Andreas Spiess, Author at Learning Center

Cheap and simple Solar Power for our small Projects (ESP32, ESP8266, Arduino)

May 16, 2021 Andreas Spiess 22 Comments arduino, CHEAP, esp32, esp8266, power, Projects, simple, Small, solar

Adding cheap and simple solar power to our small outdoor projects (e.g. ESP32, ESP8266, Arduino Pro Mini) removes the need

Secure and cool Remote Controls (Touchless, AES128 encryption, with a T-Beam watch and a cat)

May 9, 2021 Andreas Spiess 12 Comments AES128, cat, Controls, cool, encryption, remote, Secure, TBeam, Touchless, watch

Using remote controls to switch something on or open your garage is a piece of cake. Doing this automatically without

How to work with a Real Time Operating System and is it any good? (FreeRTOS, ESP32)

April 25, 2021 Andreas Spiess 10 Comments Aliexpress, Amazon, arduino, arduino project, Banggood, diy, do-it-yourself, Docker, eevblog, ELECTRONICS, esp32, esp32 datasheet, esp32 project, esp32 tutorial, esp8266 datasheet, Field Effect Transistor, freertos, freertos esp32, freertos tutorial, Good, greatscott, guide, hack, hobby, Home Assistant, how to, iot, lora, lorawan, Microsoft, n-channel, nodemcu, npn, Operating, p-channel, pnp, project, raspberry pi, real, rtos, RTOS tutorial, simple, smart home, System, Teams, Time, ttgo, TUTORIAL, wemos, wifi, work, Zoom

Using a real operating system to simplify programming with the Arduino IDE. Is this possible and how? Let’s have a

Mailbag (Displays, LoRa, Pi & Pi Pico, Watches, Goodies)

April 18, 2021 Andreas Spiess 11 Comments amp, Displays, Goodies, lora, Mailbag, PICO, Watches

After half a year a Mailbag. It contains things sent to me the last time mixed with things I bought

The All-New Arduino IDE 2.0: Introduction and Test

April 11, 2021 Andreas Spiess 8 Comments AllNew, arduino, IDE, Introduction, Test

Ten years of waiting has an end. During the Arduino day last week, Arduino officially released the beta version of

How to choose Radar Sensors (Tutorial). Incl. PIR and LIDAR

March 28, 2021 Andreas Spiess 4 Comments Aliexpress, Aliexpress quality, arduino, arduino project, Beginners, choose, do-it-yourself, Docker, eevblog, ELECTRONICS, esp32, esp32 datasheet, esp32 project, esp32 tutorial, esp32 weather station, esp8266, esp8266 datasheet, esp8266 project, FET tutorial, Field Effect Transistor, FMCW, FMCW Radar, greatscott, hobby, how to, incl, iot, LIDAR, lora, lorawan, Microsoft, n-channel, nodemcu, npn, p-channel, PIR, pnp, project, Radar, radar sensors, raspberry pi, Sensors, simple, smart home, Teams, ttgo, TUTORIAL, wemos, wifi, Zoom

Radar is a valuable technology. Because of its unique features, it not only helped to win world war II. It

Arduino Support for the Pi Pico available! And how fast is the Pico?

March 26, 2021 Andreas Spiess 34 Comments arduino, fast, PICO, Support

Breaking News: Arduino IDE support for the Pi Pico is available! No, not the official one. This probably still will

How to receive and track LoRa Satellites (TinyGS). Incl. innovative ideas for your projects

March 21, 2021 Andreas Spiess 23 Comments Aliexpress, Aliexpress quality, Amazon, arduino, arduino project, Banggood, Beginners, cubesat, do-it-yourself, Docker, eevblog, ELECTRONICS, Elon Musk, esp32, esp32 datasheet, esp32 project, esp32 tutorial, esp32 weather station, esp8266 datasheet, esp8266 project, Field Effect Transistor, greatscott, hack, hobby, how to, ideas, incl, Innovative, iot, Jeff Bezos, lora, LoRa Satellites, lorawan, Microsoft, n-channel, project, Projects, QO-100, raspberry pi, receive, Satellite, Satellites, simple, smart home, SpaceX, TinyGS, track, ttgo, TUTORIAL, wifi, Zoom

Satellites are fascinating but costly and therefore only available to governments, the military, and, recently, also billionaires like Elon Musk

Is Visual Micro the better Arduino IDE? Including ESP32 inline debugger

March 14, 2021 Andreas Spiess 31 Comments app, application, arduino, arduino weather station, beehive, beekeeper, Beginners, cloud, core, Debugger, diy, do-it-yourself, eevblog, ELECTRONICS, esp32, ESP32 debugger, esp32 project, esp32 tutorial, esp8266, Firebase, git, github, greatscott, guide, hack, hobby, how to, hx711, IDE, including, inline, iot, LED, lights, load, load cell, lora, lorawan, micro, MQTT, nextion, nextion hmi, nextion project, nextion review, nodemcu, philips hue, projeect, raspberry pi, scale, simple, smart home, STM32 debugger, visual, Visual Micro, visual studio, zigbee

Many of us want a better tool than the Arduino IDE with more functionality and still the same ease of

#367 How Trust Kills Complexity

March 11, 2021 Andreas Spiess 34 Comments Aliexpress, Amazon, arduino, arduino project, Beginners, Complexity, diy, do-it-yourself, eevblog, ELECTRONICS, esp32, esp32 datasheet, esp32 project, esp32 tutorial, esp32 weather station, esp8266, esp8266 datasheet, esp8266 project, greatscott, guide, hack, hobby, how to, iot, Kills, lorawan, Microsoft, nodemcu, project, raspberry pi, simple, smart home, Teams, Trust, ttgo, wemos, wifi, Zoom

Trust is the biggest complexity killer. And one of the biggest assets. Why do I think so, and what is

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