Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Maxon’s Escon2 speed controllers now come with a built-in method for operating accurately without an encoder The Swiss motion control specialist maxon has developed a speed measurement method for ...

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of control engineering with Arduino and ESP32! Start building smart, efficient, and reliable systems today! Control Engineering is at the heart of almost ...

Mechanical switches are pretty easy to understand—the contacts touch, the current flows, and Bob is, presumably, your uncle. But what about soft switches? Well, they’re not that difficult to ...

We have designed an Arduino-based GPS Tracker using the NEO-6M GPS Module. A GPS (global positioning system) tracker utilises satellite signals to accurately determine the location of an object or ...

If you're developing a wrist watch, a small light-following robot, or a portable weather station with Arduino, one of the best boards you can use is the Nano, and for good reason. It's pretty compact, ...

We all know how fireworks are lit. It is simple, hold the flame of a lighter close to its wick and the gunpowder does the rest of the magic. However, in this post, I am going to explain how to do the ...