Hey Volthaus Lab, A friend of the lab who bicycles to work has asked if something could be designed for help with clearing the road of various animals. A device triggered by a small button on the handlebars. He also pulls a small trailer to which the device and a battery could be placed for […]
Do you ever use a transistor in an electronic project then pull all the components back off the breadboard and put them back in stock. And then when you’re ready to use them again you’re just not really sure it’s still in working condition. It’s a frustrating learning situation when building an electronic project and for […]
If you’re looking for a robotics project to build. And if you want to be fun, quick, and easy this is the robot project for you. I found it at https://www.hackster.io/lovelyideas-in/arduino-remote-car-using-bluetooth-hc-05-android-app-control-3da97d Mr. Jones Kys did a wonderful job developing this. Everything you need is available for download, including the Arduino sketch, schematic, and Android app. Bill Of Materials: […]
Working with Level Shifters Level shifters are a wonderful and very affordable solution when you have a situation where you have to interface a 3.3VDC and a 5VDC device. They are also called voltage shifters and they come in uni-direction versions where the signal only goes one way, bi-directional where signal goes both ways, […]
Telerobotics is the area of robotics concerned with the control of robots from a distance, mainly using wireless connections or the Internet. The chapters are available at: https://volthauslab.com/ebooks/Remote and Telerobotics
In our travels about the Internets we have came across many a helpful website. It is with much joy and satisfaction we share them with you now. Electro Schematics is a treasure trove of projects (1089 electronics projects and circuits) we are sure will lead you further down the hobby electronic rabbit hole. […]
DC Electric DIY Motor Project Let’s build an electric motor. “An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.” We won’t go into exactly how the electricity makes this motor work because that would be a book all on its own, so let’s build this motor and have fun! To […]
Once a month or so the Volthaus Electronics Laboratory Team will make the rounds of various thrift stores (i.e. Goodwill, etc.). Recently while browsing we found two Altec-Lansing Powered Sub-Woofers. One was priced @ $5USD and the other one was $10USD. They were originally a part of a 5.1 computer speaker system but when […]
This night light does not begin glowing until the ambient light in the room is very dim. Others begin glowing when the light in the room is still fairly bright. If your night light comes on when the light in the room is still bright you’re going to be wasting a lot of the electricity […]