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In this DIY home automation tutorial you will use a NodeMCU ESP8266 Development Board to automate lights and outlets in your home using Amazon Alexa.

Control an ESP8266 With Amazon Alexa! Over the last year or so I have became captivated with anything and everything ESP8266 related, and rightfully so. This little WiFi module is everything I have been hoping for in a development board for years. It’s small and compact, and has built in WiFi, as well as several G...

Installing Raspbian To An SD Card Welcome back to another installment of The Workbench . In this episode I walk you through the process of installing the latest version of Raspbian onto an SD card for use with a Raspberry Pi. This is the first episode in a series of videos in which I cover the basics of getting a Ra...

Use NirCMD to reset your PC's default audio device on startup. For the last seven months or so, I have been having issues with my main PC resetting its default audio device to my headset when I reboot. I am told that this issue stems from something in the Windows 10 registry being updated when I installed the driver...

Trigger A Servo With A Ping Sensor This weeks tutorial revisits some of our past experiences with the HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor, and adds in a new element, the Servo! I decided to write up this tutorial as a resource for the students in my Young Makers class to follow in a project they are currently working on.