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!
Here’s an interesting use of the TouchShield (which we’ve covered here before on Make) for the Arduino controller that serves as a pin visualizer that lets you check if all of your I/O pins are working correctly as programmed and displays voltage on analog pins and logic state on digital pins. All signals are followed […]
Matt Mets is making an infrared camera intervalometer for his Nikon camera. Lucky for us, he’s also an electrical engineer, and explains things very well. He writes: An intervalometer is a device that sends out a signal at regular intervals. When hooked up to a camera, they can be used to take time lapse images, […]
This instructable uses parts from a hardware store and an Arduino to make a motion activated spider. Looks like a fun project to scare the neighborhood kiddies. I wanted to create a motion-activated spider to put on my door for Halloween. It drops down when visitors approach the entryway, activates a spot light to draw […]
Learning to code an Arduino can be pretty confusing as most calculations will occur ‘behind the scenes’ of a sketch. Bitlash could help provide some quick answers for testing/learning – Bitlash is a command line shell for the serial port. It runs on Arduino and interprets commands that you type. It is intended for those […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr member OldScot built this aesthetically pleasing data display using a Freeduino, 4 surplus LED telephone displays and a housed it all in a photo display box – nice! – STATBox on Flickr a bunch more pertinent project/code details can be found on his site – USB StatusBox ArduinoUSB7 […]
This Arduino powered POV can sense when you are waving it in the air. It even switches the way it flashes the LEDs based of which direction you are waving. Check out the website for more information, including the code. I needed some way to make a MiniPOV detect when I waved it in the […]
Rob writes that he’s created a custom Arduino AVR library for EAGLE that lets you easily integrate Atmel’s ATMEGA168 and ATMEGA8 microcontrollers into your designs. You can download this library from the link below. Arduino-AVR library via Rob Faludi Blog
