Tutorials

Sustainability in DIY Projects: How You Can Craft Responsibly

As a maker, you’re often excited about bringing your ideas to life and building things from scratch. Especially in the world of electronics projects, whether with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or other platforms, sustainability plays an important role. Sustainability means using the earth’s resources responsibly, minimizing waste, and making environmentally friendly choices. In this article, we’ll…
UX Design for Makers: How to Build User-Friendly Projects

As makers, we are often so fascinated by our projects that we overlook a crucial aspect: user-friendliness. We enthusiastically solder components, program microcontrollers, and build complex mechanisms, but often realize in the end that only we can operate them effectively. Friends and family, whom we proudly show our latest creation, stand in confusion. This is…
Collecting Data in Edge Impulse with the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense

Collecting Data in Edge Impulse with the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense If you want to develop AI models using machine learning with Edge Impulse, you need one thing above all: data. Lots of data. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to collect motion data using the accelerometer of the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense…
Connecting Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense with Edge Impulse

With Edge Impulse, you can easily collect sensor data, develop AI models from it, and deploy these back to a microcontroller. The perfect companion for this is the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense – not only does it have suitable sensors directly on the board, but it’s also capable of running your AI models. In…
Programming an ESP32-CAM (AI Thinker) with the Arduino IDE

Do you want to take photos and save them on an SD card, send them over the internet, or even set up a trail camera? Then the ESP32-CAM is a great option! There’s just one issue: The board doesn’t have a USB port. So what can you do? In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to…
Programming the ESP8266 with the Arduino IDE

An ESP8266 is a real asset for your projects. With these microcontroller, you can open the door to the Internet of Things wide open! And the best part: You can easily program your ESP8266 with your Arduino IDE – just like your Arduino boards. However, you need to make a few preparations for this. Learn…
Sending Messages with the ESP8266 and ESP32

Would you like to send messages with your ESP8266 or ESP32, for example to receive a warning from a motion detector or temperature sensor? In this tutorial, you’ll learn three ways to implement this – via Telegram, email, and WhatsApp. Contents of this tutorial: Sending Messages via Telegram A common option is to send messages…
How to Create a Telegram Bot

If you want to control your projects from your smartphone or receive current sensor data, a Telegram bot is a practical solution. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up a Telegram bot in just a few minutes and also find your UserID, which you’ll need for many projects. Install Telegram First, the easiest…
Using the ChatGPT API with Python

Using ChatGPT in a browser or as an app has become established for many people. But of course, OpenAI also provides a ChatGPT API that you can use to create texts or have questions answered, for example. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to: Creating an OpenAI Account To use the ChatGPT API, you need…