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 document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

A quadrature encoder provides a way to let hardware read movement (and direction) of a shaft, and they can be simple, effective, and inexpensive devices. But [Paulo Marques] observed that when it ...

When in this configuration, Serial Monitor is opened and closed by clicking the icon on the toolbar (not the similar icon on the right hand activity bar, which only expands/collapses the panel). 🐛 If ...

The Steam Deck continues to be one of the most popular handheld gaming devices on the market. With two main models, one featuring an LCD screen and the other featuring a vibrant OLED display, it gives ...

This is a simple and practical implementation of an RFID-based attendance system using Arduino. It uses the MFRC522 RFID module ... the system marks the user as "Present" and displays a message on a ...