The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

When I first started this blog I was living in a small two-bedroom flat in the centre of Birmingham. It was great for transport, shopping, and restaurants, but terrible for project work. The

When we last left our handsome hero he was securing the perimeter using a PIR sensor and an Arduino. The rig was designed to raise an alarm via a piezo buzzer when the

Just a quickie, this time, to let you know I've finally completed Project 6: PIR Zombie Detector. I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong the last time, although it's a safe bet

This is a short post with a simple mission - to inform all (three) of you of my success in completing Project 3: LED Lighting. Following on from what I learned last week,

After a number of failures with the other projects I've worked on recently, I was looking forward to a success with Project 3: LED Lights. How hard can it be to wire up

One of my friends, a young gentleman by the name of Cos, has a healthy respect for the idea that the zombie apocalypse isn't an if - but a when. This is something

Unfortunately, today has turned into a bit of a failure. This morning brought with it the final component I needed I start on the battery monitor project. At lunchtime, I quickly assembled the

The 12th July was Prime Day, Amazon's answer to the blue cross sale. This is relevant, as I was saving my money for this special day, planning to use it as an opportunity

As mentioned in my last post, the weather has been terrible for testing the solar panel. We've had enough rain over the past few days that various parts of Birmingham have flooded, and

Maybe not rain, but there's certainly no sun today, and that makes testing my solar panel challenging. That said, I'm now (fairly) confident that the battery is receiving a charge, as the multimeter

I am Edison. I am Tesla. I am capable of generating power from the very sun itself. I am God! Ahem Alternatively, the first project in the book is now complete, and I

The solar panel arrived today. It's about the size and shape that I expected and thankfully doesn't seem to weigh too much. Obviously, the point of a solar panel is to sit outside

So I'm pretty much just going to dive right in... (If you want some background, check out my thread on birmingham.io). Yesterday I spent £126.58 at Amazon purchasing the components I