The HiveMQ broker is a great public broker and I'd also check out the Adafruit IO learn website for access to their free broker. Adafruit is one of my favorite companies to buy some very cook IoT tech

This looks like a great project. I may just have to dust off my Canon Rebel.....

Thanks for the reply @builderofcastles! We have a craft area downstairs where we both play and I've got limited space so I'll use the bins in my tackle box for the resistors (grin). If I'm in my Garage

Yeah, it seems to default to editing the original tab/group info rather than adding a new one. I had that happen a couple of times also.

My wife is allergic to waking up early (grin!) so I'm the early bird and I have to admit that I've been slacking off for the last few months..... Used to grind the beans fresh in the morning and now with

Aaaaaahhhh yes, that first sip in the morning! The aroma floating through the air! What a great way to start the day!

Welcome @carpainter! Looking forward you your posts!

Well done @CmplXty!.....And don't forget EVERYONE was a noob coder at the start of their journey!

Yes I can imagine it was a challenging task to cut the 20mm metal top in a straight line using cut-off discs! Well done!

Agreed, very interesting article. I wasn't aware of the positive effects of many of the plant species you had mentioned.

Thanks, and yes please post the projects you've done! It would be great to see what others are making / building! The ESP32-CAM will be used for a motion sensing wildlife cam for my backyard. I live in

What a great suggestion for tomorrow's post (grin)! Stay tuned!

I took typing in high school because I needed a filler class I though it was a great way to meet girls (grin)! Well the most successful part of that venture was learning to touch type......hehehe!

That is the same feedback that I get from so many students taking my Basic Electricity & Electronics classes! "I can learn how to program online, but how do I actually hook up the devices without

I agree. I was getting a bit concerned that the post was too long, so I really didn't go into detail. I'll follow this post up with another that will go into greater detail about the Node-Red matt node

I teach Electrical Apprentices and it's great to see them passionate about what they are learning! I also had the chance to start up a makerspace on the campus and it was a lot of fun watching the students

I agree with the simplicity and being able to understand or at least appreciate the building of the circuit or computer

Yes...... at one point or another, I've been involved in one of these projects. Often initiated by the 'big' boss who really didn't have a clue and wanted results, "Just get me my results!!!"

I wonder if it would depend upon how aggressively the bike is ridden? I'm not an expert, but is BMX riding quite hard on the bike? The tightener looks light, but maybe enough if the chain isn't stressed

Great Job! Now we just need to install the mosquitto mqtt broker on that Pi and then it can be the broker for all of the various PI data that you collect. That way you can have many different tabs on that