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Adafruit Matrix Portal LED Display Diffused Acrylic Stand

December 8, 2020 Hans CheerLights, Projects, ThingSpeak

I bought some parts over at Adafruit to build some ThingSpeak and CheerLights projects. If you know me, I am always attracted to multicolored lights

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Getting Ready for the Bay Area Maker Faire!

May 9, 2018 Hans ThingSpeak

I have a lot of favorite times of the year. I get excited about the holidays, weekends, evenings, and days. I am usually filling each day with

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Use the New MQTT Service from ThingSpeak for Real-time CheerLights Updates

December 10, 2017 Hans CheerLights, ThingSpeak

It’s that time again. That time when people all across the world synchronize their lights together with CheerLights! People have built amazing CheerLights displays. I

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How to Reset the Arduino MKR1000

July 12, 2017 Hans ThingSpeak

I am working on a project that uses the Arduino MKR1000 with ThingSpeak. While working on my code, I uploaded a bad sketch to the

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Send Data to ThingSpeak with Arduino

April 4, 2016 Hans Projects, ThingSpeak

Getting Started In order to send data to ThingSpeak™ using an Arduino®, you need an Arduino with network connectivity either onboard or with a shield.

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Your Physical Interface with Uber!

February 1, 2016 Hans Projects

Want to see/hear how far the closest Uber is from you? All you have to do is press a button on an AWS IoT connected

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CheerLights is Back for the Holidays

December 13, 2013 Hans CheerLights

For the third holiday season in a row, the CheerLights project is gearing up. The idea behind CheerLights is to show that we are all connected

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CheerLights: my lights are linked to everyone else’s

December 1, 2011 Hans CheerLights

If you have been following my projects for the last 12 years, you probably figured out that I must have a master plan. And this

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Internet of Things Talk at Carnegie Mellon University

October 11, 2011 Hans Talks

Last weekend was the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I gave a talk on the Internet of Things and

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TouchShield Slide Two-way Communications

March 21, 2010 Hans ThingSpeak

Over last summer, I got the GamePack from Liquidware which includes a touch screen display, joystick, microcontroller, and battery pack. With this kit you can

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