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Mike is the founder of The Geek Pub. A jack of all trades who simply enjoys the challenge creating things, whether from wood, metal, or from lines of code in a computer. Mike has created all kinds of projects that you can follow and build yourself, from many different styles of retro arcade cabinets to Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects.
There’s a large selection of smart locks on the market, from complete replacements to kits that convert existing locks into smart devices. There’s a lot to understand about these kits, and truth about the best smart locks isn’t always obvious. Let’s take a quick although of the best smart locks on my recommendations lists and […]
Many of you know that for a while I was selling a product called the WANBOX. The WANBOX is a 6 port full gigabit capable router/firewall box based on the Intel Atom E3845 processor. It’s fantastically capable and relatively inexpensive for it’s feature set. As some of you have noticed it is out of stock […]
pfSense is literally one of the top open source (free as in beer) firewall packages you get get. Depending on who you ask it might be the very best. pfSense is not without its faults however, and in the most recent updates of the 2.4.4 release there is a bug that causes some firewalls to […]
The Arduino serial plotter is a super handy tool provided you know the basics of how it works and when to use it! The serial plotter will take data sent to the serial monitor and plot it on a graph. It can even take multiple data sources and combine then into a set of overlapping […]
The Arduino serial monitor is an incredible tool for working with Arduinos! Mostly because of the shear simplicity of it. So simple, yet so powerful! The serial monitor can be used both to receive communications from the Arduino, but also to send communications to the Arduino. Many hobbyists forget the latter. Arduino to PC/Mac Serial […]
Now that you’ve made you first program, we’re ready to move on and to actually understand a bit about what we wrote, why it worked, and some basics about the code structure of the Arduino platform. Arduino Code Basics Arduino calls its programs “Sketches”. So from this point forward we will be using that term […]
Now that you’ve acquired your Arduino, have the IDE installed, and have your Arduino plugged into your USB port on your PC or Mac, it’s time to write our first little program “Hello World!” Opening the IDE and Selecting Your Arduino To get started, find the IDE icon or search for Arduino on your PC […]
Now that you have the Arduino IDE installed, it’s time to move on to getting your hardware prepped. For many this means purchasing the hardware! There are several ways to go. You could buy a kit (highly recommended), or if money is tight you can just buy the components you need to get started: an […]
I recently purchased a Sense HAT for the Raspberry Pi. It’s something I have had my eye on for quite some time. The Sense HAT has many features including gyros, accelerometers, environmental sensors (temperature, humidity, pressure), and a joystick control button. What may be my favorite feature happens to be an output device. The Sense […]
I’ve built a lot of arcades and packed them with Raspberry Pi goodness over the years, but today’s project is going to be quite a bit different! We’re going to pack a Raspberry Pi running Retropie into a Commodore 64. A Raspberry Pi Commodore 64 is something that has been on my list of To-Dos […]