Pocket Counter
I made a small little counter/stopwatch with a microcontroller and an 8-segment display. I had some microcontrollers laying around and noticed the number of pins and physical size perfectly allowed an 8-segment display, two buttons, and a status LED. I came up with a little project with a satisfying form...

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PCB for Washing Machine Drain Overflow
I made a microcontroller project to detect when my washing machine overflows. But I wasn’t very happy with how sloppily the project box came together. A few pcb manufacturing companies advertise heavily to my favorite youtube creators. So it seemed like a fun goal to make my own.

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Bottle Warmer Power Fix
We had a baby! Itsagirl. And we’re frugal. We got a free portable bottle warmer (a Baby Brew) from a friend’s sister who was done having kids. Unfortunately I couldn’t get it to work…

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Washing Machine Drain Overflow Auto-Cutoff
It usually freezes in our town a few times a year. Sometimes for a day or two, sometimes for a week. Some of our pipes freeze if it stays cold enough for a few days. It’s usually something that a space heater can fix. Only rarely has it been bad...

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Work headset auto-pause disable
My day-job provided a bluetooth headset. I like that it will connect to my work pc as well as my phone. So I can listen to music from my phone, and it will also pick up notifications from my pc. And auto switches to the PC for meetings. My issue...

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Home office busy light
I work from home. So does my wife. We’re both pretty respectful of each other’s office space. But sometimes you’re in a meeting or doing some high-concentration work where you really can’t afford a distraction.

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Garage Door Monitor
A door leads from my kitchen to my garage. I spend a lot of time in my garage tinkering - and going in and out of that door to the house. Unfortunately a collision occurs

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Quick Switch Disc Golf Retriever
I play disc golf - and sometime lose discs in the water or up in trees. I’ve owned a few disc retrievers and recently bought a “Max Disctance” suction cup ball. It works really well in the water, but isn’t really designed for everything. The problem is that switching between...

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Welder wire feeder fix
My cheap Craigslist welder broke. Specifically the wire feed circuit blew. The fuse blew as well as one of the traces on the board. Here I replaced one of the traces but as I replaced traces others blew.

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UV light ground wire
I bought a UV light (link). I use it to activate glow-in-the-dark disc golf discs while playing night rounds. I was having some trouble with an inconsistent electrical connection and decided to poke around.

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