it on). There are two types of transistors- NPN and PNP.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;">(4) Integrated Circuit (IC):</span></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">An integrated circuit is a small package that is made for a particular task. It has a miniature inbuilt circuit that has many components inside it can perform a particular task. For example- a 555 ic is meant for timing circuits and LM386 is meant for amplifying audio signals. It is usually a small black chip with pins coming out. There are 3 pin ics as well as 32 pin ics and even more.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;">(5) Diode:</span></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A diode is a device that allows current to flow only in one direction. This is the reason it has polarity and should be connected correctly for its proper functioning. It is used to prevent the reverse flow of current.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;">(6) Light Emitting Diode (LED):</span></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A light emitting diode is a special type of diode that can emit light when electricity is passed through it. Like a diode, an led also allows current to flow only in one direction so to make it work it should be connected properly in a circuit. These days LEDs are preferred over lightbulbs as they consume much less electricity than bulbs and CFLs. They are available in different shapes, sizes and colors but being energy efficient, their cost is much high.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;">(7) Potentiometer:</span></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A potentiometer or a variable resistor is a device that allows us to choose different resistances that may be required in a circuit. It has a knob that can be adjusted to produce a specific resistance.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;">(8) Light Dependent Resistor (LDR):</span></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">An LDR is a special type of resistor that changes its resistance according to the intensity of light falling on it. The resistance of an ldr increases when it is dark and decreases when the intensity of light falling on it is high.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;">(9) Infra-Red Receiver (IR receiver):</span></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">An IR receiver is a device that receives infrared light and gives an output depending on the signal received. It decodes and tells the type of signal received. It is present in all the devices that are controlled using IR remotes.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: 700;">(10) Seven Segment Display:</span></u></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A seven segment display is a device that is used to display digits and letters. It has usually a series of seven leds put in a certain odder to form an 8. All the digits can be displayed by lighting a certain number of leds. It also has an extra led for decimal point.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>That's the end! Hope this was helpful..</b></span></span></div>
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Hi to all of you,<br />
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This was just to inform you that a lot of cool projects will be soon published here and I've already started working on them. There were a lot of hopes while making this blog so please don't forget to follow and leave a feedback. Apart from projects, I will also be posting some more awesome stuff!<br />
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Hi There to all the viewers,<br />
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This is the first post ever made on this blog! First introducing me, I am Saiyam - one of those passionate makers and programmers out there in this world. My one of the best hobbies which has now turned into a talent is to make Electronics Projects and Robots! On finding a site like instructables.com to share my work, I began documenting my projects. I was surprised by the attention I got and the prizes that I won there which brought me up with this blog. The total articles posted by me at present are 22 out of which 6 of them have won prizes in some or the other contests.<br />
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This will basically be a place to share more of my works with step by step instructions so that enthusiastic people like you can follow and make it. The projects will be including microcontrollers like Arduino, Raspberry Pi or sometimes even simple projects with analog ICs. The main purpose to make this was to find a better platform to help you guys follow the awesomeness. Remember, the best way to learn is to teach :)<br />
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You are free to contact me at any time at agrawalsanyam946@gmail.com or saiyam.273@rediffmail.com .. All your queries are welcome.<br />
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That's it for this one. See you next time :)<br />
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