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Good day to you GreatScott and everyone !!Please please could ANYONE help identify this charging module, its not shown or mentioned in this instructable but its in the main photo which is really BUGGING the HECK outta ME lol !!ive tried to find it online in the usual places, ebay and aliexpress, dx, banggood etc but no luck finding this exact modulejust curious on its specs and yes, i know theres the TP4056 alternative out there, but it would be nice to solve this puzzling module that not mentioned lolPretty please help ?!? lolBE POSITIVE in replies please, no negativity, thanks in advance.

this is an awesome step by step guide - thanks LOADS for going thru the effort of making this possible for noobs like me who are not totally understanding how the ESP-Platform works, but this is a shweet lil project to help dive into this wonderful world of microcontrollers and automation !!!Once again thanks loads man, really grateful !! PS - Keep up the very inspiring work online, major inspiration here for me for sure !!!!

EXACTLY As mkphillips and BrownDogGadgets have advised, totally agree with them.If all youre going to do is sit around here and criticize other people's projects, then your in the wrong website..You should be in the;"how many negative people does it take to change a light bulb ??? A= NONE because they'll all sit in the DARK and COMPLAIN !!!" ROOM........................................................................................We DARE You to do better...But judging by your profile not having made a single thing to publish, it doesnt look like youre up to the task, so if you aint got anything nice to say, do as youre suggested by instructables and;"We have a be nice policy.Please be positive and constructive."So, to be CONSTRUCTIVE, my mother brought me up teachi...

EXACTLY As mkphillips and BrownDogGadgets have advised, totally agree with them.If all youre going to do is sit around here and criticize other people's projects, then your in the wrong website..You should be in the;"how many negative people does it take to change a light bulb ??? A= NONE because they'll all sit in the DARK and COMPLAIN !!!" ROOM........................................................................................We DARE You to do better...But judging by your profile not having made a single thing to publish, it doesnt look like youre up to the task, so if you aint got anything nice to say, do as youre suggested by instructables and;"We have a be nice policy.Please be positive and constructive."So, to be CONSTRUCTIVE, my mother brought me up teaching me that if you didnt have anything nice to say, then you should keep your thoughts to yourself and remain quiet...Or you just dont belong here...GreatScott has a MASSIVE FOLLOWING, HUGE YOUTUBE Channel with LOADS of video's showing how he gets things working and is an inspiration to many of us.. So unless you can do better i suggest you do as my mother instructed, i was brought-up, not "dragged up"

this is a great design ! well done and thanks for sharing it, us mere mortals who havent had the chance to mess around with such awesome creations yet thank you !!!2 quick Q's if i may;1. Are you driving the servo's direct from the Arduino board with no motor controller in between to supply any extra power ? with arduino boards typically allowing no more than 200mA of current to be drawn from them, i'd be worried about the longevity of the microcontroller board (Arduino)2. How thick are your wood pieces and what kind of laser wattage do you use and have at hand, it would be very interesting to know what power laser can cut that thickness of wood you have used for this project and can you also cut acrylic with the same beautiful results ?Thanks again for the help with my 2 pesky Q's and ...

this is a great design ! well done and thanks for sharing it, us mere mortals who havent had the chance to mess around with such awesome creations yet thank you !!!2 quick Q's if i may;1. Are you driving the servo's direct from the Arduino board with no motor controller in between to supply any extra power ? with arduino boards typically allowing no more than 200mA of current to be drawn from them, i'd be worried about the longevity of the microcontroller board (Arduino)2. How thick are your wood pieces and what kind of laser wattage do you use and have at hand, it would be very interesting to know what power laser can cut that thickness of wood you have used for this project and can you also cut acrylic with the same beautiful results ?Thanks again for the help with my 2 pesky Q's and also the video isnt working again, please please would you be able to correct it whenever you got a spare few mins and again, thanks loads - keep inspiring us !

That big orange thing with the cross-segment on the solar panel is a divider that separates each of the 4 Photoresistor's so that each one can track only a portion or a quadrant, having all 4 gives the perfect tracking ;-Quote;"A voltage divider is thus formed at the junction between photoresistor and another resistor; the output is taken at the junction point to pass themeasured voltage as input to microcontroller."SOURCE:https://www.ripublication.com/irph/ijeee_spl/ijeeev7n6_04.pdf

VERY Nice project, thanks for showing how these dyson fans work and thanks for all for the awesome advice once the nit-picking was out of the way LOL !An awesome build and yes not everyone has a 3D Printer so using commonly found items was a real bonus treat !!But the Anet A8 is a very cheap 3D Printer that works right out the box, but definitely needs a lot of 3D Printed upgrades, its a very low cost 3D Printer that has helped so very many including myself to get onto the 3D Printing ladder, doesnt take long to save up for one of these either, perfect gift to treat yourself with !

