4-in-1 DrawBot Decorates Walls, Floors, Eggs, More
The mDrawbot is a girder-based construction kit that lets you create a number of different drawbot configurations, from wallbot to eggbot.
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!
Voice-Controlled Arduino Robot Responds To Simple Commands
John Fin got a robot arm kit for Christmas, and disappointed in the quality, decided to build his own. He then “got carried away and built an entire voice controlled robot instead.” We all get inspired to build things after realizing that what is available isn’t quite what is needed. This, however, really takes things to […]
How the ESP8266 Community Added Arduino Support for the $5 Microcontroller
I talk to Richard Sloan, who along with Ivan Grokhotkov, recently added support for the $5 ESP8266 microcontroller with onboard WiFi to the Arduino IDE.
Who Needs a Smartwatch? This Enigma Machine Fits on Your Wrist
Enigma machines were extremely interesting coding machines used by Germany during World War II. As digital logic was still in its infancy, these machines used rotors configured in a certain pattern to decode the gibberish sent from military commanders to units in the field. Although mechanical marvels, they came nowhere near being small enough to […]
Gallery: MIT Celebrates Arduino Day
The Media Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts provided a bright, stark-white-and-glass frame for a US-based celebration that featured four of the five Arduino founders. David Mellis, one of the co-founders, is a graduate student at the Media Lab. He was the in-house connection. (No surprise that the fifth co-founder, Gianluca Martino, was not present.) Check […]
Designing a Breadboard Adaptor for the $5 ESP8266 Microcontroller
The ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible, but to the most common breakout board isn’t breadboard friendly. So we go ahead and build a breadboard adaptor (Part 3 of 3)
Installing and Building an Arduino Sketch for the $5 ESP8266 Microcontroller
The ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible, we walk you through installing the development environment and uploading your first sketch. (Part 2 of 3)
