There is no single best answer to the question when we want to find the best IoT Platform for ESP32 Arduino. I believe that many of the newbies are not sure why some makers talk about ESP32 Arduino and some talks about Raspberry Pi. ESP32 Arduino and some MQTT service or IoT platform is the easiest way to convert traditional electrical things to smart devices. This is a common need. 90% of our … [Read more...]
How to Protect IP Cameras From Hackers
Wireless home security cameras can be very easy to hack, giving criminals the real-time surveillance footage of your home at home. Perhaps you have noticed the sentence in our article on C6CN - "EZVIZ C6CN provides enough security as long as you can patch the common exploits deployed by the intruders". This article talks about some of the common exploits and the way to patch them. Commonly, … [Read more...]
Interface in Computing
The interface is the part of a system that serves the communication. The term denotes the physical phase boundary of two states of a medium. It describes the property of a system as a black box, from which only the surface is visible, and therefore only communication is possible about it. Two adjacent black boxes can only communicate with each other if their surfaces fit together. For the two … [Read more...]
How Are the Cheap Projectors (Under $200)
China manufactured products made an entry of all types of things to almost anyone's home. Our readers are intelligent, some know DIY works but their budget to buy any luxury product is less. A good, branded projector will cost no less than $1500 and will produce video near equivalent to a modern movie theatre. These cheap projectors are good as a secondary display device or second home or for … [Read more...]
DIY Smart Plug vs Commercial Smart Plug
IoT stuffs changed the management of our country houses. Today, we can control the external lights from other house and can view the live videos via connected security cameras. Thieves and animals avoid houses which seem to be under control under human. Light-dependent resistor control and motion sensors alone are not great to exert the effect of human control of the house from a different house. … [Read more...]
Pikocube : ESP8285 MCU Powered PCB LED Cube With Gyroscope
Pikocube is a funny, geeky LED cube dice project with 54 LEDs, gyroscope and Wi-Fi-control made by maker Moekoe from Germany. The dice consists of an ESP8285-01F MCU, six PCBs, a 150mAh lithium battery and charging circuit, an ADXL345 gyroscope, and 54 LEDs. Its structural design is quite clever. Of course, the project is open source with all the files available. However, it is not among the … [Read more...]
EZVIZ C6CN IP Camera Review and Tips
EZVIZ C6CN is a motorized indoor internet camera which supports single unit usage as well as NVR, local storage, cloud storage, over-the-internet remote viewing and has video management software for Android (you'll get on Google Play) and Microsoft Windows (EZVIZ Studio is the name of their Windows app). EZVIZ is a sub-brand of HIKVision to deliver "smart" cloud-based security cameras. You can … [Read more...]
IoT Based Pulse Oximeter With ESP32, MAX30102 and IBM Watson IoT
Pulse oximeters are in use since long during an operation, in intensive care, in the emergency room and other places such as in unpressurized aircraft. The COVID-19 pandemic made pulse oximetry technology for the consumers. Most of the finger pulse oximeters in the market lack BLE and Wi-Fi. There are only a few finger pulse oximeters which have a BLE to transmit data to the smartphone. Having a … [Read more...]
Convert a Normal TV to a SmartTV With TVFix Caster
Not all have a smart TV which supports Miracast. We are living in a golden era of technology where highly innovative gadgets have overwhelmed the world. These gadgets have made our lives much simpler and amazing. One of such amazing gadgets whose demand is seen reaching the heights is a TV Fix Caster. You must have heard the name before, right? So as the title implies, this device fixes your … [Read more...]
DIY Power Bank With TP4056 and MT3608 (3.3V to 12V)
For any electronics project, we require a power source. In our previous article How to Run an ESP32 on Battery, we have discussed about the challenges with direct powering with battery. As most of the projects require 3.3V DC to 5V DC, we need some system which can be charged with a mobile charger and the output voltage can be adjusted for different configurations of the power supply plans. … [Read more...]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Convertible Laptops
Traditional laptops are portable enough but many of us are now used with touch and pen interface because of the penetration of the smartphones. The tablets with an i7 processor are just too damn expensive. Within a budget of $2,000, convertible laptops with 2K to 4K displays are simply ludicrous. The convertible laptops are designed for the budget-conscious audience who do not need a graphics … [Read more...]
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