VERY Well said !

try a BD139 (NPN Power transistor)

Howdy all !for everyone finding it difficult to attach the SMA Antenna, you must first need to buy the correct version of the ESP8266 device, make sure it has a socket on it called a "U.FL" socket, see image below of an ESP8266 12F with this socket:Then you need to buy the correct adapter cable, called, "U.FL to SMA PIGTAIL Cable" like hereNow you will be able to simply push-fit the U.FL Pigtail connector onto the ESP8266 12F or whichever one you have that has the U.FL Socket to the ESP8266 and the other end of the pigtail to the SMA Antenna :)Some ESP8266 devices have the SMD Pads of where this U.FL socket is meant to be soldered onto the board, but if not, then its really not difficult to solder a socket onto the ESP8266, see second picture for a pack of 5 U.FL Soc...

Howdy all !for everyone finding it difficult to attach the SMA Antenna, you must first need to buy the correct version of the ESP8266 device, make sure it has a socket on it called a "U.FL" socket, see image below of an ESP8266 12F with this socket:Then you need to buy the correct adapter cable, called, "U.FL to SMA PIGTAIL Cable" like hereNow you will be able to simply push-fit the U.FL Pigtail connector onto the ESP8266 12F or whichever one you have that has the U.FL Socket to the ESP8266 and the other end of the pigtail to the SMA Antenna :)Some ESP8266 devices have the SMD Pads of where this U.FL socket is meant to be soldered onto the board, but if not, then its really not difficult to solder a socket onto the ESP8266, see second picture for a pack of 5 U.FL Sockets and you will simply be able to solder these sockets directly to the ESP8266 by finding the Antenna Trace on the PCB and make sure you find the two GND (Ground) points for the Antenna socket as there are TWO 'GND' traces, you might even have to solder directly to the ESP8266's half castellated holes, check the datasheet of the ESP8266 that you will be using and look for GND, ANT, GND and those will be your contact points to solder the U.FL socketsEnjoy :))q

Howdy all !for everyone finding it difficult to attach the SMA Antenna, you must first need to buy the correct version of the ESP8266 device, make sure it has a socket on it called a "U.FL" socket, see image below of an ESP8266 12F with this socket:Then you need to buy the correct adapter cable, called, "U.FL to SMA PIGTAIL Cable" like hereNow you will be able to simply push-fit the U.FL Pigtail connector onto the ESP8266 12F or whichever one you have that has the U.FL Socket to the ESP8266 and the other end of the pigtail to the SMA Antenna :)Some ESP8266 devices have the SMD Pads of where this U.FL socket is meant to be soldered onto the board, but if not, then its really not difficult to solder a socket onto the ESP8266, see second picture for a pack of 5 U.FL Soc...

Howdy all !for everyone finding it difficult to attach the SMA Antenna, you must first need to buy the correct version of the ESP8266 device, make sure it has a socket on it called a "U.FL" socket, see image below of an ESP8266 12F with this socket:Then you need to buy the correct adapter cable, called, "U.FL to SMA PIGTAIL Cable" like hereNow you will be able to simply push-fit the U.FL Pigtail connector onto the ESP8266 12F or whichever one you have that has the U.FL Socket to the ESP8266 and the other end of the pigtail to the SMA Antenna :)Some ESP8266 devices have the SMD Pads of where this U.FL socket is meant to be soldered onto the board, but if not, then its really not difficult to solder a socket onto the ESP8266, see second picture for a pack of 5 U.FL Sockets and you will simply be able to solder these sockets directly to the ESP8266 by finding the Antenna Trace on the PCB and make sure you find the two GND (Ground) points for the Antenna socket as there are TWO 'GND' traces, you might even have to solder directly to the ESP8266's half castellated holes, check the datasheet of the ESP8266 that you will be using and look for GND, ANT, GND and those will be your contact points to solder the U.FL socketsEnjoy :))q