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!
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Boss Sauce is working on an automated gardening system using Arduino – First mockup of Arduino-controlled garden, here switching a relay attached to a submersible pump to automatically water two plants. The “growduino” smart garden project will, um, grow to include more sensors and controls, but watering on a […]
Little-scale has another helpful mini how-to for those of you digging in with blue microcontroller It is often desirable to synchronise something like a homemade sequencing circuit or a Commodore 64 to MIDI clock signals. I thought I might share some generic Arduino skeleton code that could be used to synchronise many different types of […]
Flickr user Pianoman finds himself in an usually suspenseful situation with an Arduino project – So I built this little project for a friend. The idea is to take photos of a shuttle launch at down at Cape Canaveral. He has been doing this for a long time now… the routine goes like this: Accredited […]
Here is a simple way to implement distance sensing and an Arduino. The website has more pictures and all the Arduino code so you can easily make one for yourself. I bought a Sharp GP2Y0A21YK0F Distance Sensor to use in my robot. It was very easy to see the data returned in a serial console […]
As part of DIY Drones BlimpDuino Project, Chris Anderson has a new piece up about adding vectoring thrusters to a blimp. How to add vectoring thrusters to a blimp
Libelium announced the winners of their 2008 Arduino contest. MAKE:Blog’s own Becky Stern was chosen as a finalist! Head over to their site for video of each project – Libelium Arduino Contest Winners
Sparkfun’s intros their own iteration of the Arduino board – Skinny is the first SparkFun hack into the Arduino realm. It’s not perfect, but we think you’ll like this new derivative. It’s 3.3V, runs on LiPo batteries, low-cost, low-profile, and sexy red. Which is actually one of the reasons why it cannot be a certified […]
