There are plenty of radios you can buy that pick up MW and SW bands if that’s what you’re into. Or, you can follow [mircemk]’s example, and whip one up yourself instead. The build employs an ESP32 as ...

While there is a time and place for wirelessly controlled devices, sometimes you want something you can just reach out and ...

Makerfabs has recently released “MaTouch SmartKnob Assembled” based on the SmartKnob View open-source hardware design but enclosed in a plastic case. As a reminder, the SmartKnob View is an ...

Arduino library for the KY-040 Encoder. This library allows the user to connect one or more encoders to any of the interrupt pins supported by your board. The user may then add rotaries that will each ...

The product we are reviewing today is the “MaTouch ESP32-S3 Rotary IPS Display with Touch 2.1” ST7701″ from Makerfabs which offers an alternative to the MaTouch_ESP32-S3 4-inch Display Demo Kit that ...

The difference between a half step or half step Rotary Encoder type is how the data signals of the two pins are generated. It depends on the mechanical construction of the notches and contacts inside ...

A single work (Kobayashi et al., 2011) explores excavative, mole-inspired legged self-burrowing in the vertical direction. Several prototypes utilize rigid shoveling arms with various motion types ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. This manuscript details the first report of a complete additively manufactured ...

Every engineer and hobbyist nowadays has a workbench for all of their tools and gadgets, and if you're a 3D printing enthusiast, you've probably used the vernier calliper a lot. This emphasizes the ...

A rotary encoder is a type of electromechanical position sensor that can be used to identify the angular position of the rotary shaft. This type of sensor or module generates an electrical signal ...