TinkerNews: DIY Electronics Weekly

TinkerNews #57: Python GPIO Projects for Raspberry Pi LEDs and Buttons; Find and Reclaim Raspberry Pi Storage; Run Embedded Boards in Your Browser; Build a Low Cost Solar Car That Moves; OpenScope Replaces Buggy FNIRSI 2C53T Firmware; Build a ROS 2 Rover with ESP32 or Pico; Build an ESP32-S3 Haldex Controller for VAG Cars; Build a Printable Duck Robot for Motion Experiments; Arduino Metal Detector with Target Classification and Depth; Build Room by Room Home Assistant Touch Panels; Rewire a SmallTV for Stocks, Claude, and Planes; Turn Waveshare Industrial I/O Into a Network Controller; ESP32-C6 RMT Drives a Reliable WS2812 LED; ESP32 Arduino IDE Troubleshooting Checklist; Build an Open Source Robot Vacuum for $200; ESP32 Snake Game with MPU6050 and OLED; Tindie Blog; Circuit Cellar; WS2812B power calculator. 19 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/57-duck-robots-openscopes-and-esp32-haldex-controllers Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #56: Wearable ESP32 Fall Detector Sends WhatsApp Alerts; Wall-Mounted ESP32 Touchscreen with Wireless Relay Control; Build an ESP32 Aircraft Radar Console; Arduino Five-Antenna Selector Uses CAT and BCD; Use a BJT to Drive a 12V MOSFET from Arduino; Build an Uno with a Built-In MPU-6050; Set Up Automatic Multi-Color Printing on a QIDI Q2; FaderBuddy Makes Motorized Faders Modular; Build a $10 ESP32 Flock Camera Detector; Project Hydra: An Open 1 W LoRa PCB for Meshtastic; A Gesture-Controlled ESP32 Glove for 3D Building; Build an ESP32-S3 Bambu Lab Printer Monitor; How FlipDeFlock Maps Nearby Surveillance Signals; WiFi Sensing Turns Routers Into Room Monitors; Build a Raspberry Pi MQTT Hub with Mosquitto. 15 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/56-esp32-fall-detectors-aircraft-radar-and-gesture-gloves Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #55: Build a Raspberry Pi Thermal Printer; Garden of Eden Puts a Raspberry Pi in Control; Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Aircraft and Marine Tracker; Poké Pi: A Raspberry Pi Poké Ball Cyberdeck; Give an AI a Body: Raspberry Pi Robot; Build a Raspberry Pi CAN-Bus Reverse-Engineering Lab; Build the Open Duck Mini v2; How an ESP32-S3 Renders N64-Style Megatextures; Add Motorized Faders Over Two I2C Pins; A 3D-Printed Planter That Monitors Indoor CO₂; Build an ESP32 Sparkle Motion Light; Reliable ESP-NOW RC Car With ESP32 and ESP8266; ESP32-C3 Super Mini: Wi-Fi Tests and Deep Sleep; reBot-DevArm Opens a Robotic Arm to Makers. 14 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/55-buildable-bots-smart-sensors-and-tiny-graphics Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #54: Build an ESP32 MAX30102 Vital Signs Sensor; Build an ESP32 Cooker Whistle Counter; ESP32 Touchscreen Sonos Wall Panel; ESP32 Tesla BLE Control with Home Assistant; Replace a RIKA Stove Dongle with ESP32-S3; RuView: WiFi Sensing Through Walls; Build an Open-Source RP2040 Logic IC Tester; Yertle: A 3D-Printed Quadruped for Locomotion Research; A CYD Project Menu for Makers; Turning an E-Waste PC into a Router; Run a Powerwall Grafana Dashboard on a Raspberry Pi; A Raspberry Pi Repeater Daemon in Python; Build an Automated Raspberry Pi All-Sky Camera; Build a Raspberry Pi Homelab Monitor; Inside Pistonudo: A Student-Built WRO Robot. 15 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/54-practical-builds-for-smarter-spaces Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #53: An Offline Arduino Agent That Understands Plain English; Arduino Two-Axis Level With Zero Reference; MedusaHC: Open-Source Python Toolchanger for Klipper; Build a Low-Cost 3D-Printed AirFlow Microreactor; Hestia32: An Open Thermostat for Multi-Stage HVAC; Turn a Sonoff NSPanel into Local Control; Sync Home Assistant Lights With the Sun; Turning Huawei Solar into Home Assistant Data; Build Long-Running ESP32 Sensor Nodes with Deep Sleep; Raspberry Pi 5 UPS with Modular Battery Protection; PEBBLE: A Raspberry Pi Recorder in a Rock; Build an OpenFlight Controller with Raspberry Pi; Build an Open-Hardware IP-KVM for Remote Computer Control; Build an Open-Source ADS-B Receiver for Nearby Aircraft. 14 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/53-smarter-safer-more-local-builds Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #37: Converting a K1 SE Toward K1C Features; Add 16 I/O Pins with a PCF8575; Build an Arduino/ESP32 OBD2 K-Line Tool; BoatOpenIO v2: Modular Marine Gateway Main Board; ESP32 Hot-Air SMD Rework Station; Reverse-Engineering a Failed Fellow Opus Grinder; Reconstructing a Forgotten Microprofessor Sound Board; OOMWOO: A Local, Open Robot Vacuum; ESP32-S3 Retrofit for Safer OpenTherm Control; Build a Pocket BLE Privacy Scanner with an M5Stack; ELRO Hubs Send Real-Time Events to Home Assistant; Bring TP-Link and Mercusys Routers into Home Assistant; How a $20 ESP8266 Calls and Tracks Elevators; A Self-Hosted UniFi Network Companion; Anthbot Mowers in Home Assistant—An Unmaintained Integration; USB SSD Boot or PXE Network Boot?; Build a Portable Offline Internet with a Raspberry Pi; Build a Raspberry Pi Modbus Logger with Ansible; Building Nexara: An Air-Gapped AI Avatar Head. 19 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/37-build-smarter-repair-deeper Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #32: Make Sneakers Light Up with Arduino; Build an Open-Source Spirometer. 2 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/32-health-tech-and-wearable-innovation-with-arduino Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #27: Build an Arduino Weather Station. 1 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/27-diy-arduino-weather-station-capture-the-skies Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #50: Create a Retro Macintosh Desk Clock; ESP32 Projects with Practical Applications; Build an ESP32 Smart Clock and Weather Station; ESP32 and PIR Sensor Integration. 4 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/50-esp32-innovations-clock-weather-and-motion-projects Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.

TinkerNews #45: Build a Mini Electronic Piano with Arduino; Build an Arcade Cabinet with Arduino; Building with ESP32: Innovative Hacks; Building 'Garbage': A Music Node; Build a Raspberry Pi Zero W Home Switch; Install openHABian on Raspberry Pi; Build an AI Assistant with Raspberry Pi; Build an Arcade Cabinet with Arduino Uno Q. 8 curated DIY electronics builds: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, robotics, IoT. With source links and honest hardware notes. Full issue: https://www.tinkernews.com/issues/45-innovative-maker-projects-from-mini-pianos-to-ai-assistants Free bench tools for these projects: pinout charts, code readers and calculators at tinkernews.com/tools.