eadmaster Dot TK

Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice

Electronics projects


Nintendo Game Boy USB pad mod


Parts used:
TODO:
  • switch to XInput
  • add some trigger buttons
  • add a rapid-fire combo

pics:
outside:
inside:



Sega Game Gear USB pad mod


Parts used:

pics: WIP

Parts used (1st prototype build) (original discussion)
pics:
outside:
inside:



Air quality and weather station


Hardware parts:
  • DOIT ESP32 board (has builtin hall-effect sensor);
  • PMS5003 sensor (PM1.0, PM2.5, PM10.0 sensor connected via serial);
  • BME280 sensor (temperature, pressure and humidity sensor connected via I2C);
  • photoresistor/LDR (calibrated with a smartphone);
  • (more sensors to come)

Software parts:
public dashboard
public updates feeds

photo: TODO


LED music visualizer


LED music visualizer v1: vumeter with only 3 LEDs and light guides

Hardware parts:
  • Orange Pi PC (with onboard mic);
  • 3 diffused LEDs connected to the GPIO pins via a 40-pins IDE cable + breadboard wires + 330 ohms resistors;
  • see-through colored pens as light guides;
  • see-through Gashapon action figure from Sega Gals Collection Vol. 03.

Software parts: video:



LED music visualizer v2: vumeter + mini spectrogram

added:
  • RGB LED wired to the GPIO pins (as vumeter display) + a yogurt vase as light diffuser 😀;
  • 4x4 LED matrix made on a breadboard (as spectrum display) + Arduino Uno as controller;
  • audioleds.py: updated with 4-bands spectrum analyzer.
video:



LED music visualizer v3: bigger vumeter and spectrogram

added:
video:



LED music visualizer v4: live lyrics display

changes:
video:

more sample videos: 1 , 2



camera-based ambilight


Hardware parts:
Software parts:
video:


UPDATE: i've found this screen-grabbing solution that works much better and discontinued the project.







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