Ultrasonic Arduino tape measure
I built this ultrasonic tape measure today using an Arduino, a PING))) sensor, and a 7-Segment shield.
Arduino
As the preeminent tool for makers, Arduino is a versatile platform that covers almost every type of creative making. With its simple-to-use coding language and fun programming concepts, Arduino enables users to create modern electronics with ease. From beginner level projects like flashing LED lights to more advanced builds such as interactive robots, there are an endless number of possibilities when it comes to building projects with Arduino. Whether you are new or an experienced builder in search of fresh ideas, these posts will provide interesting Arduino tutorials and unique ideas that may spark your creativity and motivate you take on any type of maker project!
3D-printable Arduino case
Thingiverse user arsanders designed a 3D-printable Arduino case for our Makerbot giveaway contest. My first 3D drawing. I needed a case to mount my arduino to various projects. I found a model of the board in the 3D warehouse on Sketchup. Future mods will be extension housings for add on shields and screw terminals. Now […]
New in the Maker Shed: Povard POV kit
The Povard is a large hand held POV device that is built onto a very cool laser cut and etched acrylic bezel. A POV “tricks” your eyes into seeing a full image when only part of the image is visible at one time. This effect is called the “Persistence Of Vision.”
In the Maker Shed: Pocket Piano Synth kit
The Pocket Piano Synth kit makes your Arduino into a portable stand-alone music synthesizer.
Ball Balance Machine
This is an impressive use of Arduino, two servos, a webcam and Processing to tilt a ball platform. I was pretty sure I saw a copy of Make: magazine under the platform…
Arduino ant farm – is a musical instrument
Ants walking through IR gates manipulate the Auduino synth program. John spotted this at the RobotFest / Mid-Atlantic Mini Maker Faire. He writes – I went to the RobotFest / Mid-Atlantic Mini Maker Faire yesterday. I saw this awesome project and thought you might like to put it on the blog. Basically it’s an ant […]
Understanding seven segment displays
I’ve been playing around with the for Arduino from the Maker Shed, and I realized that I needed a basic understanding of how the seven segment display works, in order to do anything interesting with it. When addressing the display from the sample Arduino sketch, I was pulling pre-formed characters from an array of hex values.