Celebrated chefs often compare running a kitchen to running an army, and precise timing is key to their success. But being able to keep track of everything on the stovetop and in the oven can be ...

Kitchen timers are the unsung heroes of cooking gadgets. Yes, you can use your phone to time cooking, but there’s always a danger it could end up covered in food. I’ve cleaned cake batter from an ...

A digital switch is useful when you need to automate electrical appliances like your AC, geyser, water pump, irrigation pump, sauna, charging for solar inverter, and the like. It helps you handle ...

For one of my hobby projects, I needed to add a small countdown timer at an affordable cost. Fortunately, a DigiSpark Attiny85 development board was lying around on my workbench. The next component ...

Comprising a microprocessor, an LCD, a 32.768-kHz crystal, and little else, the basic countdown-timer circuit in Figure 1 operates from a commonly available CR2032 lithium-coin-cell battery. Based on ...

You’ll be forgiven if you’re a Sonos fan who keeps checking multiple times a day for app updates (count us among that group). And today’s a good day to have that habit, as another update has returned ...