Experiences

 Relays, Relays, Relays! Other than that not much. Did some light soldering work, changed the board from a uno to a nano, and added the relay. Just routing the power out via a female plug connector I "borrowed" from an extension cord. So now my uncle can utilize anything that can be connected to a standard AC wall outlet. Plus, the relay is rated for 40 Amps, so there isn't much that can't be powered I just am going to make a few functionality changes, so that if the sound ever goes over a certain point you would have to press a button to deactivate whatever device that has been connected. Not that hard, I can already imagine the code. Anyway speaking of the code, here's the script for this project. I didn't have time to draw a schematic, but I think it is very self explanatory. int soundSensor = 2; int relayPin = 3; void setup() {   pinMode(soundSensor, INPUT);   Serial.begin(9600);   pinMode(relayPin, OUTPUT); } void loop() {   int SensorData = digitalRead(s...

 So, after seeing my video of the integration of a thermal sensor for an incubator that I am building ( link ), my uncle asked if I would be able to make a device that could trigger a strobe light based on the increase of sound over a certain threshold. Bleh, rephrased: He wants a light to turn on if things get too loud. Much better. So, I did a bit of googling, ordered a sound sensor off of Amazon, and created the circuit below. It just uses a 1k ohm resistor, an led, and the sound sensor ( amazon link ). After writing a bit of code, we are done, and  I have a sound sensor that can trigger an led. int soundSensor = 7; int LED = 8; boolean LEDStatus = false; void setup() {   pinMode(soundSensor, INPUT);   pinMode(LED, OUTPUT); } void loop() {   int SensorData = digitalRead(soundSensor);   if (SensorData == 1) {     if (LEDStatus == false) {       LEDStatus = true;       digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);     }   ...

 So I am building a PC. This specific idea popped into my head sometime last year. I finally got around to doing it after spotting a good deal on eBay for a CPU and motherboard combo (Ryzen 9 3950x and Aorus Master x570 Board). I've slowly put together the components and finally started assembling this build around a matte black, chrome, and modern white color palette. I'll probably post again after this is all finished, with a nice video detailing my work, but until then, here are a few images of it in its current state.