The Digispark is a low-cost Attiny85 module that breaks out all pins in a breadboard friendly format and combines it with a USB interface to allow programming with the Arduino IDE. Because it is open source, others have found methods to reduce the cost of production of this board and it can be had for as low as $1 a board. Figure 1. Completed Digispark Temperature Sensor This particular project allows you to have a temperature sensor that shows you the current ambient temperature in different gradients of light. It is highly portable because it can be plugged in directly to a powerbank’s USB port. You can mount it on a breadboard or a prototyping board. ...

The ESP8266 module is a low-cost wifi chip that was released by Espressif Systems and came to the attention of hobbyists in 2014 when AI-Thinker released the ESP-01 module. Since then there has been a proliferation of chips and breakout boards released to the public. There are many guides out there comparing the various ESP 8266 boards so I shan’t do that here. Instead, I will focus on my favorite board, the WeMos Mini. ...

Getting started in Electronics is a daunting prospect, but it doesn’t have to be! Today there are many starter kits that provide all you need to start doing your own project. However if you really want to get down to it, what you really need to do is to start putting together projects permanently, and this guide serves as an introduction to really getting started in Electronics. List of items Soldering Iron ...

I got started by Googling how to get started with Arduino and came across a description of the Drawdio in the post. I followed the link to the Maker website and began my project. Description It was easy to get started on this project because there was a electronics lab that I could access. They had the resistors and capacitors that I needed and I found a board in the lab that I could use to solder everything on. There was a RadioShack nearby so it was easy to obtain all my other components. ...