Over the years WiFi has become so prevalent that a hotspot or an access point is the first thing we look for when we reach a location! Ever since Expressif launched an extremely versatile and low-cost chip that combined a microcontroller and a WiFi module into a single unit called the ESP-8266, there has been an explosion of… Continue reading WiFi devices
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Number systems
Recap counting! The decimal number system that we are used to, is called so because it uses 10 distinct symbols to represent any value. These symbols are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Any ‘number’ can therefore be represented by combining these 10 distinct symbols. What is interesting is that,… Continue reading Number systems
An introduction to Programmable Things
This is a great time to be a part of the hardware+software maker movement. The things that you make here are called- Things! Seriously 🙂 and by extension, we have IoT, aka Internet of Things. There is such a wide variety of low-cost, easy to program and reasonably simple to integrate micro-controllers out there that its literally… Continue reading An introduction to Programmable Things