Meadow 3D Printable Parametric Enclosure
Do you need to spin up a project enclosure for your Meadow project? Check out our parametric enclosure: The size is easily adjusted via variables to fit your project needs, and can be 3D printed at home for quick prototyping!
The Smartening of my Dehydrator – Part 2; Temperature Control
In part 1 of this blog series, we looked at the dehydrator system as a whole. In this post in the dehydrator hacking series, we’re going to explore how to control the fan and heater in the dehydrator using relays to regulate temperature. We’ll explore…
The Smartening of my Dehydrator – Part 1
In this blog series, I document the process of creating a smart appliance out of my dehydrator. Along the way, I’ll show you just how easy it is to create a sophisticated, connected appliance with Netduino.Foundation, which makes hardware development a plug-and-play experience. We’ll…
Announcing the C# IoT Contest with Hackster.io and Wilderness Labs!
Today, non-mobile connected devices outnumber mobile phones 4:1; in just a few years, connected things will outnumber mobile phones 10:1, with 75 billion connected devices predicted by 2025. Powered by microcontrollers and commodity hardware advancements, nearly all new products will be connected. We’ve partnered…
Thanks for an Awesome Maker Faire!
This year, we participated at Maker Faire Bay Area where we got to see the latest creative inventions, meet enthusiasts of all types, and pass out over 800 bags of freshly popped popcorn! For those who participated in our raffle giveaway, thank you. Special…
#3DPrinting Appliance Hacking Enclosure
We’ve been hacking some pretty cool things over here at Wilderness Labs. We’re about to post a couple of new awesome projects including a smart chicken coop, and food dehydrator you can control with your phone! But as we got building them, it became…
Connected Coffee Maker Part 4 – Mobile App, Powered by Xamarin
In part 3 of this series, we enabled our connected coffee maker to be controlled via a Web API using Maple Server. In this part, we’re going to explore how to easily create a mobile app that runs on iOS, Android, and Windows, powered…
Connected Coffee Maker Part 3 – Introducing Maple Server
In part 2 of this series we built the core of the connected coffee maker by creating what was essentially a smart power outlet that we could control with a Netduino. After assembling the hardware, we deployed an application that controlled our relay to…
Connected Coffee Maker Part 2 – Control
In part 1 of this series we created a power adapter from a USB charger that can be used to power a Netduino when it isn’t plugged into the computer. In this part, we’re going to create what is, in essence, a smart power…
Wilderness Labs 3D Printable Prototyping Baseboard!
Get your weekend hacking off to a solid start by 3D printing one of these cool prototype baseboards which fit a Netduino (or Arduino) and a half-size breadboard! Head over to our downloads page to grab the files and get printing.
