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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.
In this Arduino tutorial, we’re going to learn how to control a relay with a button. This is a very similar tutorial to our button LED control tutorial, but with a relay! The main difference being that a relay will allow you to control something of higher voltage than the Arduino can control directly. RELATED: […]
In this next tutorial on the Arduino platform we’re going to learn how to use a button to toggle an LED On and Off with the press of a momentary push button. This isn’t like turning a switch on and off, rather its controlled by logic in the Arduino’s microcontroller. The Arduino reads the state […]
In this beginner series we’re going to go over the basics and need to knows of connecting a button to the Arduino and using it in your sketches. This Arduino button tutorial also covers the basics of the button itself, as it is not always obvious how a button is designed to work under the […]
Fading an LED is something you’ll likely use in lot of your projects. It’s a really nice and elegant effect to make the indicators in your projects more pleasing. Parts List of this Project QTY PART/LINK 1X Arduino Uno Arduino Uno 1X USB Type B Cable 1X Solderless Breadboard 1X Jumper Wire Kit 1X LED […]
WLED is an awesome open source application created to control addressable LEDs (WS2811, WS2812b, WS2813, etc) from your iOS or Android smartphone, or literally any device which can send a command via http/https over a network! It runs on the ESP32 platform of microcontrollers, which although similar to the Arduino is different but mostly compatible […]
Welcome to the fourth Pub Talk (these used to be called Premium Update) where I will be giving unscripted updates on what’s going on around The Geek Pub. In this video, we talk about the new set, the DFW retro meetup, and answer questions submitted by fans! Timestamps: 00:11 – Let’s call it Pub Talk […]
The Geek Pub makes arcade build videos and arcade plans. Most of our customers are of course using a Raspberry Pi single board computer and running RetroPie in their Geek Pub arcade cabinets. On a daily basis we get at least 10 emails asking us “Where can I download RetroPie ROMs from?” In the past […]
There are several types of grounds used in electronics projects. And sometimes these types of grounds and the words used to describe them (earth, ground, etc.) are thrown around interchangeably. But these different types of grounds are very different and it is good idea to know difference between them when building your projects. In most […]
I’ve always wanted a dedicated studio room and set for the talking portions of my videos. For years I have resorted to setting my camera up in the hot garage, in my kitchen, or even just in front of my computer in my home office. Well no more! Today, The Geek Pub is building a […]
Technical terms get tossed around all the time in the maker community. And the technical meaning of these terms don’t always translate from country to country, or even different regions within the same country! Two terms we see a lot of confusion on in the maker community is “square” and “plumb”. Some people use these […]