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Mahesh Venkitachalam

Programmer | Electronics Hacker | Photographer | Writer from Bangalore.

Bangalore, India
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Who I Am

C++/OpenGL Programmer who has now plunged into hardware design. Author of Python Playground (No Starch Press, USA).

Why I'm on Hackaday.io

To learn from others and share what little I know.

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  • flickr

This user joined on 06/05/2015.

My Projects

  • The 2015 Hackaday Prize
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A snap-on regulated 3.3 V/5 V power supply for a 9V battery.
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snapVCC

mahesh-venkitachalamMahesh Venkitachalam

  • The 2017 Hackaday Prize
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Nordic nRF52832 BLE development board with Temperature/Humidity/Light/Accelerometer sensors.
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bluey

mahesh-venkitachalamMahesh Venkitachalam

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3.3V/5V regulated power supply from a single AA battery.
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AABoost

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An Arduino Zero compatible motor driver for robotics projects.
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ZeroDriver

mahesh-venkitachalamMahesh Venkitachalam

  • The 2016 Hackaday Prize
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Atmel ATtiny84 based platform to learn AVR programming.
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tinyDriver

mahesh-venkitachalamMahesh Venkitachalam

  • Hackaday Prize 2019
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BLE/802.15.4 Low Power ePaper Display based on Nordic nRF52840.
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Papyr nRF52840 ePaper Display

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Projects I Contribute To

  • Tindie
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A place for Tindie sellers and the community to meet and stretch their legs
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Tindie Dog Park

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breakout board for ESP8266-01. Forked from https://hackaday.io/project/5728-esp8266-01-breakout.
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ESP8266-01 breakout board

anool-mahidhariaAnool Mahidharia

My Pages

  • My Book: Python Playground

    11/06/2015 at 04:28 • 0 comments

    Python Playground (No Starch Press, USA) is the culmination of a few years of playing around with Python, plus 2 years of writing (ouch!).

    It's a playful romp through Python - 14 projects ranging from drawing spirographs using Turtle and parametric equations, to creating Particle systems in OpenGL, to creating a laser audio show using Arduino, FFT and Python.

    Here is the official page for the book:

    http://www.nostarch.com/pythonplayground

    Amazon link:

    http://www.amazon.com/Python-Playground-Projects-Curious-Programmer/dp/1593276044/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446387682&sr=1-1&keywords=python+playground





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OpenSource 3D printable Robotic Arm
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Thor

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pcb mill built from garbage using basic hand tools and little money
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PCB mill for under $10

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Fast RPi WiFi without USB
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RPi WiFi

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A family of tiny robots, each with their own way of life.
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Tiny robot family

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LoFi is a very low cost ($5), small, auto-transmitting module. Preassembled and preprogrammed. Simply attach to your appliances or projects!
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LoFi

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Follow for the 'Hacklet' and latest news about hackaday.io
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Monitoring soil moisture at different depths to determine when to irrigate, and - more importantly - how much water is needed. Save 25%!
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Vinduino, a wine grower's water saving project

reinier-van-der-leeReinier van der Lee

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Because we all love blinking LEDs.
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XMAStar

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A full stack project dedicated to easily collecting, analyzing and sharing IoT sensor data.
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analog.io - A full stack IoT platform

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Use the team chat to talk about your projects and find collaborators for whatever you are working on.
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lutetiumLutetium

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KiCAD component and footprint libary for ESP32 ,ESP32-WROOM, and ESP3212 modules
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ESP32 KiCAD Library

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Multi-year always-on LED replacements for gaseous tritium light sources
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TritiLED

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Automation framework based on wireless Moteino nodes.
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The Moteino Framework

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Instant-Printing-Point-and-Shoot camera. Or yet another Polaroid like.
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PolaPi

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The uRADMonitor is a plug-and-play, low power, self contained radiation monitoring device, connected to a centralised server component.
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Global radiation monitoring network

radu-motisanRadu Motisan

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Miniature VT100 with all the bells and whistles
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diy-VT100 - A Miniature hardware terminal

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Build your own nervous system!
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NeuroBytes

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A wheelchair attachment that allows any wheelchair to be powered in a rowing motion. It is 3D printable, open source, and available to all.
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Hand Drive

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Vishnu Mohanan wrote 05/19/2018 at 11:36 • point

Thanks for following #EXPLOG : Exploration Logger :)

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Thanks for the follow! Cheers!

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Thanks for following my #LiFePO4wered/USB and #LiFePO4wered/Solar1 projects!

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Thanks for the Skull to #Guri !

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thax for ur follow

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thax for ur follow

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Thanks for the skull in my #Key Pass project !

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Mike Maluk wrote 11/02/2015 at 11:28 • point

Thanks for the follow! Your python book looks fantastic, I'm rather tempted to order one :).

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Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote 11/02/2015 at 11:56 • point

Thanks! Please give in to your temptation. ;-)

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Mike Maluk wrote 11/02/2015 at 12:09 • point

I may have to with this next paycheck!

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Stefan Lochbrunner wrote 10/12/2015 at 10:04 • point

Thanks for skulling! :)

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alpha_ninja wrote 09/28/2015 at 06:30 • point

Thank you for following #The Square Inch Project! We'll be posting the rules very soon... :)

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Radu Motisan wrote 09/24/2015 at 20:32 • point

Thanks for the skull on uRADMonitor. Checkout my this year's entry for the HaD Prize.

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davedarko wrote 09/21/2015 at 15:10 • point

Thank you for the recent skulls :) 

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Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote 09/21/2015 at 15:58 • point

You're welcome. You have quite a few projects!

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davedarko wrote 09/21/2015 at 17:20 • point

too many :)

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frankstripod wrote 08/30/2015 at 14:44 • point

Thank you for following my solar project! :)

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MECHANICUS wrote 08/30/2015 at 04:27 • point

Mahesh thanks for the skull, your voltage regulator is a great idea!

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Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote 08/30/2015 at 05:46 • point

Thanks Lloyd!

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Alex Rich wrote 08/26/2015 at 00:18 • point

thanks for the follow!

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Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote 08/27/2015 at 01:33 • point

Thanks. Stickvise - great idea!

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Eric Hertz wrote 07/24/2015 at 09:50 • point

Howdy! Thanks for the follow! I dig your 9V battery power-supply, that's a great idea!

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Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote 07/28/2015 at 12:01 • point

Thanks!

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Eric Hertz wrote 08/06/2017 at 22:36 • point

Howdy Sir! Thanks for another follow!

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