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Stream - Building a Label Maker

November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

A new subscription kit just came in - just in time for today's stream.
youtube.com/live/EpAO4r0...

Stream - Looking at the New ArduinoPackage

November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I really wanted to like the new #Arduino Uno Q. It had a lot of potential and looked interesting.
I continued to play with it for over an hour after last night's stream. My overall impression is it's too expensive, and too complex for the Maker Community.
Such a shame.

October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I'm going to open the box I received yesterday and run it through its paces
youtube.com/live/kBvqA_E...

Stream - Working on the Macropad #3

October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

Oh! Something was just delivered to my doorstep. I think I know what I'm doing for tomorrow's stream! #Arduino

Unopened Arduino package sitting on my workbench

October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I found the short on the macro pad project. Let me know if you want me to finish this on Tuesday's stream, or if I should start something new.

The macro pad hooked up to power and a multimeter. A button is pressed and voltage is showing on the multimeter.

October 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

Another soldering stream to finish the macro pad. While working on that, I'd like to talk about Arduino.
youtube.com/live/FAS1bld...

Stream - Gifts and Research

October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

Release a video? Why do that when I can just have another live stream.
youtube.com/live/PM995Ia...

A new chapter for Arduino – with Qualcomm, UNO Q, and you! | Arduino Blog

October 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

Two days ago, Qualcomm bought Arduino and announced a new Uno. I'm curious to see what this ultimately means for makers.
blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/07/a...

Today we’re sharing some truly exciting news: Arduino has entered into an agreement to join the Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. family! This is a huge step in our journey – one that allows us to keep grow...

blog.arduino.cc

October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I'm taking a break from soldering this week to look at a bag of gifts from @simpleelectronics.bsky.social and to work on research for an upcoming video.
youtube.com/live/jGfDbvu...

Stream - Gifts and Research

Every Tinkerer Needs To BUILD This! | DIY i2c Scanner!

October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Reposted by Basement Electronics

Simple Electronics

@simpleelectronics.bsky.social

My new video is up - and it seems to be a banger! Check it out if you're interested in #electronics and #diy:
youtu.be/NPpPVw-4qi8

YouTube video by Simple Electronics

Stream - Surface Mount Soldering #3

September 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

Looks like this is becoming a weekly stream. Why stop when we're having fun?
youtube.com/live/lihThWk...

Stream - Surface Mount Soldering #2

September 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I'm going to continue my soldering project on stream later. Please come and join me for a chat.
youtube.com/live/wY0KET4...

ESP32 Board Review - Cheap Yellow Display

September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM

Reposted by Basement Electronics

Adrian's Digital Basement

@adriansdigitalbasement.com

Happy birthday to the MOS 6502! It was 50 years ago today that people were able to buy their first samples of the chip from a jar in a hotel room at WESCON.

Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!

September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

In today's video, I look at a Cheap Yellow Display and talk about some things to consider when trying to get it working.
youtu.be/zV8e5p34vdU

Stream - Surface Mount Soldering

September 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

Arbitrary stream! I'm going to go live in an hour and do some surface mount soldering

youtube.com/live/CLX4b6O...

Stream - Building a Dominos Robot

September 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I'm going to stream the second kit from the subscription I got for my birthday.
youtube.com/live/TCmhh1d...

Teardown - Booster Power Supply

September 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

This week, we do a traditional teardown of a power supply. I was hoping to figure out why it failed, but I'm not that knowledgeable,
youtu.be/lZ13eXt2J_8

10 Years on Youtube - Tinkering with ESP32

August 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I marked 10 years on Youtube this week. To commemorate this, I will be streaming tomorrow afternoon and tinkering with my ESP32s.

youtube.com/live/Z6n2jD9...

ESP32 CircuitPython - Time of Flight Sensor

August 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

New video. I look at two different options for determining range, using an ESP32 running CircuitPython
youtu.be/Uiu6G-yWGc8

Birthday Stream - Building an IR Controlled Turret

August 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I plan to go live tomorrow to play with a kit I recently received.
youtube.com/live/1wCLi9Z...

Setting Up ESPHome on Home Asistant

August 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I'm finally looking into Home Assistant. First step is to figure out what I can do in it with an ESP32

youtu.be/2ocMhrHpDow

Raspberry Pi - Two SPI LCD Screens

July 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

Connecting two LCD displays to the SPI bus on a Raspberry Pi
youtu.be/3Nw0EV3mvkQ

Kit Build - LDR Controlled Relay

July 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

Today's video is a laid-back kit build. We look at how to turn on a relay using a light dependent resistor (LDR)
youtu.be/AqfwBlqJlB8

The Simple Electronics Podcast - 121 - Basement Electronics

May 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM

Basement Electronics

@curisireland.bsky.social

I was this week's guest on @simpleelectronics.bsky.social podcast. It was a great conversation of videos, local electronics providers and plans for the channel. Please have a listen.
youtu.be/QFSwv5ww0Zc?...

YouTube video by Simple Electronics