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Orange Pi Zero
A cheaper alternative to the Raspberry Pi. In this post, I used the Orange Pi Zero to make a small portable server.
Raspberry Pi
Over the years I have used many different Raspberry PIs. Here are the posts where a Pi was used.
Icestick ICE40FPGA Development Board
An ICE40 FPGA development board. As seen in this post.
EPM240 CPLD Development Board
Cheap EPM240 CPLD development board. As seen in this post.
DE0-Nano Altera FPGA Development Board
An Altera FPGA development board. I used this board in my 8-bit computer build.
STM32 Board
A cheap Arduino compatible STM32 board for when you need a bit more processing power.
STM32 Development Board
An STM32 development board. I bought the Discovery board(replaced by Nucleo) many years ago to experiment with the STM32 microcontroller.
ESP8266 Development Board
A cheap ESP8266 development board for your IoT projects. I made a few posts that involve the ESP.
ESP32 Development Board
A cheap ESP32(more powerful version of 8266) development board for your IoT projects. I made a few posts that involve the ESP.
ESP32-CAM Dev. Board With a Camera Module
An ESP32 development board with an integrated camera module. I made a post about this board here.
ESP32 LoRaWAN Development Board
An ESP32 + LoRa development board with an OLED screen. Great for use with the Meshtastic network(a decentralized mesh network of LoRa nodes).
Small ATTINY Dev. Board
The Attiny family of microcontrollers is a great and cheap choice for simple projects where you don’t need a lot of resources(pins, memory, processing power). Here are a few projects where I used these microcontrollers.
![Arduino Nano Every (3 Boards Pack) [ABX00028-3P]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41xFrD2rBWL._SL160_.jpg)
Arduino Nano Original
The Arduino Nano is a small Arduino board that can be conveniently plugged into a breadboard. I have used it for quite a few projects over the years, some of them you can see here.
The original boards are a bit more expensive but they are more reliable and the money goes to supporting Arduino.
Arduino Nano Clones
The Arduino Nano is a small Arduino board that can be conveniently plugged into a breadboard. I have used it for quite a few projects over the years, some of them you can see here.
If you want to save a bit of money you can get these clone boards.
![Arduino Uno REV3 [A000066]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51txW1iicVL._SL160_.jpg)
Arduino Uno Original
Arduinos are great for beginners and have a very large community with lots of projects and libraries. The first Arduino board I bought was the Arduino Duemilanove. This was around 2009-2010 and is how I originally got into programming. The Uno is the successor to the Duemilanove.
The original boards are a bit more expensive but they are more reliable and the money goes to supporting Arduino.
![Arduino Mega 2560 REV3 [A000067]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51iZkuRoonL._SL160_.jpg)
Arduino Mega Original
The Mega is for bigger projects or projects that require a lot of I/O pins. I used a Mega in my 8-bit computer project here as I required a lot of pins.
The original boards are a bit more expensive but they are more reliable and the money goes to supporting Arduino.
ATX Power Supply Breakout Board
This is breakout board is a quick way to get a fairly powerful lab power supply with a range of different voltages for cheap. As seen in this post I made.
LM2596 DC-DC Buck Converter
A very useful little DC-DC converter module I often use in my projects. You can see it being used in a few of the projects I made for example here.
SSD1306 OLED Screen
Cheap and easy to use display that I used in quite a few projects(here are all the posts).
3.5" TFT LCD Display ILI9486/ILI9488 480x320 for Arduino Mega2560
Even larger colored display for the Arduino Mega.
Relay Module
Nema17 Closed-Loop Stepper Motor Driver Kit
This is a closed-loop controller kit for stepper motors. It uses a magnetic sensor to track the position of the motor and adjust for any missed steps.
The nice thing about this kit is that you can plug it directly into an existing stepper motor driver socket and just like that you have closed-loop control for your machine/device.
I recently bought this kit for a project. Works great and it’s a plug-and-play experience to get it working.
PWM Motor Speed Controller
A compact little PWM motor speed controller module. I used it in quite a few projects over the years.
USB LiPo Battery Charger Module
A neat little module for charging lipo batteries in your projects. For example, I used it in this project.
NRF24L0 2.4G Wireless Transceiver Module
These 2.4GHz transceiver modules can for example be used to establish wireless two-way communication between two Arduino boards.
HC-05 Bluetooth Module
The HC-05 is a very common and popular Bluetooth module. Often used for projects with Arduino. For example, I used it for adding Bluetooth connectivity to my quadcopter.
PID Temperature Controller Kit
You can use this PID temperature controller to control the temperature of whatever. Out of all the things I’m actually using it to control the temperature of my heated carpet.
PID Temperature Controller
You can use this PID temperature controller to control the temperature of whatever.
Small AC-DC SMPS Power Supply
I use these smaller type power supplies in my projects all the time. For example, in this post, I used it to power my LED strip.
Large AC-DC SMPS Power Supply
I used a similar large power supply in my DIY induction heater project.
Micro Servo Motor
A very small servo motor. I used such motors for panning and tilting the FPV camera on my quadcopter.
Servo Motor
A more powerful servo motor. I once used such a motor to make an automatic air duct damper.
