Tools – Photoshop ($10/month) – Eagle Cad (free) – Inkscape (free) Introduction If you are someone who likes to create custom PBC’s and uses Eagle Cad, but find it difficult to create custom shapes and designs this tutorial is for you. I have seen other tutorials doing this with KiCad EDA and Inkscape, but since…
Prerequisites – Basic understanding of Node.js – AWS Account (this is easy) – Blynk.io account – Amazon Echo – DC5V LED WS2812B panel (found on ebay) Blynk.io The first thing you will want to do is sign up for a blynk account. This is a great place to allow you to connect of hundreds of…
Componenents Needed – ESP 32 Breakout Board – 128×63 OLED – Momentary button – 10k Resistor – Darksky API Key Not interested in learning just want the code? Full Code Expected Knowledge – Basic understanding of ESP32 and how to connect it – How to push code to ESP32 using the Arduino IDE – Basic…
If you have ever needed to create a docker container that runs a React app but you need to use a docker-compose file to add environmental variables to it but need it to be flexible enough to use any compose file on any given server (stage, prod, test) then this post might be for you.…
Are you like me and tired of doing anything with your hands? I mean that’s so 2015. Since the advent of Amazon’s Alexa (echo) in 2015, I’ve not touched a light switch, turned on a TV, or set the temperature in my house with my dirty hands. So why not extend that to other trivial…
Prerequisites – An Appcelerator account – Be logged in API’s Building on our last 3 tutorials, its now time to add in some API’s. To create a new API Builder application. Start by opening a Command prompt navigating to the file you want to store your new project in and type: appc new This will…
So you want to learn Appcelerator? Well this tutorial will teach you some of the basics to get you up and running creating Android and iOS apps. What you will learn in part one. In this tutorial we will learn some basic controls and how to make your app use the built in bio authentication…
Access Control Lists (ACL) Mobile Backend Services are awesome, but sometimes you need them to be limited to some users. Thats where Access Control Lists (ACL) come in. The ACL object implements access control lists for mobile backend service objects. An access control list controls read and write access to any mobile backend service objects…
Selecting your application architecture for a mobile application depends on a variety of factors, including user experience, integration, and speed. This article will help explain which application architecture to consider for your next project. In 2016 according to data released by StatCounter, 51.3% of all web visits last month came from mobile devices compared to…
Syncplicity is a file share and synchronization service developed by Syncplicity Inc. The service lets users store and synchronize files between computers. It supports Microsoft Windows and macOS. They also have an API that will allow you to manage your folders and files. API version used in this example was 1.3.11 Before you begin Prerequisite…
