A fun and musical DIY project

By mvuilleu, in DIY, february 21,2025.

Python is well-suited to tinkering with prototypes based on Yoctopuce modules: the code is compact, so it can be written fairly quickly, and open source libraries are readily available to interface external elements not directly supported by Yoctopuce modules. Today, we're going to show you just such an example...

A connected dry box

By seb, in DIY, january 23,2025.

This week, we're going to do a simple DIY project that will be of interest to anyone involved in 3D printing. We're going to make a box for storing filaments while monitoring humidity.

Timing, RFID, and radio-controlled cars

By martinm, in DIY, january 17,2025.

In addition to reading and writing tags, the Yocto-RFID-15693 module API allows you to program a callback that is called every time a tag enters or leaves the antenna field. And these callbacks are time-stamped. It's only a short step from there to using this feature to build a stop-watch application, a step we didn't hesitate to take.

Solar weather station (2024 edition)

By martinm, in DIY, december 27,2024.

Ever since we moved into our new premises, we've been doing our utmost to keep the floor housing all our production machines and component stock at a reasonable level of humidity. For severe peaks in humidity, typically in Summer after a storm, we use a dehumidifier, but for mild cases, we simply open the windows. But you still need to do it at the right time...

Dinner is ready!

By seb, in Programming and DIY, november 03,2024.

At Yoctopuce, some of our developers have teenagers who love video games. At mealtimes, it's sometimes very often difficult to unhook them from their computers, especially when they're playing with headphones. This week, we're going to try and solve this problem the Yoctopuce way.