A circuit that works once is a starting point. A circuit whose inputs, power, and measurements you understand is something you can build on. This collection connects small bench experiments with complete instrument and PCB documentation, without treating an impressive prototype as a beginner kit.
Begin with button inputs and repeatability.
Explore low-voltage waveforms and the sampling limits.
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Bojan Jurca · MITResized without cropping and converted to WebP for the project card.
Follow the complete PCB fabrication workflow.
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The breadboard counter focuses on one problem: making one button press count once. Establish that behavior before adding a display, networking, or a more elaborate enclosure. The crystal-radio notebook takes the same approach to tuning: record what changed, rather than judging an entire receiver from one listening session.
The ESP32 oscilloscope shows low-voltage signals in a browser, but its sampling limitations matter. It is not a substitute for a properly rated instrument on mains circuits. Move to the 3018 PCB-milling guide when you need fabrication, and read its calibration, workholding, and safety sections before making chips.
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Choose a LEGO microscope, ESP32 oscilloscope, laboratory syringe pump, haptic dial, DIY e-reader, synthesizer, or JPL rover using complete credited source documentation.
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Bojan Jurca's complete setup guide for displaying ESP32 GPIO samples in a web browser, including the original interface screenshot, library requirements, FTP commands, and ADC limitations.
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Scott Bezek's complete SmartKnob README: brushless-motor haptics, configurable stops and clicks, original prototype photograph and exploded animation, PCB notes, and build limitations.
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Compare a Wi-Fi weather station, an Arduino MIDI sequencer, a GPS e-paper clock, and CNC-milled PCBs, with complete writeups credited to their original creators.
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mattwach's full end-to-end PCB-milling writeup: design constraints, FlatCAM, calibration, height maps, cutting, drilling, and finishing, illustrated with the creator's process photographs.
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A documented inspection plan for a matching dynamo and lamp, without improvised battery charging or assumptions about unknown output voltages.
A small logic exercise built around the least glamorous requirement: a pushbutton must not count as five presses.
A removable switch plate idea that makes mounting and keycap differences visible instead of calling every change a switch improvement.
A passive receiver study focused on repeatable tuning adjustments and keeping antenna changes out of the comparison.
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