You can measure voltages using the ADC on the ESP8266. This is useful, for example, to measure a battery voltage and thus the state of charge of the battery or […]
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Category: Basics
HowTo: Mechanics – Cut internal thread
Whenever possible I try to use finished nuts or thread inserts when using screws and the like. But sometimes there is simply no other way and you have to cut […]
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HowTo: Electronics – correctly dimension power supplies and understand their data sheet
You need power supplies almost in every project, because someone needs to deliver the energy for your project. 🙂 There are some things to consider. On the one hand, you […]
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Basics of navigation in Windows Explorer
For many, using Windows Explorer is probably the ultimate foundation. You can not really get past him as a Windows user. No matter if you just write a letter, sort […]
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HowTo: Electronics – My friend the soldering iron
Even as a part-time nerd you will not really get around the soldering iron in the long run. At the latest, when the first test circuit on the breadboard has […]
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Wer den Artikel Elektronik – Mein Freund der Lötkolben bereits gelesen hat, hat vllt. gemerkt, dass man über dieses Thema tatsächlich ziemlich viel schreiben kann. Und dabei geht es nur […]
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HowTo: Electronics – Solder SMD components by hand
After soldering THT components, soldering SMD components is the supreme discipline among the soldering challenges. The difficulty increases with the decreasing size of the components. SMD stands for “Surface Mounted […]
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ArduinoIDE – Tips and Tricks
The ArdunioIDE is very simple compared to other development environments. There are not many things you can turn on or off. This has the advantage that beginners are not overwhelmed […]
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HowTo: Electronics – Soldering THT parts by hand
The soldering of THT components (THT = Through Hole Technology) is one of the basics you need to build kits, prototypes and Co. Because many electronic components, in particular ICs, […]
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HowTo: Send E-mails with attachment via Web.de
Another article on the, in my opinion also important, spoon-article series: How to send an e-mail with attachment? For no one is born with this knowledge or the ability to […]
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HowTo: WinRar? WinZip? WinWhat? – Darling I shrunk the files
I just do not want to explain things that are very complicated. I think it is also important to explain things that are now somehow part of the basic computer […]
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Downloads/Uploads – How the data comes from the internet and disappears again
Downloads and also uploads are an essential, if not the essential process on the Internet. Anyone who has ever visited an Internet site has “downloaded” the website on their own […]
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