Home Electronics Projects

[Neptune188]

Have just built a Heatermeter - www.heatermeter.com

I'm not so keen on the programming aspect but really enjoyed soldering it all together and making something that actually works.

What other "kits" are out there that follow a similar brief - anyone that's handy with a soldering iron, we send you some bits and instructions and you build and test it?

I'm thinking a Nixie Tube clock, what else?

[frisbee]

I built a Gigatron. To practice soldering and learn how a computer works at the most basic level.

Expensive but pretty amazing.

https://gigatron.io/

[Troubleatmill]

Neptune188 said:

Have just built a Heatermeter - www.heatermeter.com

I'm not so keen on the programming aspect but really enjoyed soldering it all together and making something that actually works.

What other "kits" are out there that follow a similar brief - anyone that's handy with a soldering iron, we send you some bits and instructions and you build and test it?

I'm thinking a Nixie Tube clock, what else?

Valve amplifiers.

www.bottlehead.com

[eharding]

Search for 'Electronic Kits' on eBay - reveals a number of kits of varying utility all for a few quid.

You can build yourself a simple digital oscilloscope and then a simple signal generator to test it.

Then, by the power of man maths, you can convince yourself that you actually *need* some proper examples of both, because geek shiny, and head over to the Siglent website and relieve yourself of a considerable amount of loot.

[motco]

I made one of these back in the 1970s and it led to a radical change in my career some years later.

[jimmyjimjim]

I enjoyed this a while back.

http://transistorclock.com/

[996owner]

http://velleman.co.uk/

[J4CKO]

I am about to dig my Arduino stuff out again, ordered a bench power supply for £40 off eBay as found that was what I was lacking last time.

Think will just run through the various sensors and get them working, quite fancy doing some kind of keypad lock for the side gate at home but would need to be weatherproof.

[bmwmike]

I automated my greenhouse watering last year, taking temperature and humidity and day/night into account. 12v car battery (had to charge it periodically), a 14v pump, plumbing to some water butts and was surprisingly effective. Ran it all on an arduino. Wrote most of the code to wifi and take weather into account but never finished that part, may be a winter project.

[nyt]

bmwmike said:

I automated my greenhouse watering last year, taking temperature and humidity and day/night into account. 12v car battery (had to charge it periodically), a 14v pump, plumbing to some water butts and was surprisingly effective. Ran it all on an arduino. Wrote most of the code to wifi and take weather into account but never finished that part, may be a winter project.

I have done the same but using mains pressure and a solenoid.
I think I'd prefer a pump and a water tank over the winter. Which pump did you use? All of the one's that I've looked at seem a little weedy.

I keep the battery charged using: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20W-Solar-Panel-kit-12V...
Just in case that's useful to you.

[Neptune188]

This is kind of what i'm thinking actually. Some form of home irrigation system for my in laws...

[Penelope Stopit]

996owner said:

http://velleman.co.uk/

Thank you for a very good link

[jimmyjimjim]

Penelope Stopit said:

996owner said:

http://velleman.co.uk/

Thank you for a very good link

Try canakit, too.

https://www.canakit.com/electronic-kits

[Penelope Stopit]

jimmyjimjim said:

Penelope Stopit said:

996owner said:

http://velleman.co.uk/

Thank you for a very good link

Try canakit, too.

https://www.canakit.com/electronic-kits

Another good link

Thank you very much for your time