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 ...

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 ...

The Netgotchi network security scanner is a simple, compact device based on an ESP8266 wireless microcontroller with a single goal: to defend your home network from intruders and potential bad actors.

In the ’80s, multiplayer video games required you and your friends to crowd around a single TV and fight over who got to use one of two controllers. Modern consoles let you compete against gamers all ...

Python is one of the most widely used, and easy to learn programming languages to date. So, with the introduction of MicroPython, programming hardware-based microcontrollers got very easy. If you have ...

When a Wi-Fi device is switched on, it starts spewing out probe requests to try and find a familiar access point. These probe requests contain the device’s MAC address and the SSID of the hotspot it’s ...

This comprehensive guide shows you how to interface the HC-05 Bluetooth module with the ESP8266 NodeMCU using Arduino IDE. Nowadays, Bluetooth has become an integral part of digital devices, and it ...

Smart home devices are becoming more widespread, thanks to the possibility of being remotely controlled and the ease with which they can be configured. Lamps, smart plugs, thermostats and weather ...

This article describes a method for making an ESP8266-12E/F module programmer and also discusses the support circuitry required for real-time applications. NodeMCU ...